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  1. Cordless Tool Trivia

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    hahaah yes indeed it does! It's so cool when you see it in action, very ingenious design, gives very good control driving a screw in a little deeper if you need it

    I'll have to did qualify myself and check it out


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  2. Long-Gone Retail Chains

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    Montgomery Ward used to have a nice video game section.  I recall seeing the Sega Master System display and seriously considering asking for it.  The Sears catalog had me also considering the Atari 7800, but I eventually got my NES instead.
     
    One thing I forgot to add is how nice it is to see former retail space repurposed.  I used to be amazed at pictures of Dixie Square Mall that urban explorers have shared on various blogs.  That was the mall used the The Blues Brothers, and though I've never even been near the area, it was sad to see trees growing up through the floor.  On the other hand, Baton Rouge had Bon Marche Mall until twenty or so years ago.  Driving down Florida Blvd one doesn't even recognize the former mall, which is now occupied by Cox Communications and some other businesses.  I didn't recognize it as a former mall until I drove around the unaltered back and saw the unmistakeable layout.

    My grandfather worked for Montgomery wards paint division, which got sold to ace which is now Valspar. My parents have a chest freezer from wards that's about 30 years old and still going


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  11. What tools did you buy today?

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    Howzabout this little Hitachi 12v rotary tool:
     
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    Check out that clearance price at Lowe's.  Don't strictly need this but for $39 I couldn't say no.
     
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    Comes with a case, which is a big deal for me; I like organization.  They included two little bags of accessories, but disappointingly the case has no organization for those, so I'll probably have to improvise something.
     
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    It's a little butt-heavy when you hold it.  I don't think I'd have paid the original $99 price for this, but for $39 it's a hella good deal.
     

    I've seen them here and there I want to say I've head some decent things about them


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  16. Advice Needed on what to replace my lost power tools with

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    Going to loudly recommend you stay away from Milwaukee and Dewalt both.
     
    Just bought a bunch of Milwaukee tools myself, including the One-Key hammer drill and impact. Nothing but disappointments. Both the drill and impact have bad chuck wobble. Tolerable on the impact, but absolutely unacceptable on the drill, which I've replaced twice, and all three chucks had wobble that was bad enough to break even 3/8" bits if you're running into harder materials.
     
    Judging from other people's reports, and the date codes on the tools, every 2706 One-Key drill that's been manufactured in the last couple months of 2016 and first half of 2017 has the same defects in the chuck. It's just garbage.
     
    So alright. I'm not helpless. I know how to change a drill chuck. I picked up a nice Rohm chuck and was all excited to upgrade my tool. But I can't. The shaft on the 2706 isn't the industry standard 1/2-20, it's a 14mm, just to screw with you. There's no reason to make it a 14mm shaft other than to make sure the user can't service their own tool.
     
    You can't buy replacement parts at all for the 2706, 2757 or any of the One-Key tools. Their top of the line products are also the least durable, in this sense, because any tool that you can replace parts on will last longer. The people who're paying the most are getting the least for their money.
     
    Dewalt is barely any better when it comes to replacement parts. Parts for their top of the line tools typically can only be purchased directly from them, and the price is hyper-inflated. Trigger burn out on your DCD996? Sorry, can't just replace the trigger, you've got to buy the entire electronic assembly for $145 and oh... It so happens that you can buy the tool itself for $140... Less during a sale...
     
    But what really gets me about Dewalt is their penchant for treating consumers like they're idiots with their marketing. Competition has 18v batteries? WE'VE got 20! (All 18v lithium batteries are 20v max) Competition has 1000 in. lbs of torque and we've only got 950? We just won't publish that spec, ever. Competition has 1800 in lbs of torque and we've got 1825? We're not going to shut up about that 1.3% advantage. Ever. You know what's better than 20v? SIXTY.
     
    Nothing but marketing spooge. Volts only very slightly increase the efficiency of an electric motor until you get into the 100+ range. Amperage is what gives you power and run-time. You only hear a peep here and there about their $160 9.0Ah battery though. 60 is bigger than 9.0, 20 and 18, and moar numbers is moar better, so we've got to print that as large as possible all over the box.
     
    You only get to treat me like I'm an idiot once.
     
    You only get to dip into my wallet like it's your personal piggy bank once.
     
    Dewalt will be switching battery platforms again shortly after their switch to 60v in their undying pursuit for moar numbers for moar better. I don't intend to be sitting on half a dozen of them when that happens.
     
    I'm going to be sticking with german/european manufacturers from now on with a smattering of Makita. Makita's angle grinders are a close second to Metabo for half the price and they make a very respectable hypoid circular saw. Everything else I'm getting from across the Atlantic.
     
    I've had enough.
     
    I may spend twice as much, but at least I'll be satisfied and won't feel like I sat on the narrow end of a long flagpole 3 months after my purchase.

    Ha ha this is gold dude spot on with dewalt


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  23. What tools did you buy today?

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    Me too! It's almost like the good old days of a year or so ago. I have a couple nice gifts heading my way next week...already at $5 one day after emptying the account! The Win it app has been good to me lately.

    Been getting most of my points in XTRA


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  25. What tools did you buy today?

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    That finish actually looks really nice

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    Yea it actually is a pretty decent set to have in the car, it was 1/2 off then I had 42 bucks in points and 10 dollars in surprise points so why not the sockets are pretty slick


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