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More items... Hitachi 115436 12 in. 80-Tooth Fine Finish VPR Blade $22.99 in cart Dewalt DWST17889 TSTAK Expansion 4-Wheel Carrier $24.99 in cart Dewalt DW7640 10 in. 50 Tooth Combination Circular Saw Blade $22.99 in cart Dewalt DWMT72166 10-Piece Combination Metric Wrench Set $20.75 in cart

CPO Dewalt DCF815B 12V MAX Cordless Lithium-Ion 1/4 in. Impact Driver (Bare Tool) $27.99 in the cart, not including shipping Price has since gone up by $20. Must have been an error on their part.

Some other decent priced items: Stiletto TI16MC 16 oz. Titanium Milled/Curved 18 in. Hickory Handle Framing Hammer sttnti16mc - CPO Days - Save $25 - + $44.95 Stiletto SSCLW12-2 12 in. Stainless Steel Clawbar sttnssclw12-2 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $11.99 Dewalt DWMT73809 8-Piece Stackable Combination Wrench Set (SAE) dewndwmt73809 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $14.99 Dewalt DWMT73807 15-Piece Stackable Socket Accesory Kit dewndwmt73807 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $16.99 Dewalt DWHT42163 24 in. Magnetic Premium I-Beam Level dewndwht42163 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $17.99

Makita 197210-9 Interlocking Modular Tool Case (Small) mktn197210-9 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $27.99 $17.99 x2 $35.98 Makita 197213-3 Interlocking Modular Tool Case (X-Large) mktn197213-3 - CPO Days - Save $10 - + $42.99 $32.99 x2 $65.98 Order Subtotal: $101.96 Order Discount: - $25.00 Shipping: Economy * $6.99 Sales Tax: ** Estimated Total: $83.95

One more 12v max item posted to the site today. PC01R3 Multi-Cutter Well, no MakPac again, but hey, looks interesting. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/PC01R3

Feel free to post links to the items you are referencing... and if they require coupon codes or not.

I am personally not a fan of the DS450, partially due to that it will not fit upright under my truck cover.

I pulled the hand tool holder out of mine and moved it to the next size down case (aka standard large). Uses the same slots to mount the holder, but is limited on what fits between the ribs of the lid. I personally prefer the standard size for hand tools over the extra large unit.

Regardless of whether or not Dewalt is going to introduce any new solutions, I still want to be able to store and transport this compressor, along with other items needed to work with it, in relative safety. Too often in the past, the small compressors I have had have tumbled around in the back of the truck or van, if they were not tied down in some manner. Fitting this one into a case would fix that issue, IMO.

Dewalt extra large tough case (DWST08204). The compressor (DCC2560T1) is effectively 3/8" too wide, but the case can still be closed and latched as is, with minimal force. If I were to modify the internal ribs, of the case, at the bottom area of the compressor, I could probably get it to fit without any issues, other than the weakening of the case itself. With just a wee bit more thought in the design department, methinks Dewalt could have integrated this right into the system. As it is, at some point, I will probably go ahead and modify a case so that I can store a set of hoses along with an extra battery and maybe a charger. This case is already tasked for a different tool setup, so I will have to wait until the budget recovers a bit.

Best price I could find currently on the RT0701CX3 router kit is at Tools Plus. Total including shipping $197.50 after coupon. https://www.tools-plus.com/makita-rt0701cx3.html The Makita XTR01Z cordless router isn't showing as eligible for the discount at this time either, at any of the sites I have checked on.

The holiday tool season has arrived. The evidently annual $25 off $100 select Makita purchases started this morning. Both Acme Tools and Tools Plus have coupon codes up on their sites today. Also, it looks as though Amazon will apply the discount automatically in the cart. CPO outlets also applies the discount in the cart. The discount will not stack with any of the ongoing free battery or other item promotions.

One of the primary reasons for the 3.0 to still exist, is that there are still plenty of older tools out there that will only run on the 3.0, unless you modify them. Some are simple to modify, others require a part to be changed out. I have been giving some of the ones I still had to my brother as I got around to replacing them with newer models this past year or so. He is always happy to run old tools and does not care about the batteries as long as he can find some for cheap. I still have two or three that are not worth the cost of replacing, and will look at modifying them once the current batch of 3.0 batteries I have die. I personally have rarely had any issues with Makita Lion batteries crapping out on me. I had to warranty one early on, shortly after they were introduced, but have only lost one recently due to old age here this last year. I am expecting the rest of the 3.0 units I have to follow suit in the near future, as the ones I have left are all near a decade or more old. The batteries that were always a problem for me were the NiCad type, but that was across the entire spectrum of brands I have owned over the years.

Nothing like a hard shift in the weather to arrange ones priorities... Ran short of time, and warm weather. At least it's capable of running at the moment. Spent the morning making sure it was functioning properly before starting work on the upper duct work.

One more item that has not shown up on the US site yet... WST06 saw stand http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/makita-wst06 Another one of those items I would like to see in person before committing to purchase.

This is a bit of an oddball item that has recently appeared on the US site. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/196469-5 This is an extension handle for the five inch chain saw, and it has been available outside of the US for years. I bought one from a Canadian supplier several years ago and find it to be somewhat awkward in actual use. It works well enough when at its shortest length, but when fully extended, the saw itself blocks your line of sight and you essentially end up cutting blind. This makes it difficult to use outside of it's shortest extension length. Set-up is also somewhat cumbersome, and although there appears to have been quite a bit of thought in the design, the final implementation seems a bit short of the mark. You have to attach a plastic bar to the saw that holds the switch in the on position, and then slide the saw onto the battery mount on the end of the adapter and add retention screws to hold it in place. This is what allows you to use a battery on end of the adapter itself. No tech magic, just a simple mechanical switch. I might have been truly impressed if they had designed the tool and adapter with a separate circuit that allowed operation without all the extra bits and pieces and set-up time, but as it is, it smacks of a cobbled together science project gone array. In the end, I am surprised that it was ever released here at all.

Deal of the day... $179 http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-20-Volt-MAX-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-String-Trimmer-and-Blower-Combo-Kit-2-Tool-with-4-0Ah-Battery-and-Charger-Included-DCKO97M1/301363233

Makita posted a new kit to the site today... XRH06RBX Only comment I could think of when I saw it was; It's not in a MakPac...

With the current 10% off Stabila promo they have at Acme, that price is actually $198 for that kit...

Tools Plus is running their annual tool sale atm... 10% off many of the brands they carry. Coupon code: TOOLARAMA https://www.tools-plus.com/

Hasn't shown up on the Makita site yet, but Acme Tools has a pre-order page up for the 9" cordless grinder (XAG13Z1)... http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/makita-xag13z1 http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/makita-xag13pt1 <--- Kit.

I hadn't thought about air helmets for quite awhile. I have three or four Racal Airstream setups packed away here somewhere. Holy rack a monkey Monday, I could have sold them for a boat load more than I originally paid for them if I had tried to sell them a few years back. Unfortunately, filter packs for them are near impossible to come by, with the exception of the breath easy unit, and also super expensive. Prior to Racal Airstream giving up the ghost, I had purchased some replacement parts and those are now worth their weight too. After looking at the price of the battery packs (3M) for them, I could have swallowed my teeth. Honestly, I do not see the value that 3M attributes to the system and their attitude is probably why that particular tool system is no longer readily available outside of the used Market. The units I have are eminently functional, but, without access to chemical filter packs, it is looking like their only true value will be as parts.

Current Oct coupon: FALLDEAL 20% off 200+, 25% off 400+, through the 18th Oct 23-30: WINTERPREP 20% off winterizing categories.

As the posts are resting on the concrete, there should be no issue with using tap-cons or drive pin anchors to fasten them to the concrete. The only thing you are trying to limit at that point is lateral movement. The wall mount brackets will have the most stress on them.

Yesterday I spent a majority of the day working on mechanical issues, primarily installing two exterior vents. As it was the last really warm day forecast for the week, some oil base primer on the new wood around the windows was on the list too. Still need to make a couple of flange supports for those two vents as a way to both support and seal the bottom side of the vent cap and pipe. Today I spent most of the day verifying pipe run locations and working on plumbing design for the bathroom. I have spent way too much time trying to find a small soaking tub. The US plumbing industry in the US absolutely sucks when it comes to small space design. Google doesn't help matters any with their attempt to support a localized marketing base when searching for ideas and specifications. You have to be a bit of a mental contortionist to get beyond the seeming border restrictions, but unfortunately, importing something from out of country that might fit into the space I am working with is too expensive of a proposition. I have decided to focus on one of the smallest tubs I could find in the supply system and work around the possible difficulties it may cause. This one has a forty inch square footprint and if I pursue the design idea I had originally worked on, of a soaking tub and separate shower, it will necessitate the combined demolition of both the bath and kitchen areas at the same time. Kitchen will have to lose a few inches in width so that I can maintain at least some semblance of code compliance in minimum spacing requirements in the bath. Not that the current space would pass today's codes by any stretch. May have to flat stud a section of the bedroom wall as well. The toughest part was simply making the decision to move a wall, but since the old plumbing is going to end up being completely stripped out anyways, there will not be any other major obstacles in doing so.