Stercorarius

Yeah call me old fashioned, but I just like products to work as advertised.

I honestly don't think the hardware and software don't work as advertised even without factoring in the odds of a coincidental crossing of paths. I don't even see how it could possibly be remotely useful even for keeping track of where your tools are. The app open, running, Bluetooth location on, and it still wouldn't pick up my ticks when I was feet away from them. Zero chance of it pinging something in the back of my own pickup, much less the back of someone else's pickup. The app is glitchy and crashes constantly. Seems to be zero effort on Milwaukee's product to make this a working system for any application. If it works on your phone, good for you, but there's no reason it shouldn't work fine on every OS. I'm sure the tag isn't much better. It's all just a joke. The only thing they care to do is market it and swindle whatever cash you have. Milwaukee rep the other day told me if I'm having a problem with theft I need to just buy one of their one key tools and intentionally leave it out to get stolen so I could track them down. Yeah maybe if they pay for it when the system does all of nothing. This tick is sitting on my toolbox that I set my phone on to work on stuff all the time, yet still won't pick it up. So yeah Milwaukee if you're reading this, you did a shit job and it's soured my opinion of your company indefinitely. Doesn't matter what kind of torque their impact wrenches get. Very little chance I buy from them again. Is that sensible to do from a bad experience with just one flop of a product? Probably not, but I've always liked my non Milwaukee tools better anyway.

Applying for my business and contractors license this week. Hoping to net 120k this year as a company (not necessarily my salary will mostly go back into the company) and have at least one employee before I'm 21.

Does not fit the mid-torque. Already ordered and tried. Too small. And you're sure you put it on right? I've heard the same thing about the other boot for the bigger one, yet it still works. Legitimately curious because if it doesn't I'm not going to bother buying the DeWalt.

It's the max diameter of the bit's shank. 1/2" would be best, 3/8 would be fine. Both can drill holes larger than their chuck size. A bigger Chuck = bigger holes.

https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Power-Tools/Power-Tool-Attachments/36160b32-f6b4-460e-9829-a4ae0161d94f/Impact-Wrench-Protective-Boots/PBBWP138-B/BWP138-and-BWP150-Boot-Black Boot for it for those interested

Solid buy. Recommend buying the Mac boot for it. Less than $20. Looks like it's out of stock though.https://www.mactools.com/en-us/Power-Tools/Power-Tool-Attachments/36160b32-f6b4-460e-9829-a4ae0161d94f/Impact-Wrench-Protective-Boots/PBBWP151-B/BWP151-Boot-Black

https://www.youtube.com/user/Cargospotter https://www.youtube.com/user/TaylorSwiftVEVO https://www.youtube.com/user/MondayMorningPodcast And that's about all YouTube is good for.

One with a lid that can come all the way off. Why? Not sure.

Well a job first. Until then don't plan on spending any money on tools. Even then it will just be what the job requires. Got screwed over going above and beyond at my last job so I'll stick to the bare minimum next time. Would maybe like to get the mid torque DeWalt or a cordless angle grinder.

Yeah thinking about going all Ruger or S&W tools at this point Applied for a job working on windmills and another working on forklifts and another doing industrial wiring so if any of them call back I'll see what tools I'll actually even need. I have to move to find work anyway so I'm just pushing my search radius out a hundred miles at a time. If it starts to get too far I'll probably not take a whole lotta of tools with me.

Yeah started to try the flexvolt and M12 platforms again but those were stolen from the shop at work so I'm back down to 20v tools only again.

Used to be my abomination of batteries. Imho maybe two platforms at the most. Any more isn't worth it.

Thinking about getting my brothers some m12 fuel ratchets but that relies entirely on whether I can find work this winter. Everything is slow right now.

I like the Wright's, but I couldn't pass on a $30 proto 3/4 drive.

Nitrile for grease. Thin dipped gloves for any sharp/cold stuff. Lincoln Ironworkers or Tig gloves for handling metal stock. Welding gloves for welding. If I'm working a 14 hour day in the shop my hands are getting dirty no matter what so I just wash twice a day, before lunch and before I go home and don't worry about gloves. I have some nice things insisted ones for the winter. Don't remember the brand. Well I'm unemployed as of last Tuesday so I don't have to worry about gloves now.

Yeah actually used my 3/4 breaker bar me than my 1/2". Not sure if I'll ever need that 1" drive proto ratchet though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes

Used to buy tools for my current work. Now they're all back home and I buy them for my next job. Also because tools are nice.

Yeah you just have to match your cfm ratings. Tools should have them listed.

Looks like KKR purchased Metabo and Hitachi and then became partners with Hitachi-Koki and then renamed the partnerships Koki holdings and everything Hitachi branded including the tools will have hikoki as the branding. Metabo's branding will not be affected.

Okay so according to this the whole brand is aligning with KKR and going forward under the Koki name and branding all their products Hikoki. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hitachi-koki-announces-brand-name-change-to-hikoki-300547086.html

Happy Thanksgiving folks. If you aren't using a loader, you're making Thanksgiving dinner wrong.

Sounds like quite the week. Just working on cars, doing an early dinner then have to run off to work and deal with some cows.