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I thought Bosch got out of the nailer biz? Can't even find them on the website.

Same. Only have one tho. Hardly even have any Hitachi.

Anyone seen if Lowes is going to have the new metabo brushless grinders. Be interesting to see if they can compete in price with places like Norco or whatever the rest of you guys have.

It comes down to what your cordless use style is. My father builds houses solo for a living and has one cordless tool. It's a ryobi drill. NiCad not Lithium either. Was purchased a decade ago. He builds entire houses without any problems. I do completely different work and have every DeWalt tool. If you're a homeowner that hangs shelves occasionally buy whatever is cheapest at HD or even HF. If your livelihood is based completely off of heavy use of a cordless saw go with Milwaukee.

http://dewaltmediakit.com/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/premiumsoundforthejobsitedewaltintroducesthenewtoughsystemmusicplayerandcharger/

I learn something new everyday I guess. Good to know[emoji106].

Legal issues. If I recall correctly outright sweepstakes aren't allowed in Canada. They have to have a token "skill question" that's like " What is one+one?" because there is a loophole that says games with multiple winners are allowed to choose who gets the prize by a random drawing of the winners. Too much of a hassle for them. The rest of you canuks are all hosed.

They are dang nice regardless of the controllability issue and the whole clock fiasco.

I've had the 2792 and its a great radio. A bit on the pricey side though. It does have a lot of problems too though. There's a reason I have a Dewalt radio now. I love the tough system radio , best sound on the market,but unless you already have Dewalt batteries I'd go with that 2890 you're looking at. 90% of the radio use is going to be fm anyways because you really don't want to be constantly changing your music on your phone while you are trying to work. Just my two cents.

I'm definitely open to making the units go in for different battery platforms, all my 12v batteries are M12s and all my 18vs are DeWalts. Currently it does use the "shells" idea (see video above). I could easily make an interchangeable "shell" that would accept any style/brand/size battery. I toyed around with the different size idea and by making the units big enough to fit 2 1.5ah batteries I almost cut the amount of batteries I could store in half so you should be able to fit any size battery in the slots that are the size of the biggest battery because they have an integrated mount on the side that is identical to the way they mount on the bottom of your drill. The batteries snap in and are completely secure. The only problem with multiple battery platforms is: I don't plan on selling this so their isn't any incentive to spend my time on platforms I'm not invested in. Don't get me wrong I'd make an M18 version if there was the interest but I don't know that enough people would want something like that. Since you can't feasibly 3D print a case big enough this is all based on the ToughSystem case, which isn't a problem but a lot of guys that are hardcore red wouldn't be caught dead with a yellow case and the shells would have to be redesigned to swap out the units in one of thesewhich is by no means a bad idea and I could do as I have one on hand but I that leads me to reason 3. I only have DeWalt 20v batteries and M12s so even if I wanted to branch out into the other brands I couldn't without a physical battery to reference and the $100+ for a reference battery isn't worth it to me unless I had tools that use it.

CyT5h8z0kUo So this is more or less the finished product until I get my case and can verify dimensions. I do plan on getting these printed to try out for myself. I scrapped the whole (2x) compact battery module unit because by doing that I was able to get 15 full size batteries in a case rather than 8 full size or 16 compacts. So they're done for now. If anyone wants the files for their printers they can have them. I don't intend to make any money off of these just if I give you the files I'd appreciate it if you didn't try making money off of them either. That being said maybe I could try and trade the design to DeWalt for some free batteries> https://youtu.be/CyT5h8z0kUo

'Nother question for you guys. I drew up a module for double compact batteries is an option then I can't shrink the modules to fit in more full size batteries. So the options are 8 full size slots with each full size slot interchangeable with 2 double compacts (so potentially 16 compact batteries or 4 full size and 8 compacts, you get the idea), or I could trash the double compact battery idea and have the potential to fit in maybe 10 or 15 full size batteries. I'm not even sure ten or 15 is doable with how thin the material would be.

Full size rails. Once again with provisions for drywall screws or double sided tape. It is a hollow 3/16 thick shell so it won't eat up as much material but still maintains its rigidity. At this size you can fit one in a tough case front to back or two going side to side. It is the biggest rail your average 3D printer can handle. If anybody is interested in the files lemme know.

So I still don't have my case so I did a little work on the rail Idea so far I have a single bracket rail with a multi battery rail soon to come. Some features I'd like to point out on it are the countersunk holes so it can be mounted anywhere using drywall screws and the recessed rectangles on the back face designed to fit double sided 3M tape for convenient mounting in your ToughCase that can just as easily be used with velcro. Thoughts? If anyone has a 3D printer I'll send you the file because I want to double check that the tolerances aren't too tight on the battery bracket. I'd hate to have all these drawn up then find out batteries don't actually click in.

Not sure why the video no work on the app. Works on PC.

https://youtu.be/dtDbzXxAQ88 (for you tapatalk users) So the other day the idea to 3D print inserts for a ToughSystem case was floated around in another topic, by Comp iirc JasonC. Anyway, I really liked the idea and tinkered around with it. What I have is rough at best. It is more of a proof of concept than anything. The final units will be more compact so you can get in a couple more batteries and I'll have an interchangeable unit that fits two compact batteries and a unit that takes the place of two of those regular ones and holds a charger. The measurements aren't dialed all the way in as my case is still in transit. So the question I have for all y'all is whether you would prefer, A) The modular units set up that uses a whole case, or more of a battery rail that velcros somewhere that just is like a socket rail but with battery mounts, or C) a hybrid of both that takes up the whole case but is configured solely for maximum batteries for the space? I'm not posting this in the DeWalt subsection because yellow could just as easily be red, blue, green, or orange and have the brackets for the respective batteries.

All my cases become where I toss my accessories my case from my drill combo kit has all my drill bits, grinder wheels and saw blades, screwgun case has impact sockets, wrenches and extensions, one has batteries and chargers, one has cordless tools. Basically for every power tool I get I have enough other tools to fill its bag. The system works for me.

Here's my sack of accessories. The Dewalt gold oxide gives you pretty great value for your dollar. They are by no means a high end bit and if you intend to be drilling steel day in and day out do yourself a favor and buy a decent drill index but for seldom metal use they are great and are always on sale. The skil bits are worthless for anything other than wood and plastic. The Dewalt torque flex kit provides excellent value and convenience, however I have had bits break on me and it doesn't offer much in the way of nut drivers but its enough for most tin screws. On sale its a solid buy, comes with good cases. The other little Dewalt cases are nice to keep all the loose bits you accumulate from floating around. I have one for drill bits and one for screwdriving bits. Irwin spade bits are pretty standard. Nice case and variety for the price, $20 on sale at Lowes. Full disclosure, I don't get in a lot of spade bit action so I can't give any comparisons. The Bosch concrete hammer drill bits are top tier bits but, while that set comes with a nice case, it only goes up to 3/8 bit which 1/2 is what you'll usually be grabbing for. Don't have anything but good things to say about lenox hole saws. They are a good 10x better than Milwaukees or any of the other competition just be prepared to spend your lunch money on them. Greenlee step bit or any equivalent is a definite must. They are worth the premium price. A little set of hex drivers(alllen keys) are nice but might not see intensive use. Quick change adapters are overrated unless you don't have an impact driver. There's also a pile of stripper and and grinder wheels for my grinder and drill but those are pretty specialty application stuff. The welding rod case just has all my Sawzall blades in it but that's not exactly a screwdriving attachment. Just make sure you get a 3/8 socket drive adapter for your impact. It's great for getting your base plates and other bolts snugged down fast with some of the new impacts tightening all the way to 150 ft/lbs ( almost double the tightness of your lug nuts plenty enough to sink into pressure treated lumber).

So what I gather is that both are fantastic lights and guys will recommend whatever they have. Looks like I'll have to buy both

So I purchased a ToughSystem radio as soon as they had them at Home Depot. Before they were sold, they had their description for it and the description said, "On the jobsite, another hassle is the need to walk back to the radio to change the channel, or not being able to connect your own music. The ToughSystem® Music player offers remote control access up to 100 feet with Bluetooth® technology connectivity from any Bluetooth®-enabled smartphone," I understood this meant that you would be able to control like the radio station and volume from your phone like there would be a remote control app for your phone. I honestly bought the radio for only this reason and I was extremely disappointed when I fired it up and found out that their "remote control access" really just meant that you could stream music to your radio with your phone like every single other job-site radio on the market. Don't get me wrong I don't regret buying it. It is so much better than my Milwaukee was. Easily the best radio on the market but was that just poor wording, me being stupid, or was there perhaps originally going to be some kind of remote control app?

Anybody have any experience with the DCL050 and/or Milwaukee 2362-20? Any thoughts. If no one convinces me one or the other is better I'm going to be inclined to buy both. I'm what you could call substantially invested in both platforms. I've used the 18v version of the Milwaukee and I gotta say that apart from the shoddy construction it was one of the best I've used. I get that I'm comparing apples to oranges here, two different styles of lights, but I'm just curious if anyone gets a lot of use out of either.

What the title says. Not enough to make me buy anything that I wouldn't regularly purchase but definitely worth a look if you are looking. http://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/bags--cases---bucket-storage

I'm gonna have to buy me one of those cases, I think with the way those walls are ribbed I could make a system that has interlocking bins like the Milwaukee but you can snap in batteries and chargers. Kinda like a Bosch L-boxx but more modular. So you have like a box and you have five different interchangeable units, one for a single battery, one for 2 compact batteries, one for the fast charger, one for the standard charger(charger units being equivalent to two of the standard units) and one that's just a parts bin. All of these lock together and you can just pick and choose the combinations and orientation you want to fill your case.

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