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  2. circular saw

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    I am going to hang all of my grandfather tools on a piece of wood and hang it in my room

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    Sounds like a great tribute to great man!  Your post made my day.  There's still hope for this world....and young men like you are the reason.

  19. Which 18V line to get

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    Hi, this is my first post thus I assume Ive done something wrong on the post, sorry.

     

    I am starting over on a 18V line, I have Craftsman 19.2 but I am selling them as all the batterys are dead. I am looking for any advice about which brand to get. I don't honestly use most of the tools all that much, I have the Makita 12V and that does most of the day to day drilling/screwing. I want to have a few tools of good quality that will last, above all I want tips on how to make the batterys last as long as possible and not have the 4 dead batterys I have now. I am not all that worried about the money. Basically my cordless needs are - hammer drill, impact driver, and circular saw. I figure I will expand the collection as I need different stuff.

    Thoughts?

     

    J

     

    I was in the same boat as you about a month ago.  I just needed the basics for working around the house and for some remodeling projects.  I went with Ridgid.  They don't have a huge line up like Milwaukee, Dewalt, Makita etc., but for a casual DIYer who doesn't use their tools every day I don't think you can go wrong with Ridgid for the money especially.  If you go with Ridgid be sure and buy tools in kits so you can take advantage of the lifetime service agreement.  You can register everything online.  

     

    I picked up the Gen5x Brushless Hammer drill-Circ saw combo kit and the Gen5x Impact driver kit for about 260 bucks.

     

    Also you have to buy the kits from Home Depot or Home Depot online to qualify for the LSA.

     

    Just my 2 cents  ;D

    Tool Logo Sticker Giveaway........(Winners Announced!)

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    HERE IS MY STORY:

     

    I remember a few years ago my wife and I decided to tear out the carpet in our living room and dining area and replace it with some laminate flooring.  I borrowed my neighbors table saw to cut and rip the planks to size as needed.  After ripping 3 or 4 planks the blade on the table saw was toast.  I bought a new carbide blade hoping it would last a bit longer.  I burned it up in no time as well.

     

    About 1/4 of the way through the job I started using my little corded black and decker jigsaw to cut and rip the flooring.  I finished the entire rest of the job with the same jigsaw blade.  Never had an issue!  I know it was the wrong tool for the job, but hey.....it worked.  Plus ripping laminate flooring planks with a jigsaw is really fun...lol

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