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Cr8ondt

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  1. Your voltage is too low and the charger won't charge them, time to jumpstart them.  Take a fully charged working battery and 2 short wires, stuff one end of each wire in the the + and - of the working battery then connect one wire to the matching terminal of the dead battery, and tap the 2nd wire to the other terminal for 1/2 a second or so.  This should bring the voltage up enough to get your charger to work.

     

    Also, those 1.5 ah batteries shouldn't be used on any saw, obviously they get you no runtime, the draw is too much for those little batteries.  I only use double stacked batteries on like the 4ah and larger one mine, you'll get noticably more power.

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  2. Fantastic and noble work you and your non profit do!  Assuming a conversion could be done at the very least it would require the nail magazine to be replaced and the cost would be prohibitive. I agree with @JakeDewalt look at the used market like Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, letgo, and offerup, or in my area we have Menards that currently is selling their house brand framer for just $70 and they do ship. https://www.menards.com/main/p-1444448120166.htm?utm_campaign=40A-2019&utm_content=Octoberfest&utm_source=flipp&utm_medium=flyer_hosted

     

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  3. So my roofer borrowed my DeWalt dcs391 and to shorten the story it took the quick way to the driveway.  He offered to buy me a new one, so off to Lowes I went.  They have a buy select bare tool get a 3ah and charger free deal, so I got the dcs570 with the freebies, win/win.  Well after running the saw for a week or so something just wasn't right, I found the shoe to be 1/16 outta square from the blade.  I took it back to Lowe's to exchange it and the customer service person processed it as a return giving me back the total in cash.  I bought the same saw and got another freebie!  So in the end I have 2 new 3ah slim packs, 2 more chargers and a new saw.  Fun part is the dcs391still works just need to order a new shoe for it.

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  4. I have multiple 2, 4 and 6ah, there is a significant noticeable difference when using the the 4/6 batteries in all my tools.   I believe the discharge rate of the 3 is better than the 2 but not quite the 4 or 6.  So based on that I'd go for the 5 vs the 3 all day long. the 3 is obviously a run time boost over the  2 but if my only choice were 2 2's or 1 3 I'ed take the 2's, charging 1 while using the other vs waiting for the 1 battery to charge.

  5. 12 hours ago, FlaveNico said:

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    I have the corded dewalt and went to buy glue stick refills and saw this. Only 24.00. Have been using it for about 3 hrs now and it’s pretty awesome ! Heat up it pretty quick, has in if switch. Only downside is maybe a belt clip would be nice when working in a ladder but aside from that this thing great.


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    Use mine all the time, works awesome for small pieces of trim that nails would split and regular glue would take tool long to set, for miters cut relief grooves and you can get perfect corners. 

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  6. On 4/1/2018 at 10:20 PM, satchmodog said:

    I have the 2650 or some such number like that impact driver for work. I should buy her that Milwaukee 12 volt. However, she's more partial to Blue and that leaves freakin Makita, Kobalt and Hercules. Sigh, my inner tool nerd says Makita, but my desire not to waste money says Kobalt

    Take all the oddball drills and sneak em away, harvest all the 18650 cells from any of the lithium batteries and just get the Makita kit for her, not only does Makita just make great tools their grips tend to be smallish/thinish.

     

    Fun stuff to use the 18650 cells:

    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=18650+flashlight&sprefix=18650+fl%2Caps%2C155&crid=VC7SNWIRK06V

     

    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=18650+cell+phone+charger&sprefix=18650+cell+ph%2Caps%2C162&crid=3TY5SAZL6Q74G&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A18650+cell+phone+charger

     

    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=18650+fan&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A18650+fan

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