Cr8ondt
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4 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:
Fair enough. It's one of those things where I'd like to own a little bit of tool history. Some of them appear to just be rebadged gear wrench though.
Can't disagree with your logic, it's just not for me.
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It's really thin metal, my Walmart sold out of em @$50 I considered looking one at another store but figured drive vs savings vs need didn't really add up for me, if one was in stock I probably would have impulse bought.
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Hate to say it but killing the brand kills the warranty obligation too, I can't see paying the premium price. Unless they are sold for fire sale prices I'm not going to be an owner.
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5 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:
I,see these at menards they are reasonably priced too, might have to pick them up one day
Sent from my iPad using TapatalkMenards, Sears, ABC Supply and Amazon were mentioned by name as top retail partners.
Menards seems to have the better pricing and often put them on sale in their made in the USA sales, but they always seem to only have the old style, plain grips in stock. I might be mistaken but I thought they told me that all their snips have the newer Kushn' Grips now. Which I found kinda interesting that the grips get installed at the packaging part of the line, I guess there really isn't anything wrong with that but in my mind I half expected to see them installed a step or so sooner. Another cool little tid bit is all of their swag is made in the USA too, they gave me a couple t-shirts, a hoodie and tote(made locally) all printed at a local screen printer.
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19 minutes ago, BMack37 said:
I can't view the pics, possibly a permissions thing. You could always try Imgur or picture hosting.
Humm seems to work fine on a few different devices I've tried.... I'll post links a bit later
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8 minutes ago, Jronman said:
oh you were talking about sports haha. literally thought you were talking about batteries.
I knew what you ment, but yes batteries can explode, no you don't have to handle them like eggs but ask any Samsung phone owner if they truly feel safe.?
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10 hours ago, Jronman said:
wait what? they explode?
Might as well have....... Lions fan here, unfortunately.... I digress.......
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Midwest is literally 45 mins from my house and last summer I took a tour of their factory. Just a couple of take aways I had:
100% made in the USA including materials and machines used in manufacturing.
4 of 6 main suppliers are within 20 miles of their location with the other two being from Chicago and New York sate.
Quality control is present in every step and parts can be rejected by anyone for any reason even if they pass machine inspection.
Every snip is tested to cut cheese cloth.
OEM to many Major brands(I cannot disclose which ones but you might have paid too much for some brands names)
US is their largest market but are the #1 selling snips in Australia and are seeing major growth in Asia.
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1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:
Why so defiant?
Welcome aboard, I've never bought a combo kit, for the reasons above about the kits not having what I wanted. I was also able to find what I wanted with one or two batteries deals and made it much more enticing that way
Hey I play with tools yo! You expect me to know how to spell!
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Hi, I would strongly suggest you stay away from the siren song of the large combo kits. Yes they include alot of tools but do they include the tools you want? need?
I recommend starting with a drill and impact driver kit like this one:
This kit starts you off with arguably the best 2(yes DeWalt makes a stronger drill but it is much larger) tools you will probably use most often and gives you a small and large capacity battery pack, not to mention an extremely handy flashlight.
From there get the bare tools you need(A bare tool is one sold without anything but the tool no battery no charger)
After getting a couple tools your definitely going to need to add more batteries, at this point get maybe 1 more small battery and then only look for 4ah and larger. The small packs are great for their light weight and you will really appreciate them but they just don't give the power and runtime on saws grinders etc, this is where the larger batteries really shine.
Back to your question about the saws included in the kit you linked..... those are COMBO KIT only models and are "cheepend" versions of the regular ones The circular saw has a steel shoe versus the magnezium shoe of the regular model other than that, no notable difference. The recip has a non adjustable shoe and lacks the sideways or 4 way blade clamp other than that they are the same.
I have the DCS391 saw http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-20-Volt-Max-Lithium-Ion-6-1-2-in-Cordless-Circular-Saw-Tool-Only-DCS391B/203164241 and love it, but it NEEDS at least 3 4ah batteries to be useful(1 on it 1 charging and 1 ready) and I would say that is true for all cordless saws.
After getting your needed tools its a good time to watch for deals on other tools that are of "lesser" need, obviously the easiest times to find deals are Fathers day and Black Friday sales but also almost every other major holiday has a good sale and even in off seasons deals are abound. Tool manufactures are in the business to sell their wares. So keep an eye on this forum the guys here are more than happy to share their good finds and also check out Toolguyd(not a plug he is just another great resource for finding deals). I also find Slickdeals .net and Dealnews .com to be helpful.
I've mentioned the 4ah batteries a few times because they are the smallest USEFUL size, there are 3,4, and 5ah batteries in the same form factor and there is no noticeable weight difference so the 5ah is clearly the best in its class but comes with a tad higher price tag while the 3ah is cheapest it simply doesn't have the run time for more than a hand full of cuts.
Hope this helps and welcome to the shin dig.
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I have well used batteries from 2014.... I plan to well use em for years to come ?. Agreed keep your receipt or just know how to look up you purchase history from Amazon because DeWalt definitely uses the date code otherwise.
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1 minute ago, ChrisK said:
Yeah my Dad was posted down there with the shipyard working on a rescue submersible for months so I visited for a couple of weeks. I stayed downtown, went to Corona, the zoo, the highways were all Ivey covered and a bum asked me for money. When I said I didn't have any he said...and I quote....this is important because I'm a New Englander and visit Boston quite often...."hey no problem dude, have a nice day".
The reason I prefaced that is because if I was in Boston, I would've gotten rolled, stabbed mugged and lets face it....raped...by homeless people. Absolutely lovely town!
HAHAHA right, Was in Boston for a few days and stayed at the Sheridan, I had an awesome room there, however some buddies had a 2 bed closet that smelt of dead hookers. Had to walk about 2 miles to a beer store and the only micro brews they had were from my home town.... fortunately I didn't have to interact with the locals much at all but WOW traffic is crazy there.
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3 minutes ago, ChrisK said:
San Diego
3 minutes ago, ChrisK said:cleanest and nicest cities I've ever visited
Whoa I musta missed the clean and nice parts.... been there 4 times and stayed at a "resort" in Mission Valley... it was ok but I've definitely been to better.
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2 minutes ago, ChrisK said:
Whoa whoa whoa....there is something north of the USA?!?!?!!?!
I though it was just woods and wood boogers?
whoda thunk?
Homer Simpson calls it "America Jr."
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1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:
I remember seeing this kit I was tempted plus the %17 off but I don't want another battery I don't want another battery I want another battery I want another battery I need another battery ... gah!!!!
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkAnd we have a taker!!!………… I'm tempted too...
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1 minute ago, Framer joe said:
For you "cr8"....
Even that is a tad big lol.... OK I want one lol
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Noice! Just for giggles take a pic with the 6ah on it too.
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3 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:
Maybe it's there to wire into your car battery to jump start it ?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkNah you just use the B+ and B- terminals ?
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15 hours ago, duck_novacain said:
Hahah. It does sound odd to just chop the handle off a shiny brand new drill doesn't it? It feels weird to do it.
We use them to run an auger bit to pull soil samples. I've heard a lot of trash talked about DeWalt, but those motors are really tough. They get rained on, dirt in them, and they just keep running. Chuck finally went on one of them. The other was an 18V I tried and since we were only running 12V to it, it overheated and quit.
Any chance you could post a couple pics?
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51 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:
Interesting, what do you put the drill motors on and what do they run?
Haha I ment to ask they too..... Inquiring minds want to know!
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1 hour ago, duck_novacain said:
I saw a video of a guy jump starting his car with one, thought that was interesting/slightly unsafe. Haha.
I do it all the time with my 20v batteries.... Prolly cus I'm dumb and leave my keys in the ingnition and my lights on all the time. Works great though.
Walmart of all places
in Tool Deals
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Ya I know, other than my local store, closest other Walmart is about 25 miles away, not worth my time for something I'm mearlly mildly interested in.