Jronman

@Framer joe I like it. I spent most of Friday cutting 80 year old cast iron pipe with it. I used a Milwaukee torch blade. It worked great. No sparks and no blade melting. I would say I averaged 10 minutes per cut. I used around two 2.0/6.0 batteries plus partial of another. It is a heavy tool but in return you get a well built tool. Even the shoe is built well.

looks like a penguin. was first thing that came to mind when I saw them but cant think of the animal it looks like.

Dewalt has a new vac, possibly multiple vacs in the works. I could guess one is a flexvolt vac. A vac is eventually going to have tool connect, bluetooth, or nfc to talk to cordless tools to make the vac tool actuated with cordless tools. Not sure if same vac or different vac. 60v adapter is in the works as well. Little things here and there I don't like about flexvolt. The circ saw doesnt have magnesium base, dust port, or track base. Some could say a rafter hook on the recip and circ saws is needed. Recip is a bit heavy and vibrates a lot, but all recips vibrate.

It seems fine on the miter saw. If i push the battery like I'm pushing it onto the recip then I push the button it is noticably easier to push the button. I think the 2 tabs that get pushed in have something to do with it because they have fairly strong springs putting resistance on the battery release button. Hopefully the battery button issue is nothing to be worried about. The recip has no other issues except the chuck area tends to get dirty but that is expected cause its a recip saw.

I have only really heard of Milwaukee stuff going bad with dust particularly drywall dust. The 887 I have works fine around dust. I woud go with Makita. Makita is the impact king.

Seen this today when checking Makita's website. an x2 robotic vac. https://www.makitatools.com/products/details/DRC200PT

Shockwave seem like good bits and are impact rated. I have some Flextorq bits, I think they are called impact ready now but they are good bits. The set I got comes with a wide range of bit types from phillips to square to torx. It also came with an adapter for sockets. That Makita set looks pretty good. just about everything you would need.

looks great. you doing a full cleated wall? or just certain things?

Announcer says, "if you buy now we will even thrown in a sawstop table saw absolutely free." "Table saw is not a genuine SawStop Table saw. Saw is a cheap knockoff that is fake but includes SawStop branding. We recommend that the saw not be used."

Please don't be SawStop haha

why not buy many and ebay the extras that way it'll be like they payed you take take the drill off their hands.

oh nice. they the 12v Bosch you were interested in?

well technically you can still say Bosch is part of red team because the logo and switches are red.... maybe not Milwaukee red but still red.

festool just came out with a saw that is sorta a circular saw and track saw hybrid. Imagine the flexvolt circular saw but with a dust port, track base, and is corded.

@JakeDewalt I did more testing. 3 of my flexvolt batteries I keep in my ds300 with my 60v recip and 20v multitool. I bought my recip for demo and bush trimming use. Out of any tools I use they probably get the most dust, debris, grime, etc. on them. my other 2 batteries stay with my miter saw. They are noticeably cleaner. Its not the sliding off the recip thats difficult its the pressing the battery release button that is more difficult. Without a tool you can notice the 2 for the miter saw press smoother than the 3 for my recip. None are hard to press without a tool. The 3 batteries are easier to take out of my miter saw than the recip but are ever so slightly more difficult than the miter saw batteries. The miter saw batteries are ever so slightly easier to take out of the recip than the recip batteries. I try the recip batteries in my drill and the button presses fine. I think it is a combination of both the recip and the 3 recip batteries. Maybe there is dust or something under the buttons. I cleaned the best I could with my shirt. Still not as easy to push the button as on other tools. Should I lubricate the release buttons? I'm not sure I have gun oil but I have sword oil. Would that work?

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I'm sure every boss has their own rules. We don't get a lunch break but in return we get off work at 4:00 instead of 4:30 or 5:00 I think my bosses point for talking to us about hours we record is to make sure he doesn't charge the customer for work we didn't do.

Anyone find it is harder to push down the release on a flexvolt battery when connected to a 60v tool than when it is connected to a 20v tool? Maybe it just is the reciprocating saw or maybe the batteries have dust or something on them. The saw had a bit of use doing demo in both wood and metal. I don't notice much issue when I take off a flex from my drill but have noticed more issue when taking off a flex from my reciprocating saw. I don't remember having this issue with my 790 saw. I may just have to do some more testing. At the end of the work day I wipe off tools I have used. Hopefully it makes em last longer.

maybe the 1x could be temporary just so you can get the table saw cleaned off then french cleats as a permanent solution? or move stuff from table saw to floor real quick to make the cuts for the cleats?

dual flexvolt fast charger 120v demo hammer More lighting options that accept flexvolt flexvolt tough system boxes. whether they be a 120v or 60v vac or a 120v or 60v compressor or battery charger. Maybe they are a ds400 in size or even whatever size a ds500 would be. Depending on space a tray might be able to fit above the charger. The compresor and vac wouldn't have space because of the air tanks and container where the vac puts the material. A tough system radio compatible with flexvolt batteries combined with a tough box could be handy. Maybe the lid is the radio and the storage portion could be somewhere between a ds130 and ds300 in size. Battery could connect from under the lid

I dont see the pictures @KnarlyCarl @Bmill25 the Ridgid boxes are a great alternative to the tough boxes. I have had experience with both systems. In general I prefer the tough system because it has more box options than the Ridgid system and the wall mount is a nice addition. I own a ds130 and a ds300. Both boxes work well for what I use them for. The compartments in the lid of the ds130 are a nice addition. I am interested in getting a ds400.I prefer the side latches for locking boxes together on the Ridgid boxes because they are metal latches. The latches to keep the box lid closed seem a bit stronger on the tough boxes than the Ridgid boxes. Hard to go wrong with either system.

looks like it.

I was wondering what is the proper way to record your time book/hours worked? The boss was talking to a new guy about it. He was unhappy at how he was recording his time. I think he should have included everyone in on it. I typically wrote 8:00 for start time and for end time I put when I left the jobsite. Apparently I have been recording hours worked wrong. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to include the end of the day cleanup. I'm guessing he meant cleaning up personal tools and whatnot. My boss also mentioned he doesn't like guys riding in a vehicle together. 5 minutes here and there really adds up in terms of labor charged to the customer. Do you start the time: when the crew gets together at the office/shop to see what the boss has each person do that day. when you leave for the jobsite. when you arrive at the jobsite. after you arrive at job site and setup all the tools. At the end of the day do you record the time when: you arrive back at the office/shop. you left the jobsite. you stop working and start cleaning up. Say you worked until 3:52 would that be recorded as 4:00 or 3:45?

When Makita stops selling 50 zillion impact drivers When DeWALT makes up its mind on what battery platform to use. When Festool sells something for less than an arm and a leg.

m18 sub compact? Could it be a viable m12 replacement?