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The battery is BY FAR the biggest complaint that I've seen about these sprayers. I was looking into them before the holidays and decided to hold off for now, but I was leaning towards the corded because of the battery issues. This sounds like it could be an awesome fit seeing as I'm already in the 20v line. Can't wait to see some reviews.

Yeah, I've heard about people having some issues as well. While researching them, it seemed like most of the issues were battery-related when they first came out. If I'm not mistaken, they've updated the batteries since then, so it shouldn't be an issue anymore... Also, I want to say that everyone I saw complaining was doing so about the 15/16ga finish nailers. I can't recall ever seeing someone upset with their 18ga brad nailer, so that kind of stood out to me as well. Either way, I figured it was at least worth a try. Worst case scenario, it goes back and I keep waiting on the yellow team.

Really, really cool man. Keep the posts coming!

I was looking into these before the holidays but decided to hold off for now. Not a huge fan of painting/staining, so I'm very tempted to pull the trigger eventually. Maybe I will on the next big project.

FYI - http://www.cpopowertools.com is selling brand new DeWalt DW734's for $399 (which is the normal price), and they are currently offering 17% off for the new year with the promo code HELLO2017. Brings the price down to about $330. Heck of a deal if you're still looking. Free shipping too I believe.

Ended up returning the Ridgid Oscillating Edge/Belt Spindle Sander that I was given for Christmas. While I do really want one eventually, I decided to grab a toy that would get more use right now. Finally got tired of waiting for DeWalt's new brad nailer and pulled the trigger on a Senco. If I end up not liking it, I'll probably just try to return/sell it and wait for the DeWalt again. I'm HOPING that's not the case. The bag that this thing came with is pretty sweet. Usually I prefer the hard cases because my bags tend to get messy and full of a bunch of junk, but this one has little sections on the inside (outside as well) to hold the charger and battery, and it has plenty of room for nails and what not. Excited to put it through the paces!

Sweet Jesus. That's one hell of a collection.

Nice n easy. I like it! Great idea with the pics too. I'm sure that stuff comes in handy A TON.

Thanks guys!

I know, I'm a little late to the Christmas project posting, but I figured it was better late than never. The first project I made was for my brother-in-law and his wife. My wife, being obsessed with Pinterest, kept finding these patio cooler posts that she thought were really cool and asked if I could make one. I had her show me a handful that she liked and tell me what she liked about them, and then I put this together in SketchUp. I think the final dimensions ended up being somewhere around 5' long x 3' tall x 2ish' deep. This was a pretty simple build. Nothing too difficult or out of the ordinary. Project number two was something I put together for my sister and her husband. *Quick background - both my sister and her husband are big Bacardi Limon fans. Whenever we get together, Limon and Diet Coke is the go-to drink for them (and pretty much the entire family). Needless to say, I decided I wanted to put together a special project for them. The basic idea came from an April Wilkerson video that I saw a while back (https://www.wilkerdos.com/2016/05/diy-backlit-led-sign/). I loved the way her sign came out, and using her tutorial, I figured I could put together a killer one of my own. So that led me to Google Images, and I went from there. After clicking around for a while, I came up with a couple photos that I really liked. Instead of just settling for one, I decided I wanted to combine the two. That led me over to the Adobe website where I downloaded a Photoshop free trial. After a little messing around, I was able to put the two images together (Photoshop has some awesome tutorials for those of you that haven't tried). Little did I know, that was only a small part of the project. Because of potential copyright issues, I wasn't able to just go to a FedEx and have them enlarge the photo for me like April did. Luckily, I remembered that my mom does a ton of artsy stuff and used to have a tracing machine that would project an image onto a wall. After searching around her basement for a little while, I was able to find the tracing machine in perfect working order! So I took that home with me and projected the image onto a piece of poster board that was the exact size of the plexiglass I planned on using. Despite being a pain to work around my own shadow, the tracing turned out pretty awesome and gave me confidence in the rest of the project (despite never etching glass before). Once the plexiglass finally arrived (5 days late - on Christmas Eve nonetheless), I dry-fit it into the frame that I made just to make sure it fit before etching. Luckily the seller gave me the correct dimensions (or close enough), and everything I pre-made fit together perfectly. Then came the etching. Surprisingly, this was significantly easier than I thought it would be; I used a Dremel and the same bits that April recommended. All I had to do was put the plexiglass over the top of the poster board that I traced on and follow along the image from there. Trying to get the circle perfect wasn't the easiest task, but it came out pretty dang good if you ask me. After that, it was as simple as dropping the finished plexiglass into the dado that I made for it and attaching the top piece of the frame. Alright, I've talked enough. Time to get to the goods. The final project ended up being roughly 2'x3'. Not exactly sure why the lighting ended up being so blah in the second photo, but at least it shows the lights. The actual lights don't look anywhere near that dark and yellow (more bright white-ish), but it gets the point across. I didn't buy the adapter to change colors via the iPhone, but I think they will probably end up adding it (seems simple enough). I think it came out pretty awesome though, and more importantly, they loved it. Anyways, just wanted to share with the crew. Happy New Year everyone!

WOW! That's a heck of a score right there.

I'm in the same boat. The final products look awesome, but unfortunately, I don't have somewhere to get them from where I know what has been on them and that it'd be safe to use. It ends up not being worth the hassle for me. Sounds like Ohiostatebuckeyefan is one of the lucky ones! Great work! Looks fantastic.

Welcome to the crew, Aaron! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome aboard! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome to the crew! Not surprised you love the EGO line. I've herd nothing but great things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk