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  1. Yeah I realised afterwards that the thread went to bed years ago. Berner! That's the boy. Span me out big-time. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk
  2. Superb piece of kit though. I service a few of these for a garage door company. The tool is bullet proof, the batteries on the older models were a bit useless though. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk
  3. Hey guys, I'm new here and I'm from the UK, I run a powertool repair shop and thought I'd share the odd few brand crossovers and oddities I've come across over the years. You've got the obvious ones like dewalt/elu/trend with their dw625/mff96/t5 router also the larger dw625/mff177/t11 router There's also lots of other identical machines in the ranges, you sometimes even see them labeled up as black and decker professional. On a different note Google "Chang type tools" to see where Dewalt get most of their kit made. They're also happy to make it in other colours it would seem. There's Bosch that also have the Skill and Dremel brands but I have also seen Bosch-made tools sold under the Wurth brand with the plastics in black, mostly sanders and grinders . And in orange and marketed by ITW's Spit brand, mostly 24v sds drills. Going back in time, a British firm, Wolf used to re-badge Makita tools and sell them as their own, I occasionally still see a 9401 belt sander come in for repair with a Wolf badge. Makita also have their own budget brand over here called Maktek although recently this has been scrapped and they've just coloured them red and stuck with makita but given them a Mt designation before the model number. Makita own Dolmar and many of their outdoor products are old Dolmar designs. The Wurth group have re-badged Bosch, Hitachi and Milwaukee brands as their own. The Tti group which make Milwaukee, Ryobi, Rigid also make some of their Milwaukee range in a navy blue colour, I can't remember what they called it but on holiday in Portugal recently it was everywhere. Tti also bought the Kango brand years ago, it's logo still remains on their demolition hammers. Hitachi occasionally make bits for other company's, I've seen their old 4.5" grinder in blue as an Aico? Possibly... Hilti And Flex share almost their entire range of rotary hammers as well as their dust extractors. (one of which festool also sell) Festool once known as Festo bought the Protool brand and carried on making most of its products in green and blue rather than orange and grey. Festool also had Fein make their oscillating saw for them (it's just a supercut in a different colour) Some Metabo tools are made by Flex, mostly high end grinders. Electrolux group make Husqvarna, Partner, Jonsered and have strong ties with Mculloch and Poulan who make their domestic chainsaws. I'm sure there are plenty I've forgotten to mention but these are all I can think of right now. Regards Matt Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk
  4. The old M12v is a dream to work on. They're built simple and heavy. A couple things to check though, occasionally the top bearing seizes and spins the outer race, this heats up and melts the casing, later M12v models had a metal insert in the housing, this doesn't allow that to happen. Also, be sure to fit metal shielded c3 bearings, rubber sealed ones just don't handle the speed. Personally I prefer skf explorers. Good luck Matt Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk
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