satchmodog

Hey kids. I have a Porter Cable 738 Tiger Saw and aside from the very first Milwaukee Sawzall I bought over 25 years ago(some jag stole it off a job) this is the finest recip saw I've owned. No one, and I mean no one makes or made a saw like those old Sawzalls, but the Tiger saw of about 15 years or so ago was damn close. Heavy AF, rock solid and would cut a locomotive in half. Last month when I opened the case down in Floriduh where we'd been remodeling our parent's house I noticed there was an oily mess in the case, the foam baffle in the case was basically eaten away and was stuck in crumb form all over the case. I'm going to see if I can repair the saw or get it repaired if that fails. In the likely even the saw has shat the bed, what's out there with old school power and ruggedness? I've tried the Rigid 6 amp on a job and it was junk and my brother had the new Makita 18 volt. While it was a nice solid tool, it just wasn't powerful enough. The 9.6 amp tigersaw gave me all the nastiness I desired, always. So what's out there? I don't mind cords, btw. I actually prefer them for tools that serve a real heavy duty purpose. So school me on recip saws

Got a screaming deal on 4 Bosch DCB 1280 12 inch blades for my 780 miter saw. I've used a similar blade for years on my Makita 10 inch miter and always loved them, so I had to track down some 12s. It wasn't easy, but 4 should last a good long time. Paid 150 shipped for all four

I was looking at those a few weeks ago for my girlfriend's house. She has about 32 dead cordless drills lying about, all off brands. I was thinking this set would be perfect, plus I have the 18 volt impact and charger, so she would never be without batteries or another charger. Wimmin

I'm a professional carpenter and have a bostich nail gun(16 ga) along with the 6 gallon oval compressor on wheels. I needed something smaller and portable instead of lugging my 20 gallon pulley compressor around on small jobs and Menard's had this kit for a really good price over 15 years ago. The compressor has hundreds of hours on it and the nailer has had tens of thousands of nails through it with absolutely zero issues, save the regulator doesn't work correctly and you have to manually stop the pump if you want lower air pressure. I killed a Hitachi gun in the mean time and have been running a PC 16 ga as well. The PC is a bit easier to use, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with Bostich guns.

Other than just wanting to be economical about batteries, I find brand loyalty or Mooneyism to be counterproductive and silly. It's tribal and base on one hand and on another you wind up buying some inferior tools, then talking smack constantly to justify your silly purchase. Being honest would be saying yeah, I bought drill x because it fit my 32 other batteries, but I know drill Y is better. But in the long run it does the job for me. Unfortunately, far too many people go tribal batshit crazy and over the top with the subject. Good tools are good tools. So what if your Brand Y is 132 rpm slower than Brand Q. If it drives that lag bolt a half second slower, who the hell cares? it's quality tools with good warranties, that's all that matters in the end. It's not like Harbor Freight with their Dewalt clones(hercules) and their advertising that they outperform pricier tools. That's where you're truly buying junk, paying top dollar (Hercules) and getting the worst warranty, EVER.The oddest thing is about half the product reviews for miter saws and drills on Youtube are goofballs preening over their Harbor freight crap like some dude who just shot a 12 point buck lol

I am a carpenter by trade and have been burnt the hell out for years about doing projects in my own home. Being down in the keys for over 4 months remodeling my parent's home has sparked a new interest in rehabbing my house now, so I have treated myself to some new tools. I bought a new Makita table saw online and sent my ex wife to pick it up and bring it to her place. I also bought myself a new Milwaukee fuel impact driver while down here, so I had a nice collection of impact bits sent to her house. Also, had a new air hose, new Porter Cable brad nailer, new PC framing nailer(since mine finally shat the bed down here, but I will try to repair it when I get home) new ten and 12 inch blades for the circular saw and my Dewalt 780 miter saw(that I bought myself for my birthday in september) new miter saw stand with wheels, a digital protractor and a Bosch laser sent to her place. I have a few hundred feet of base to stain, poly and install at their house so I figured why not send some of my stuff there so it's safe and ready when I get home. My old Makita 10 inch miter has been living in their master bedroom all winter lol So that's my initial tool dump for 2018. Most of my power tools are still functional, but I will be putting new cords on the Tiger saw, dewalt sander and Milwaukee circular saw this year, as well as replacing the lock bushing on my Bosch jigsaw. The next purchase will be a new router and new router table to step up from the 30 year old crap I have, so I'll be gathering intel here for that purchase. Now that cordless tech has finally become rock solid I'll finally grab a new cordless circular saw and one of those jobsite blowers. My brother had the new Makita models down here and they were impressive. Not like that cordless dewalt I bought 20 years ago that you could actually stop the blade with a 2x4 the battery and motor were so weak. That, and probably add a ton of new LED shop lights in the garage. My first project at home will be building new bookshelves using the fluted trim we had left over from our kitchen and bar cabinets down here, and installing new crown in all my rooms. I'll probably wind up buying a new 16 ga finish nailer this year, even though the one I have is fine. It's just old and why not buy it a friend Also, looking at a pin nailer finally and was NOT impressed with the cordless Makita. I don't know if we just got a crap tool down here because Makita is always rock solid, but this thing blew dog from moment one. It bent half the pins it shot, then started setting them to the point a half inch was exposed. Then finally it started doubling, so it's going back. I like the idea of a hoeless pin nailer, but maybe I'll still stick with air and get another PC or a Hitachi.

Hey, new guy here. I have an old Makita 10 inch single bevel and a Dewalt 780 at home where I'm a carpenter( NE Illinois). I've been down in the Keys with my brother rebuilding our parent's home on the Ocean after Irma had her way with it. When he got down here, the idea was to supervise labor and we soon found out most labor down here was abysmal. After the drywall went back up, I came down and we started the decks, then the trim in the house. He went shopping for a cordless miter saw and he's a huge Makita guy, so he wanted to keep his batteries all the same. He came home one day with the 36v dual bevel 10 inch saw and it shocked me how amazing it was. The one carpenter we kept on for finishing the deck rails didn't care for the Makita(I think he just wanted to play with his new Flexvolt) so he used his own saw. I have to say as someone who owns Makita, Dewalt, Porter Cable, Milwaukee and Bosch tools equally, there are both good and bad to both of these saws. The Makita just felt tighter, they honestly always do. The Dewalt just felt more powerful and when we were cutting the 2x10s and 4x4s, the Dewalt just seemed to deal with them better, but that could be the function of the 12 inch blade in all reality. I loathe lasers, they're worthless gimmicks, but the Shadow lines from dewalt are the bomb. I didn't care for the fence on the Makita at all, it was not something that was easily moved aside. The Makita also had no place for crown stops. I loved the fact that the Dewalt lets you plug it in, though. The Makita batteries seemed to hold their charge a bit longer, but it's not like we had a scientific test going. We hired a stucco guy to do some frames and he had to chop some 2x4s down and wound up crushing the gear a bit on the lockdown handle. Neither my brother nor I ever use the lockdown unless we're doing a custom angle between detentes, so it was weird feeling how that assembly is now stiff and cumbersome. But, Makita always makes things right for you if you call and give a few pretty pleases. I cannot say the same for Dewalt. In my honest opinion, these are the two finest saws on the Market that aren't a grand. If It were my decision, I'd base it on the need for 12 vs 10 inch and your preferred battery use . Personally, I'm not one of these guys who needs all of his gear on one battery platform, my brother is. It's always been my contention that good tools are just that, good tools. You buy either saw and you're going to love it. You buy the Milwaukee and I guarantee you'll love that as well. If I had to chose one at gunpoint it would simply come down to the flexibility the Flexvolt gives. I really dig that option to go corded or cordless and I do prefer the larger blade. But, if you're doing mostly trim work, there's no need to have a 12. Either way you go, enjoy your new saw, they both rock. One more thing, I found the Makita is so much easier to operate with the way all the controls are more up front. There's no reaching around the saw. But hell, it was like getting into a fighter jet when we took that saw out of the box lol