Babysaw

I went back to the same pawn shop near me, and saw they had a dcr006, the little dewalt Bluetooth speaker. It was listed at $44 and on the tag it said ‘ADD IN BACK.’ I asked what that meant, and was told it referred to a battery and charger. From what I’d read about this unit, I was aware it comes bare, so I played along. They came back in a few minutes with a 1.5 ah 20v battery and a small charger. It doesn’t get terribly loud but it’s Bluetooth and quite small, enough to chuck in my Ridgid boxes.

ChrisK brings up and interesting follow up: how do you prioritize your batteries? I run fours and fives in my impacts and drill and a flexvolt 6/2 in my planer and 575 babysaw. I usually run my DCB091 power adapter too all day with whatever is laying around, for my phone and the kid’s bose speaker, which honestly kicks ass.

In a mitre, you get more RPM in an impact wrench, you get more torque. Its been tested. Google folks EDIT: that was rude. Sorry. Here’s the link: cheers fellas

I bought a couple of these because I was curious, and we put one on the boss’ babychop (what we call the cordless mitre). Great cut https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001IB3FTI/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Which cordless tools work a battery hardest for you? Which tools are easiest on your batteries?

I bought a Ryobi corded belt sander and a variety of Freud belts for it. I took home quite a bit of grayed Ipe Decking from a project and I think once it’s all cleaned up and oiled I’ll make patio furniture.

I use fingerless wool gloves. They give you warmth and finger dexterity, and if they get soaked (I’m in Puget Sound) they are still warm. Pretty sure it’s wig wam or fox river on working person store. They kickass

This is on the main dewalt site now too

Finally more like what I’ve been looking for. This is beach portable, and at $99 I can justify it being a non tool

There are YouTube vids on this subject. Long story short, a dcb606 spins the blade 10% faster than 20v batts. I try to only run them on the boss’ BabyChop

I was gifted a table saw by an older coworker recently after he bought a new Dewalt. Since then I purchased a dcd996, and finding myself with two drills I decided to pay it forward. I gave the kid on our crew my dcd777 and the two 1.5 ah batteries and charger. Young Buck now needs an impact and some beefier batteries, cheaper the better. Who’s got suggestions?

The planer also runs noticeably stronger with flexvolt batteries. I rarely need more power than a 4ah can offer but it’s nice when you’re planing something super hard to have that extra oomph. if I’ve got a grinding wheel on my drill, doing some rust cleanup etc a flexvolt battery is also nice. I’ve only got 6/2ah flex batteries, do the 9/3ah give more power, especially in the 575 saw?

I picked up a Stabila 196-2, four foot, priced $6 at Habitat for Humanity Store. I paid them double. It’s in pretty decent shape. Then, I went to Pawn America and picked up a DCD996P2 for $130. Not bad. Barely used.

If the service center deal if still live, that is your best battery deal. Turn in two ancient worthless batteries from a thrift etc for two 9/3 flexvolt, $199

The cordless miter is brushed? Bummer I love the baby chop

I’ve used the cut off wheels for angle grinders and those last incredibly long. Never tried any other Lenox blade

Are you sure the replacement part was from dewalt? Could it have been knockoff? I agree those kind of tasks are heavy wear no matter how you stack it

You can def by tools at service centers I did in Spokane, just unsure why he told me the promo was suspended... his answer was stupid fishy

If my dudes couldn’t keep a top of the line brushless drill running I’d question whether they were trying.

Yeah we router windows out too, def makes it easier. We do like ten houses a year all custom so maybe that’s the disconnect. Hes right about another thing, work under a real pro framer and nothing is ever the same. I’ve worked for a few dudes who got into being a GC from starting out in something like drywall and their approach to building is almost never what you see from a true framer

Hi MidoGrumpy, .148” is a 10D nail.

Ten guys sheeting a house sounds like a clusterfuck. We’ve done five before and it does go by quick, but typically we’re doing overframes, merging different pitches together, Setting a ridge, snapping lines, cutting the rafters, that takes time no matter how many dudes are around watching. Frame your crickets around chimneys, sheet those, it’s not a minutes kinda deal. Additionally, being employed by the GC we know our roofing subs will use the bottom bracket we set, and take it down when they are done. It serves a purpose. I’m on sites a couple months at a time so I’d rather set my brackets then rely on some Indiana Jones shit to save my bacon. I agree about harnesses tho there’s just nothing to set a fall arrest to.

We sheet the first four feet standing on rafters then set brackets with 2x6. No need to punch a hole then... dunno why you wouldn’t set toe boards/cleats at least? Last couple builds we had to frame some huge crickets so maybe there’s a time difference involved. Stiletto all day. I had a steel solid shaft before and the only good thing I can say is it was cheap.

What he said. The current jig is brushed

I had to rip a 2” drop through the span of a 20 foot glu lam today with my 575. Fresh demo demon blade, took a full dcb606 to 1 bar, which is when I change em. It went as fast as I could follow my line. Talkin bout this or that 20v saw when you can run a flex is like talking about still using a drill once impacts became norm. Cmon meow.