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PutnamEco

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PutnamEco last won the day on February 10 2013

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  1. What I'm really dreading is the lame tool gifts by well meaning friends and relatives. I'm wondering what tool du jour their local merchants will entice them with this year. I usually end up some thing like a battery operated adjustable wrench or some other type of foolishness that I have to keep around the shop forever so no feelings get hurt. Care to guess what it might be this year?
  2. It seriously does provide a noticable difference over regular grease.
  3. If it is not one thing it's six others, just spent the last few days home in bed with the flu, now I get to play catch up.....
  4. I can't really see the use for this as a cordless tool, although I'm sure someone will find a use for it. Makitas 18v multi tool would be much more appropriate as a detail sander for the work that I end up with. Both companies started out with first rate products and then hopped on the "value engineering" bandwagon and ended up poorly. This is what happens when people get greedy.
  5. I'm looking at the Bosch, with their new impact driver with that fancy 1/2" drive combo chuck has certainly got my attention, and I do like their radio. I'm only really going to look at the drill and driver as I don't put to much stock in 18v sawzalls and circular saws although if the price for the set was right. If only the manufacturers would upgrade their 28v/36v tools......
  6. I have had fair luck with my Makita batteries, they do seem to have a date of failure built in, as my batteries that I purchase at the same time all tend to die within a month of each other. Still worlds better than Nicad. I find Milwaukee batteries don't fail in the same way, the seem to fade out over time rather than than just up and quit with a charging failure like the Makitas do.
  7. I'm a big fan of Hondas moly grease for use in my ratchets, bit pricey but it makes them so much smoother. Krytox is a true super lube and they do have a grease that works well in ratchets but is is very hard to come by and has a pretty steep price tag, and in my opinion is not noticably better than Hondas grease in a hand tool application, that is unless you plan on using your tools in an extreme environment like outer space, or under water where the Krytoxs thermal stability and solvent resistance will have a distinct advantage.
  8. Protool also has this function with the IWC 18-2 TEC LI but if you didn't like the Makitas price.....
  9. I'll have to give it some thought, but I'm about due for a new cordless set. None of the new sets really grab me with that gotta have it bug though.
  10. PutnamEco

    Hello?

    Well, I no longer have an internet connection at home and am forced to our local libraries public computers, and one of our local haunted houses failed their fire safety inspection so our haunt was called in to bail them out, so I've been a bit out of it lately....
  11. They are heavy, consider a set of oxi lights.
  12. Is that a female torx fitting inline and opposed to the male 1/4" drive side?
  13. I used to do some work in Putnam county NY
  14. You could try Fastenal, I have had pretty good service from them, they don't normally have a lot of tools in stock, but they do get orders in pretty quickly.
  15. From Woodshopnews.com I wonder what the big boxes will sell now? My locals are filled with Stanley hardware.
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