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  3. How would you improve power tools?

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    Make a circular saw where you can choose to have the blade on either side of the motor for left and right handed people is one of mine.

    Also a docking station for site workers which you charge at home and would have capacity for 8 batteries 2 on each side and it would charge them all when there is no power at all.But also work from a power supply giving you endless possibilities.

    But my main improvement from a U.K perspective would be equality of service, warranty and availability.So many tools have for example batteries for life (not available in U.K), 5 year warranty ( not available in U.K).

    Metabo PUT A BLOOMIN BELT HOOK ON YOUR DRILLS AND IMPACT DRIVERS and make the impulse function and all the cool stuff available for my friends in The U.S. :rolleyes:

    And to Paslode and several other manufacturers TWO batteries MINIMUM for professional tools please. :wacko:

  4. Dewalt 4ah Batteries

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    I lost faith with several tool companies when being able to use the next generation of batteries in older tools went down the toilet.

    But Dewalt for example upgraded old tools to lithium ion and still to this day there is one Dewalt old generation drill that with the lithium packs can easily cope on any site I have ever worked on.

    It will have a different model number over in the U.S but it is a combi drill with a metal chuck and if i see one going cheep I am gonna be all over it for one to keep under the stairs for a back up. :D

  6. Dewalt 4ah Batteries

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    If you want to slowly make the change to newer technology, the cheapest way to start is to buy the cheapest tool that you would actually use in the new range along with it's new charger and hopefully two batteries.Then add to it as your wallet will allow slowly replacing your old tools one by one as they either wear out or get relegated to those really dirty jobs where you wouldn't want to risk one of the new ones. :)

  7. Is there the perfect site toolbox system with wheels?

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    Dewalt have brought to the market the tough stacking portable toolbox system.

    But how do these stack up on a REAL job site with 3 inch lumps of stone everywhere, mud ankle deep and lots and lots of rain and mud?

    I had 2 of the older design of Stanley toolboxes with wheels and yes they were tough, with a big lower box with large lift out tray and another smaller box on top again with a tray that lifted out.

    I dragged them on and off a very very rough site for a year, the mud clogged the wheels then froze so the wheels locked and they became the worst sled in history.Then when it thawed on site and the mud was six inches deep they trailed crap everywhere and I wore a hole clean through the side of one on the stone covering the site prior to the roads being laid,so when I opened the box the next day all my tools were covered in crap.

    So I ask the question again "Is there a perfect wheeled tool box system for REAL building sites?"

  9. Dewalt 4ah Batteries

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    As predicted Dewalt are now bringing to the market the 4ah lithium battery packs for the XR range.

    This follows Metabo who were first to release a 4ah which now means Dewalt users can now benefit also from a claimed 33% run time increase and this may also mean a slight performance improvement due to the increased draw the new battery packs should be able to handle.

    It remains to be seen if like the Metabo these 4ah packs are so similar in weight as to be unnoticeable.

    These should hit the shelves in the next month or two, and you can bet Tools In Action will be keeping an eye on developments. :)

  15. Laser Level

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    I would love to review laser levels and rotary laser levels red versus green laser to see which is really better.

    Also versatility of use and battery use as many of them can eat AA batteries and that can cost a bloomin fortune when like me you use them all day every day.

    Green lasers are supposed to shoot a beam further and be easier to see when the daylight is stronger, but is that really true?

    I would like to find out.

    Is a rotary level really the way to go over a cross line laser.

    Are the floor leveling levels really up to use on a job site.

    And do the lasers designed for tiling shoot a strong and accurate enough beam to tile in real world applications?

    These are all tests I would like to do to let the good folks know how they perform before they shell out hard earned cash. :)

  16. Evolution Rage 2 355 tct cut off saw

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    Hi Folks,

    I recently bought the Evolution Rage 2 T.C.T blade cut off saw.

    I am on a development that is part industrial and part residential, and am fitting the cold mains booster pumps and break tanks and also cast iron waste and soil pipes.So this saw was for cutting the plastic pipe prior to fitting and also for cutting threaded bar and Uni-strut so that I could use my battery grinder for the areas where setting up a corded tool would just take too long.

    Anyway the box arrived and I duly put it in the van and the next day off to the job site I go.

    When I unpacked the tool it was all assembled and apart from the slide on pipe v block which is very handy I might add that was it, plug in and play.

    Happy days I thought.

    That was until I made my first cut with a scrap bit of pipe to check things out,that's when I discovered to my horror that the guide that adjusts to allow you to cut angles as well as acting as a back fence, would not set to the square position.

    I have ended up having to ( with the assistance of a workmate) drill the offending part to elongate the adjustment slot, thus allowing the damn thing to be adjusted properly and therefore cut a nice square cut on the end of the pipe.

    Otherwise the tool has performed flawlessly and has cut everything I put in it with no heating up of the work and very little filing required to remove any sharp edges.

    The hinge of the saw is wobble free, the trigger very smooth and it produces a lot less noise than I was expecting.And produced hardly any sparks at all when cutting metal.

    However it is a heavy tool, do not buy this if you are not up to carrying very heavy items.

    I am disappointed the tool needed to be fettled to get it to cut square, but even so the quality of the cut and the way it can cope with wood,plastic and metal has more than made up for it.

    I have been assured such quality control issues are rare,and I could (if I had time) have returned the tool for exchange.

    All in all a great tool and don't let this put you off buying one. :)

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  25. I thought I had a good idea....

    in Pub Talk

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    With the new breed of 4ah batteries and who knows what next battery tools are now a real every day tool.

    mine get hammered all day every day and it does not take as many battery packs as you think to do a very long day.

    I can only see this getting better and better, but corded tools come into their own when you need very high power for a very long period of constant use.

    and currently no manufacturer has tried to make these tools so it's all good. :)

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