wayneburgess
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That bit is the same as here Pal.
But somelads callan impact wrench a windy gun even the ones that are not air powered LOL.
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Hi folks,
Just got an all singing all dancing new phone and all I have to do now is figure out how the bloody thing works. LOL
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Not where I live Pal.
It is interesting how it can change by region as well as country.
Some guys call they're impact driver just an "Impact".You have to remember the U.K is only about 600 miles long and 450 or so miles wide and some of that is lakes and a bit of Irish sea in there as well, and has more regional accents per square mile than I think anywhere else.So it can get a bit complicated at times.LOL
We tend to define them as ordinary Hammer drill and S.D.S Hammer drill.
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Wet,dry or damp it kept working.
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We will all have to get used to each others terminology we call all drills with hammer action hammer drills and then divide them as S.D.S or none S.D.S.
Its a bit like you say a 2 x 4 and we call it a 4 x 2 it means the same just a little different way of getting there.
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It is one of the tools where I would always go for quality because with it comes accuracy and a better quality job.
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooogh what an awful woeful hateful little thing!!!!!
I had one turn up in a kit and it is honestly currently the worst power tool I have ever had the misfortune to lay a hand on.
Waiting for this thing to cut was like watching a rock face erode in the wind.
The first cut the blade stayed in the wood and pulled out of the damn thing and when I finally found a blade that would stay in it, there was more power in a butterflies wing beat. LOL An absolute joke of a tool.
Craftsman may make some very good tools but this is not one of them.
To balance this out, the auto hammer from the same kit which knocks in nails has been a very handy tool I use it for nail on clips on pipes and wiring and it gets in places where you could never swing a hammer.the torch is a belter and the small drill is great for small pilot holes.
My advice folks is if you buy the kit leave the jigsaw on the counter and maybe the manufacturer will take the hint and bin this horrible little toy and make something that is more useful, and much better built.
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I think with Milwaukee sometimes it is not just about run time.It is also about how fast the tool completes the application, two drills for example may drill almost the same number of holes, but one of them may do it much more quickly e.g in a higher gear or with more r.p.m.
When you factor in the performance advantage between the old Milwaukee battery and new Milwaukee red lithium battery, it is the amps that can be pulled from it over a slightly longer period, effectively giving you a slightly more powerful tool, as well as a small improvement in run time.
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If I was buying one today i would buy either the bosch or the Metabo but the Dewalt is very close.
Also if you are cutting many materials the Evolution rage double bevel is a cracking bit of kit.
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You sound like you have the same problems with the cost of shipping as me.
It is easy to forget just how vast countries like the U.S and Australia are compared to the U.K and so shipping across them costs as much sometimes as say me buying from abroad.
It also seems sometimes that it is easier for me all the way over here to get information about tool availability in the U.S than people I know over there.
Maybe it is how our internet is set up to work or something but I do not get bombarded as much as you guys with crap I don't want while searching for stuff I do, compared to folks in the U.S.
But once you deal with a company in the U.S you find out just how great they are on service and they go the extra mile, or they have for me thus far.
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As regular visitors will know I am a big fan of Metabo and have bought quite a few to replace tools that were stolen a few months back.
Here however is an honest unbiased review of this tool that I have been using on real building projects.
I have been reminded that in the U.S this is called a Rotary Hammer.
So you work hard and are sick of power cable tangles and want to save time?
I bought this drill with 3 3ah batteries a while back and have been using it for a few months now.
In that time I have never once had to reach for the corded drill, this thing is a beast and works all day drilling through metal underlay sheets through into concrete for hammer set M10 bolt anchors to support heavy cast iron pipework with no problem at all.Drilling 1 inch holes through solid stone walls has been easy because the hammer action is awsome on this tool.
Turn the dial and you can chisel out for those cables too, and it wont vibrate your teeth out or send your hands numb.
Turn it again and you can drill without hammer action.
The run time on the battery packs is very very good as well, the 3 batteries kept me going for a ten hour shift.
I have only one tiny complaint and that is the damn thing fits so snug in the carry case that you won't get it out with your gloves on.
In short then, if you drill holes of 1 inch or lower in concrete or brick, and you do that all day every day, then finally theses a battery powered drill that can do that in the real world and not just once in a while.
You can also purchase the fob that means nobody but you gets to use your drill.( handy for those of us out in the rough tough site world).
Metabo KHA 24 28V Cordless Combination Hammer Drill - 6.00190.58 - Suitable for bits and accessories with SDS-plus shank end - With the appropriate accessories, it is also suitable for bits and accessories with cylindrical shank end (no impact) - Favourable centre of gravity position - Die cast aluminium gear housing - Pneumatic high-performance hammer mechanism - Metabo KHA24 Comes with Hammer stop - Rotation stop for chiselling - Metabo Cordless Hammer Drill comes with Clockwise and anticlockwise rotation - Torque limiting clutch - Metabo Vibra - Tech (MVT) handle for vibration damping - Metabo CODE system: electronic anti-theft system for battery packs, activated by CODE! key (accessory) - Easy and quick change of battery pack - Metabo Li-Ion battery packs for up to 40% more power with up to 40% less weight. No memory effect - With AIR COOLED super quick charger ASS 15 Plus for charging Ni - Tech (MVT) side handle - Drilling depth guide - AIR COOLED super quick charger ASS 15 Plus.
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Well folks the Impact clutch is STILL going strong and I am amazed.
I now use it on time saver couplings on cast iron pipe because my impact would shatter the iron couplings if I over did it.
You can imagine 8 bolts per coupling on 6 inch and at least two couplings per fitting,three on e tee, that on a job site it doesn't take long before you are into thousands.
These have an allen key head and the Dewalt Impact Clutch has stood up to doing thousands of these.
Also it means no matter what drill you use, you can still only apply the exact same amount of force.
If you have a drill or an impact driver I strongly recommend you get one of these.
It would be nice to have one you could put in your impact driver and set to an exact torque setting though. Please make one Dewalt.
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Me and my little woman have an understanding.For every minute she drags me round the clothing and shoe shops, she has to come walk round the tool stores.I thoroughly recommend this to all you guys, as she now takes a fraction of the time, and has started shopping on-line. LOL
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I also used it while it was absolutely hammering with rain up a scaffold and just had to plod on and keep working and it never missed a beat.
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The new I.P range can be dumped in a pond for over ten minutes and will still work.
How do I know? Because my old one that got stolen did.
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If you like Protool take a look at the SSP200EB.
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yes pal apparently so.
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Yes on some of them.
Any C12 (previous or curent model) NiMh or NiCd batteries will change on the current Festool and Protool Li-ion chargers. -
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Me thinks Australians are very funny people, and this is an example of someone pretending to be thick as two short ends while getting over a safety message in a comedy style.
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I must admit being over here in the U.K wet and windy is no stranger, and my tools get hammered so I must be the worlds hardest on allmy tool kit.
And because it is such a varied game I am in, there is virtually no tool that I wouldn't have some kind of use for,and the habit of cleaning and oiling tools has made many last much longer and better.But it is not always easy to find the time.
I would like to get my hands on some of the new Panasonic range,as they are awsome for those of us who need to keep working when the weather is awful.
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Yay a name we can buy some of over here LOL.
We can get the heavy duty stuff over here.Pipe wrenches inspection cameras, and mainly industrial pipe fitting gear.But we don't get a whole shed load of gear that you guys can in the U.S.A.
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It sucks like a bucket of leaches.
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Old plumber meets new phone :)
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J.C.B make a phone (Yep the folks that make the big yellow diggers lol ).It's called a site master costs less than a hundred quid and it is supposed to be damn near indestructible.
They also make what they call the tough phone which is about 240 quid so that one must be bomb proof. LMAO.