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wayneburgess

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  1. Hi Eric, My first impression is its well built like a battleship but may make your impact driver a bit nose heavy.
  2. I must admit I scratch my head sometimes, at the random way Dewalt seem to put out new kit. Do you think they get out a world map, and a set of British pub darts and throw them at the map to decide what gets released where? LOL
  3. Hi Folks, Has anyone else bought the Dewalt Impact Clutch? I just wonder as these things tend to hit the shelves over in the U.S before they do over here in the U.K how they shape up?
  4. Don't know about over in the U.S, but over here in the U.K they are selling off older type ni-cad versions of Dewalt, Makita and Bosch for peanuts.They are stacked high in many D.I.Y stores for £99 or even less. Maybe theres a move to sell all these off before they put newer stuff on the shelves. Dewalt have let folks down I feel with tricks like bringing out a new battery nailer, but using old battery technology so you can't put the slide battery out of your new tool in the new model. But I hear they are following Metabo by bringing out a 4ah battery, and I don't think they would do that if they were on the way out.
  5. Drills without torque settings are a bit like teenagers without grown ups around. Things might go great for a while but you just know sooner or later its all gonna end badly LOL I had a big powerful drill with no Clutch/torque control at all, I was reaching through a gap high in a building to drill through some steel sheet for a pipe when the drill bit jammed the drill spun and broke my finger. That day I learnt a lesson NEVER have a drill without a clutch/torque control. And screwdrivers with no clutch.If you are putting in 2 screws, then you may not see the benefits, but if you are putting in 200 or 2000 screws you deffo will.
  6. I would take all these tool war video clips with a massive pinch of salt. And the ones where a tool company has made them even more so. And beware the guy who has everything made by ONE company the one colour wonder who is so deluded he thinks one company makes the best everything. After 33 years in the building trade I know this is not true, one company may make a fantastic drill, but a saw that sucks, and another company may make a fantastic corded tool but have a less than impressive cordless line up. A case in point is Panasonic, Fantastic cordless tool line, but find a panasonic corded tool? In my experience for what its worth you get what you pay for, and my manufacturers of choice are Metabo, Panasonic, and Milwaukee.
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