jtkendall Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 1 hour ago, MikeyB said: Does anyone know if it's normal when charging a Makita battery with the battery fuel gauge for the charger to show low battery level during the entire charging time? Thanks I don't know if it's normal, but I had the same thing going on when I charged my 2.0 and 3.0 batteries with the fuel gauge yesterday. The red indicator was on for almost the entire charging time and the gauge was at 4 when I checked them near the end of the normal charging times. I know the 2.0 was almost entirely dead when it went on, the 3.0 was at 3 bars. I was also using the DC18RC charger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemontague Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 10 hours ago, SevenOddosFence said: Is sears really going out of business ? The one where I live is not sure about any other ones ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kale Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well I know it's a little late but I can say I had an amazing Christmas! The wife definitely spoiled me and of course I got some things for myself ? Waiting on the 18v/12v rapid charge station and I got a free 12v fuel hackzall from work with a promotion they had going on at our local Milwaukee dealer! Gonna get all my tools together for a little Milwaukee tool porn picture here pretty soon! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 5 hours ago, jtkendall said: I don't know if it's normal, but I had the same thing going on when I charged my 2.0 and 3.0 batteries with the fuel gauge yesterday. The red indicator was on for almost the entire charging time and the gauge was at 4 when I checked them near the end of the normal charging times. I know the 2.0 was almost entirely dead when it went on, the 3.0 was at 3 bars. I was also using the DC18RC charger Thanks Josh, I was hoping another member was doing the same as me. The last thing I want to do is buy another charger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmz2084 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 56 minutes ago, MikeyB said: Thanks Josh, I was hoping another member was doing the same as me. The last thing I want to do is buy another charger... Its normal, the red light just means the battery is less than 80% charged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 6 hours ago, dmz2084 said: Its normal, the red light just means the battery is less than 80% charged. Thanks, the strange this is that when the battery had 4 LED's showing the red light remained on the whole time, when it should be showing greater than 80% or fully charged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikepete Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well I know it's a little late but I can say I had an amazing Christmas! The wife definitely spoiled me and of course I got some things for myself [emoji51] Waiting on the 18v/12v rapid charge station and I got a free 12v fuel hackzall from work with a promotion they had going on at our local Milwaukee dealer! Gonna get all my tools together for a little Milwaukee tool porn picture here pretty soon! That's an exciting set of tools!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemontague Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Acme tools has 17% off one item I ordered the 9ah flexvolt battery normally 199 it's around 165 with the discount 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Acme tools has 17% off one item I ordered the 9ah flexvolt battery normally 199 it's around 165 with the discount Ya that's a good deal thereSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemontague Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just now, JimboS1ice said: Ya that's a good deal there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes it is I just about bought it yesterday for 199 glad I waited a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 shear pins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Lots of shear pins 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 3 hours ago, MikeyB said: Thanks, the strange this is that when the battery had 4 LED's showing the red light remained on the whole time, when it should be showing greater than 80% or fully charged. Edit: while recharging the batteries this morning the charger does actually show the red & green led's when greater than 80% and the solid green when fully charged. i guess I didn't leave the batteries on long enough to show this status after the battery fuel gauge read full charge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 31 minutes ago, ChrisK said: shear pins 31 minutes ago, ChrisK said: Lots of shear pins Lol To replace a bunch of broken ones? Or did I miss another thread.....? 15 hours ago, Kale said: Well I know it's a little late but I can say I had an amazing Christmas! The wife definitely spoiled me and of course I got some things for myself ? Waiting on the 18v/12v rapid charge station and I got a free 12v fuel hackzall from work with a promotion they had going on at our local Milwaukee dealer! Gonna get all my tools together for a little Milwaukee tool porn picture here pretty soon! Awesome, the multi battery charger station is the best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 29 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said: Lol To replace a bunch of broken ones? Or did I miss another thread.....? Awesome, the multi battery charger station is the best Oh yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Do these count as tools? Once again I was sucked into buying more than I need right now because of the price per unit savings of a bigger package. I only intended to buy four or five loose pencils at 25 cents each, but this box of 20 was $3.48 less my 10% discount, so a little under 16 cents per pencil. I probably won't need to buy any more pencils for the rest of my life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theultimatehic Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Finally took the dewalt chop saw i bought out of the box. Dws780 i believe. Pretty neat system. Have always liked the dewalt chop saws so decided a nice sliding saw would be nice addition. And why not the one with largest cut stretch. Went thru some aluminum extrusions no problem with included 60t blade. The light shadow feature is pretty cool as well! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 On 12/30/2016 at 8:17 PM, MikeyB said: Couple of my orders came in. From Deluth Trading I picked up a fire log carrier (awesome) and a face mask for snow blowing duty. And I scored (2) Makita 6AH 18V batteries from EBay for $185.00 for both. Thought that was a good price. If you wear that face mask to the bank, you won't have to worry about what batteries cost any more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemontague Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just ordered me some @truewerk pants I'm super stoked to try them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetBuilder Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 32 minutes ago, joemontague said: Just ordered me some @truewerk pants I'm super stoked to try them out Those look very nice....I may have to order a pair. I have about 8 pairs of these, once you start wearing "stretchy" synthetic pants you will never wear jeans again. http://www.kuhl.com/kuhl/mens/pants/renegade-pant/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemontague Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, SetBuilder said: Those look very nice....I may have to order a pair. I have about 8 pairs of these, once you start wearing "stretchy" synthetic pants you will never wear jeans again. http://www.kuhl.com/kuhl/mens/pants/renegade-pant/ Those look nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theultimatehic Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 How durable is the material in those pants @SetBuilder can they handle constant sparks from different hot work? My jeans do but other work pants i have will burn if you aren't paying attention to slag etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetBuilder Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 30 minutes ago, Theultimatehic said: How durable is the material in those pants @SetBuilder can they handle constant sparks from different hot work? My jeans do but other work pants i have will burn if you aren't paying attention to slag etc. I do not think they would handle the "Sparks" from welding very well. You would probably wind up with hundreds of tiny holes in them over time. I think any synthetic fabric will melt. I used to do a lot of over head welding and my synthetic shirts were riddled with tiny holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 speaking of welding burns, I never tied my safety boot up for that very reason, ever get one hot molting metal stuck between the top of your foot and the tight laces you can get them untied fast enough.....easier to flip your boot off..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stercorarius Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 12 minutes ago, comp56 said: speaking of welding burns, I never tied my safety boot up for that very reason, ever get one hot molting metal stuck between the top of your foot and the tight laces you can get them untied fast enough.....easier to flip your boot off..... Never weld or torch with open top rubber boots. Ever. Never. Ever. So many burns. Also are FR earplugs a real thing? If you've never realized you should have had them in three seconds ago you are lucky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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