Recent content by brcarls

A very happy accident it seems. I always take the rest of the day off when I learn something new... why couldn't we have had this exchange in the morning instead of after 5 on Friday?

No confusion... I have taken apart an old Ridgid and there is a spring loaded hammer that absolutely imparts a hammering force. Edit: You folks seem so confident that I thought maybe I'm wrong about modern impact drivers... so I did a quick test with a somewhat new makita. I grabbed the bit...

Everyone is missing or glossing over the fact that an impact driver and an impact wrench operate in a fundamentally different way (which is right in the name of the tool). The 1/4" hex vs square socket drive is just a minor detail that does not define the nature of the beast. The big...

THANK YOU! That font was brutal to try to read. If other forums are happy with it, I picture those users as a bunch of old codgers with their screen resolution set to 640x480, heads tilted back, granny glasses perched on the ends of their noses and screen zoomed in so far they have to scroll...

I'll tell you what not to do..... Don't use a streaming service that asks for input. I have a PC in my shop... I had it playing Amazon Music the other day when I was installing gable fans. I climb up on the scaffolding and the music stops... I can see that Amazon Music had a pop up that...

Just make sure that your wire and connectors are compatible. If you use stranded wire with a connector intended for solid wire (or vice versa) you may end up with an unreliable connection which will fail prematurely.

I have one and love it.... I'm an engineer and read directions but could never get the normal couplings adjusted so they work 100%. Either too loose on some, or so tight on some that I have to loosen the coupler to remove it without pulling out press fit zerks. I think the issue is wide...