Recent content by Garththomas

I have a Makita and no complaints its been very accurate and solid but I've heard the Dewalt is better. I don't like the shape of the Porter Cable.

Its good to have an out feed support, if you have a helper they can hold the end up but not pull. push sticks are a must for anything that gets your hands within 4" or less from the blade. Kickbacks are dangerous and if your saw has a guard with a splitter and kickback teeth thats a start but...

A life time warranty is a lifetime warranty unless they pro-rate it, if they can't honor it then their crooks and liars. Thanks for the heads up.

Thats good to hear Duster, this drill looks like a response to criticism that their brushless were gutless. I'd still have my 7.2 if someone probably a friend hadn't borrowed it. My 9.6 doesnt work anymore but I still use the batteries for a diamond wet saw I've had for 20yrs. Now if I could...

A word about Mastercraft taps and Dies, I had a set my father in law gave me about 10 years ago which I hadn't even taken out of the package till this past April. One look at them and I realized with the large burrs left from grinding that if I tried to use the taps they would wreck what ever...

I picked this DHP481Z up Thursday to replace a BHP451 that came with a 4 piece kit I bought about 12 years ago. The old drill stripped its gears about 5 years ago but I wasn't using it much at the time so I never bothered to get it fixed, I guess I was waiting for the recall LOL. If I didn't...

I'd drill it and then break it, deal with the rest when bracket is gone.

I bought a lathe in April, a 8x16 chinese from Grizzly. I had never used one before but I spent some time on YT watching and learning and joined a couple forums as well as Yahoo user groups, then I bit the bullet and bought one. Those chinese lathes are good to learn on because you have to take...