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Mine have been working and charging well. What’s your pack’s voltage? The Mikita chargers may not charge if the pack is at too low a voltage. I think I charged my cells and checked their capacity before I built them into the packs.

@whateg01 The low voltage board works well. Set a high limit and it won’t start to provide power below that set point (you need a charged battery to start). Set the low limit and the relay opens when the battery voltage drops to it. The board still draws about 12mA with the relay open. The...

You could use individual protected cells or a low voltage cutoff like this Link I use Makita packs and I think they work with the tool for the low voltage cutoff. I have a couple of the boards in the link but just started playing with them.

@dnschmidt wrong thread, there’s a Makita battery price bashing thread already. This threads about building fun stuff.

Second one is done, 20 minuets or so. The hardest part was screwing the case together. Had to drill out the holes the T10 screws wen into so my driver wouldn’t cam out. I haven’t done much resistance welding but the welds came out very strong. This is a 10 cell pack in a 5S2P 5 series 2...

@Rabid Badger thanks, received the battery packs today and slapped one together. Looks good. Haven’t charged it yet. I want to babysit it for the first charge. Used the Fnirsi SWM-10 spot welder you linked to. Work’s really well. Just a heads up the 21700 batteries don’t fit my 36V...

Damn you Garage Journal, another project I have to build. I was just reading the thread about people bitching about the cost of 18V batteries and I stumble on this. $35.05 + $118.84. Tax and shipping. Anticipation…

Will the 123869-6 fit the Sub-Compact Brushless Impact Driver XDT18ZB? The CX203SYB set is pretty cheap right now $170 but I don’t want another clutch-less impact driver.

“Makita XFD11 18v brushless sub-compact drill. Swap in the hex chuck assembly (123869-6) from the DDF083. Thats what I did.” Nice, I like it. All ready ordered the DDF083Z. $155 all up off fleabay.

We have a winner the DDF083Z is what I’m looking for. Brushless 40 Nm. Not as much torque as my XTD13 @ 170 Nm but it’s fine for screws In wood. and it’s from the right house.

Looking to replace a Dewalt DCF610 12V Cordless Screwdriver. I’d call it a 1/4” impact driver today. Nice thing about it is that it has a clutch you can set for driving screws. I have a large Makita 18V hex impact driver now but it ***** for driving screws. Looking at the Makita CX203SYB set...

I think they stopped making the because of high cost (it’s a well built lift) an a small market (full time shop will go with a dedicated 2 post). Atlas make a 7 and 9k lift. There is also the Nussbaum jumbo 7. I’ve seen a euro one like the Mohawk but it’s $15k

Just start with a small panel 2-400 amps. As Hank said carve out a small shop, the rest storage.

I have a Mohawk 6’ 6,000lbs. It’s a compromise, all the lift is under the car, only 6,000lbs. The crossmembers make it hard to get a transmission in or out. The plus, portable, I can move it easily anywhere. No posts, there’s an airplane wing in the pictures. Down and with a car on it I can...

Know you already bought a electric valve. A manual hand valve that extends out from under the tank so that’s it’s foot operated is really simple and reliable