Recent content by Samuel D

I have a drill, small hammer drill, sander, knock-off Dremel multitool, soldering gun, heat gun, work lamps, maybe a couple of other bits – but they’re all mains powered. (Also all cheap, and mostly over 20 years old from when I quit living with my parents.) No battery tools. Every IKEA...

Well, I’ve decided to wait until I have a stronger reason to buy into a battery platform and get that first tool, an impact wrench. At least until I see a good sale price or something. Feel free to continue the discussion though. I appreciate it. I’m leaning toward eventually going Makita LXT...

I just did a 2019 BMW 1 Series F20 that needed 30 Nm + 90° on the calliper mounting bracket bolts. Sounds wild. Are these M16 bolts? What do you mean by “mentally manufactured”?

So Makita’s mid-torque model appears to be the DTW700 in Europe (US model XWT17). The high torque is DTW1002 / XWT08. And the low torque is DTW300 / XWT14, though people seem to call it compact instead of low. Fine. (Those are all 1/2″-drive with friction ring; other anvils are available with...

Good points, richfinn. Hard to say (and maybe that’s a reason to sit tight and wait for a better excuse). I see why someone like you would want an impact for removing wheels, but I don’t remove enough wheels to really care how long it takes. Never had a problem with tight lug bolts either. I...

Hmm. Am I missing something or does Makita not have anything even remotely comparable to a 3/8″-drive M12 Fuel Stubby with 2.0 Ah or 3.0 Ah battery? (The batteries that basically fit in the handle.) Or would the 1/2″-drive Stubby make more sense given how much power it’s supposed to have? LXT...

Are these Makita market-share numbers or the percentage of Makita’s total sales in each region? Anyway, yes, I’ve noticed a lot of Makita around here. However, at first glance I haven’t seen anything even close to as compact as the Milwaukee M12 Stubby in 3/8″- or 1/2″-drive. Then there’s my...

Would you link to these products so I can see definitively which ones you’re talking about? I’ve already Googled these terms and others people have mentioned here and only got more confused.

This car has lots of funny business. I suppose in some ways it is literally more advanced than the 1980s space shuttle. (Did they have torque angle in 1980?) Even the oil filter housing calls for angles! Kinda: torque to 25 Nm loosen 180º re-torque to 25 Nm again. I might be the only person...

You’re right. I had the luxury of working in a garage with a lift, but it’s a half-hour drive away and I supplied my own tools. I only had two extensions with me and neither were the right length. Moreover, the 1/2″-drive breaker bar I had was a Toptul that, I discovered, does not bend...

Milwaukee M12 FCIWF12G3-502X for €371.77: https://www.gereedschapcentrum.nl/milwaukee-m12-fciwf12g3-502x-12v-li-ion-accu-slagmoersleutel-set-2x-5.0ah-accu-in-hd-box-745nm-1-2-koolborstelloos.html Milwaukee M18 FMTIW2F12-502X for €495.00...

Yeah, that’s making this very hard to research for a newcomer. All the companies seem to have different part numbers or even branding for the different markets, probably because the products really are different (battery chargers, plugs).

I have an antique Kismet Baby foot pump, mainly brass with a leather washer, that pumps so smoothly, so effortlessly, and with so little play in the pivots compared to any modern foot pump that I don’t see the need for a tyre inflator like that. Don’t quote me on this, but I think the Kismet...

That’s over 740 Nm. So, first of all, that seems extremely high to me, surely high enough for anything I’d need to do on a car? But owners often have bigger 1/2″-drive units too for some reason. And second, how does it not shear off the 3/8″ anvil at that torque? Is it because it accelerates...

I really do hate using power tools when I could do the job with my own glad effort and the sweat of my brow. But I’m working more on cars nowadays and starting to see the point of impact there. Latest example was the rear brake calliper bolts on the family car. They were tight, hard to get at...