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Mid~late 70s, I had a disaster from Skil, 7.2v with batteries built in. Switched to Makita shortly thereafter and and stayed for years but today it is all TOTL DeWalt for cordless as my brother works for S/B&D so they turn out cheap for pro goods.

DeWalt DCD996 dril jumps to large power boost when bogged down. I have noticed it twice, once with 2.5"holesaw cutting hardwood and the other time it snapped .5"drill bit in two when it jammed enlarging a retainer pin hole in a trailer hitch ball mount. As the drill started to bog down there was...

Do they have such a place, called "Rome Depot"?

I have seen some nice offerings be they red yellow etc. that have no tails. I am still devoted to my 25~30yr oldPC 737 tiger saw" as my foreseeable go to if it absolutely has to be destroyed right now electric axe. I suspect that there may be an opinion or two here? I also own a DeWalt DCB1800...

I ran my cheap PA multitool on both and the power station won every time. what gives?

hVe the DeWalt DCD996 hammer drill which has the e clutch. When you hit your preset torque, there is no skip but the motor quits.I have never used the clutch as the only time I use that drill is for making large/deep holes in wood/metal/concrete so no need. All fasteners fall to the DCF887 or...

I just had an interesting experience with the next door boys! I live next to an antiques store (used to own one myself) and this afternoon with the windows open I hear a sound from our (semi shared lane) back yard. It was the sound of wrenching so I took a look outside. The pair have a trailer...

I started a thread a while ago about putting stickers inside of tools to identify them in case of theft. I was shortly informed that it was a dumb idea and I agreed with that judgement however...I recently went through all of my cordless tools/batteries and stamped a 1/8" logo on each tool/...

Every new tool/battery/whatever I buy gets taken apart and a laser printed 1" round label stating "Property Of..." is applied to every casting inside the tool/battery.:thumbup: ****?...yes! Total surprise for a thief?...oh yeah! I also mark all of my tools/batteries with a Sharpie on the...

Someplace to hang my "Dremellus Badassus" model rotary tool... ...a couple of holes for the chucks ...a hook, and Hardwood base and a very stout steel support. Why toss it? The big boy is now actually portable and retains the the variable speed pedal on the floor!:thumbup:

I bought a 1/2" digital torque adapter about a year ago and so far I am impressed. I looked into how they work and why, tried one and I use it to test all of my (cheap...Tekton) wrenches with great success. I picked up a new 3/8" 10~80lb/ft wrench the other day to match the rest of a set (now...

...are the skills/knowledge of the casual user not up to speed on the use of their tools? I started thinking about this along the lines of breaking taps or actually "breaking" a breaker bar as it were...seen all, done some. Learn to use your tools, know reasonable limits and learn the value of...

A place where we can just talk and it can be tool related or not? Keep it clean and all would be good.:confused:

For lack of a more informal venue, I'll ask here. What does your screen name mean? I am "Knotgoalie". You have to be fast when a 3hp cabinet saw delivers a slapshot!;) Your story?:rolleyes:

Nobody mentioned it yet and I'd hate for you to miss it!:D However, if you do, we get to do it again in July.;)

Yeah, I know, not a good idea but today I took a chance and won! I was doing a parts drawer riv nut driver...and on an early attempt I snapped a 1/4-20/2 1/2" grade 2 bolt with my DeWalt 899 because I was stupid and had it set on 3 instead of 1! I fixed the tool and afterwards was looking at...

I square up don't know! Usually there are two sides to an argument but in this case there seem to be four??? A bit of work but an easy topic to broach...do you think not?:confused: The "gr" in the title was supposed to be "ground" but I guess I get to edit titles many posts down the road?

...but will she ****? Yesterday I bid farewell to 20yr old bar fridge that has seen better days but not before dragging it outside by the scruff, cutting it's main arteries and extracting the compressor out of it's warm...dead....corpse! The compressor itself checks out okay on the old Fluke...

Cordless impacts and the "lb/ft" wars...when do tools become dangerous in untrained h Hands, I say, hands! Every year there is a new, more powerful "ugga,dugga" wrench or whatever on the market with droolworthy attributes however, where is the line drawn regardless of price/power/size/weight...