Hey all,
Recently, I picked up some new Makita stuff. Still honeymooning with the new to me 18v LXT lineup, after a long hard decision to invest in this line and abandon my dewalt, as seen in this thread here
I currently have the 5" band saw, hammer drill, hammer impact, and rotary hammer. I just purchased a makita TD148 from japan, makita's smallest impact driver so far. You find them on ebay about $180 or so. Mine is green. See the specs below on toolguyd. I'm pretty excited for this little thing to come in the mail. I'll be doing photos and a review when I finally do recieve it. Has anyone else brought one into the states? If it works out well, there are a few other Japan-only tools I want to look for.
I think this tool would be great for the tradesman, both home building and HVAC and others involving tight spaces. I have been in situations where you might need a 12v or smaller driver due to space, but on the same site need the 18v power to drive fasteners. This should cover both jobs well, though the 4.0 batteries are still a bit heavy.
http://toolguyd.com/makita-18v-brushless-impact-driver-2014/
Recently, I picked up some new Makita stuff. Still honeymooning with the new to me 18v LXT lineup, after a long hard decision to invest in this line and abandon my dewalt, as seen in this thread here
I currently have the 5" band saw, hammer drill, hammer impact, and rotary hammer. I just purchased a makita TD148 from japan, makita's smallest impact driver so far. You find them on ebay about $180 or so. Mine is green. See the specs below on toolguyd. I'm pretty excited for this little thing to come in the mail. I'll be doing photos and a review when I finally do recieve it. Has anyone else brought one into the states? If it works out well, there are a few other Japan-only tools I want to look for.
I think this tool would be great for the tradesman, both home building and HVAC and others involving tight spaces. I have been in situations where you might need a 12v or smaller driver due to space, but on the same site need the 18v power to drive fasteners. This should cover both jobs well, though the 4.0 batteries are still a bit heavy.
http://toolguyd.com/makita-18v-brushless-impact-driver-2014/
but decided to build a bike instead. I have three of the 70$ 18v impacts which are still offered at H.D. in white. They are pretty nice, I got the 10mm makita chuck with hex shank so they could partially supplant my regular drills, one less tool to carry in a house. I use 4.5ah and 1.5ah batteries so believe me, I get the weight thing.