The Milwaukee addiction thread! :)
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Odd-job
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too bad a packout to 5 gallon adapter would be a little big for a 3d printer.
It all depends on the jank acceptance factor I guess. You could frame it out with wood and then 3D print packout adapters that can screw into the wood frame. But if you want it to look nice, you'd need a rather large/more industrial sized printer than anyone I know has. Then again if you weren't making it from scrap wood, the project cost would add up quick.
Odd-job
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As I get older unfortunately my tolerance for jankiness is getting lower and lower. I'll shell out the $100 for the packout dust separator when it gets released.
Tried out my m18 top handle. Man that thing really spools up. Either that or my m18 rear handle is getting tired and slow. Might need to stick the tachometer on the rear sprockets to see if its really the motor or the shorter bar causing the difference.
Tried out my m18 top handle. Man that thing really spools up. Either that or my m18 rear handle is getting tired and slow. Might need to stick the tachometer on the rear sprockets to see if its really the motor or the shorter bar causing the difference.
I know what you mean. I was recently talking to a good friend of mine who is also a car nut. I said my new view is only 1 car at a time is a project and the rest have to run. My old view was all cars except 1 car a project because you gotta have 1 runner. After reading that back to myself I started to wonder if I'm getting older and wiser or just older.
Fortunately I have yet to say anything I own is "too fast" so I think I'm staving off old age well enough.
It will be interesting to see if there is a speed difference at the sprocket on those two saws.
Fortunately I have yet to say anything I own is "too fast" so I think I'm staving off old age well enough.
It will be interesting to see if there is a speed difference at the sprocket on those two saws.
I am going to buy an m18 sawzall soon whenever a good deal comes up. I am using an old ryobi one my uncle gave me that isn’t good. Just picked up my first m18 batteries today on the promotion for the 8.0 and 12.0 forge.
my uncle has a small m12 hacksawl I can borrow anytime I need it. So I want to pair it with a real powerful m18 saw.
I haven’t tracked these and I know they usually put out new ones of each tool every 3 to 5 years and I’m not in a real rush since I got this ryobi. But is there a good recent release m18 sawzall and if so what model number or should I wait a year or two for a new version?
my uncle has a small m12 hacksawl I can borrow anytime I need it. So I want to pair it with a real powerful m18 saw.
I haven’t tracked these and I know they usually put out new ones of each tool every 3 to 5 years and I’m not in a real rush since I got this ryobi. But is there a good recent release m18 sawzall and if so what model number or should I wait a year or two for a new version?
Odd-job
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This is a good deal for $250 with 8.0 Forge and stacksave.
Milwaukee M18 FUEL SUPER SAWZALL (Bare Tool)
Milwaukee M18 FUEL SUPER SAWZALL (Bare Tool) - 2722-20
www.acmetools.com
I think the super sawzall has a longer stroke and an orbital mode, its also heavier. It does have the janky blade holding mechanism that they fixed with the Gen 2 fuel sawzall.
wait though your saying this super sawzall isn’t that good they fixed some issue with a new one but I should buy the old one?
Odd-job
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Just trying to point out the + and -'s I've heard as nothing is perfect. I have a gen 1 fuel with the crappy blade mechanism, but I can live with it and even more so that I just keep a torch blade in it most of the time. Would get the super sawzall or gen 2 depending on the deal available and there happens to be a deal on the super sawzall.
Sorry to add to the confusion, but I honestly grab my M18 fuel Hackzall 9 times out of 10. Better ergonomics and small form factor for most times when I need a reciprocating saw with enough punch.
I have two m18 sawzalls….great tool. I have three m18 hackzall fuels….and use them 99% of the time. Having a free hand is very handy.
In fact, I will make a sweet deal for the hardly used sawzalls if someone needs them.
danski0224
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Odd-job
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Good to know. Let's just say I have faith in Milwaukee, but they definitely have some duds every now and then.
Odd-job
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Oregon's website is pretty handy to find the exact chains that fit the Milwaukee chainsaw lineup if you don't want to pay the premium for Milwaukee branded chains (pretty sure Milwaukee chains are all made by Oregon in the USA):
www.oregonproducts.com
Pretty sure I'm going to go buy a 25 foot spool from Zoro as I have to now deal with 3+ different chainsaw lengths
There's also 100 foot spool at a slightly higher discount:
Also looks like Stens makes a Milwaukee compatible 14 inch bar.
Makita/Oregon might be some cheaper alternatives for chainsaw bars as well.
Saw Chain, Guide Bar and Sprockets | Oregon Products
Pretty sure I'm going to go buy a 25 foot spool from Zoro as I have to now deal with 3+ different chainsaw lengths
There's also 100 foot spool at a slightly higher discount:
Also looks like Stens makes a Milwaukee compatible 14 inch bar.
Makita/Oregon might be some cheaper alternatives for chainsaw bars as well.
I tried out the new 2834-20 saw today with the new FORGE 8.0Ah batteries, and also did cuts with my M18 Rear Handle with a FORGE 8.0 as well. The 2834 is a BEAST. It went almost too smoothly through 3/4" plywood - it showed me immediately my bad technique because the saw was giving me too little resistance 
. The new safety implementation is great also.
I'd sorta planned to keep the rear handle around for a while, but now I might move it along and see what the new one coming in 2025 looks like.
. The new safety implementation is great also.I'd sorta planned to keep the rear handle around for a while, but now I might move it along and see what the new one coming in 2025 looks like.
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I own a really nice Milwaukee sweatshirt and a Sawzall because the ownership of the latter is requisite of homeownership. And them's my entire Milwaukee inventory.
Thanks to YouTube sites Torque Test Channel, AvE, and Project Farm, I don't give Milwaukee products a passing glance ('cept those times I'm standing in front of a mirror while wearing my Milwaukee sweatshirt, of course.)
Thanks to YouTube sites Torque Test Channel, AvE, and Project Farm, I don't give Milwaukee products a passing glance ('cept those times I'm standing in front of a mirror while wearing my Milwaukee sweatshirt, of course.)
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Is there any website that tracks when a Milwaukee tool was first released? So I can see if it’s something I should maybe wait for the next updated version? Most of the time when I’m buying a new power tool for casual use I can live without it for a year or two and get by with something I already got or borrow from my uncle.
i already know never to buy a brushed or a non fuel tool from them
but there starting to make new gen fuel tools like the m12 impact stubby
i already know never to buy a brushed or a non fuel tool from them
but there starting to make new gen fuel tools like the m12 impact stubby
webscrounger
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You might try this reseller site though they have typically tracked/listed more than Milwaukee tools. They do have releases dates but I can't say how accurate or complete they are. https://www.usedprice.com/items/power-tool/milwaukee-electric/hammer-drill/53701-389955.html
Picked up the 2368 triple panel Rover light. Seems pretty nice so far.
How big of a battery will fit in there before interfering with the base / magnets? That's my only complaint about the standard Rover (and I love those enough to own two).
Incidentally, those lights are part of a BOGO offer at HD right now (buy specific, more expensive tools, get that light free).
Mike
I don't have any 12.0s right now, but I seem to recall seeing one in it and still clearing the bottom in a review video I watched.
Odd-job
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Kind of ironic that a lot of the M18 lighting products don't play nice with 12s. Maybe the Gen 2 and up tower lights? My Gen 1s can only fit a 9.0 and I never got the retrofit kit either.
Crazyjake8493
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The retrofit kit is free and my Gen 1 fits a 12ah just fine.
Odd-job
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Sounds like a dud light or weak battery?
After 6 years I need to get the retrofit kit as swapping batteries gets old. Also imagine the 12.0 is little bit better ballast
After 6 years I need to get the retrofit kit as swapping batteries gets old. Also imagine the 12.0 is little bit better ballast
I don't think is has anything to do with the battery. I think the tower light was made before the 12.0 existed and its algorithm to calculate actual runtime doesn't work so well with 12.0s. I've tried it with both of the 12.0s I had at the time and they both did the same thing. They will run forever but they spend 1/3 of the run time flashing low battery warning. I've got 2 more 12.0s from the mower kit that I haven't tried but I expect the results to be the same. If I recall, other people have had the same issue with it.
Odd-job
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good to know. Maybe I'll keep dragging my feet on retrofit kit then. I don't need more needless blinking lights in my life.
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Not sure how it started but I went down the Dewalt rabbit hole when I first started buying battery tools. I accumulated enough 20V batteries it only made sense to keep digging that hole and bought more and more Dewalt.
After moving the Midwest I began hanging around a buddies body shop and noticed he used Milwaukee for most of his impacts and ratchets (mixed in with some expensive Snap On stuff).
So far I've ended up with a Milwaukee 1/4 and 3/8 ratchet and yesterday I picked the new model impact and then went next door to Harbor Freight for some sockets.
It was only this morning I learned that on 29 Nov - 2 Dec all Icon sockets will be 40% off. I reckon I'll go back then and get the deep sockets.
After moving the Midwest I began hanging around a buddies body shop and noticed he used Milwaukee for most of his impacts and ratchets (mixed in with some expensive Snap On stuff).
So far I've ended up with a Milwaukee 1/4 and 3/8 ratchet and yesterday I picked the new model impact and then went next door to Harbor Freight for some sockets.
It was only this morning I learned that on 29 Nov - 2 Dec all Icon sockets will be 40% off. I reckon I'll go back then and get the deep sockets.
KnurledNut
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For those with insider ratchets, Milwaukee is providing FREE updated locking socket adaptors:
JettaGetUpandGo
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Thanks for this! All of my sockets are in the garage. I've been looking to duplicate my 1/4" and 3/8" sets in my workshop.
PhantomEB
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Haven’t seen the Forge much up here, if at all yet.
only got the starter kit so far as an appreciation gift from my union but I think I already got the addiction. This is coming from a guy I don’t need no stinking Milwaukee stuff I am fine with Ridgid. Got a drawer full of Ridgid cordless tools but…..I have holders for my whopping two batteries!
will be back on that train in the new year….been saying Milwaukee router as a christmas present for myself!
only got the starter kit so far as an appreciation gift from my union but I think I already got the addiction. This is coming from a guy I don’t need no stinking Milwaukee stuff I am fine with Ridgid. Got a drawer full of Ridgid cordless tools but…..I have holders for my whopping two batteries!
will be back on that train in the new year….been saying Milwaukee router as a christmas present for myself!
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Odd-job
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welcome to the addiction, I'm scared to take inventory of all the Milwaukee stuff I have bought over the last 10 years since making the transition from Porter Cable.
Odd-job
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M18 fuel fan and packout dust separator are on my santa claus list. Guess the most I can hope for is probably 20% off.
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About the only thing I currently want is the new m12 1/2" stubby. They're usually out of stock and no real deals for them I've found.
SouthernIllinois
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Picked up a Black Friday sale Milwaukee M12 "Dremel" tool at Home Depot (Next door to Harbor Freight).
Years ago I tore about a 1/2" of a finger tip off on a commercial fishing boat.
Part of a nail still grows on the stub.
The best way to trim that nail is with a Dremel tool....lol
Years ago I tore about a 1/2" of a finger tip off on a commercial fishing boat.
Part of a nail still grows on the stub.
The best way to trim that nail is with a Dremel tool....lol
theoldwizard1
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This is what ALL DC-DC converters do !