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LOL. I think I would need 11 slots for all my M18&M12 guns right now, hence why I got 3 of them... haha

I took out the tool holders from all my Milwaukee chests because I didnt want to store them there had better use of the space. Only thing I wish the Kobalt had was a cover so dust doesnt get in there...

it is a limited capacity unit, but is well made and reasonably well thought out. i think it is intended for a home owner who has a few tools, and might be interested in getting it all organized, rather than someone who has a lot of tools, like someone reading this thread is likely to have.

Did you just assume we have a lot of tools because we're in this thread? You're probably right...

I've been wanting to build a 6 or 7 slot version of the Lowes organizer for a while. It might be easier to just get two of them at this point. One for M12 and one for M18.
 
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it is a limited capacity unit, but is well made and reasonably well thought out. i think it is intended for a home owner who has a few tools, and might be interested in getting it all organized, rather than someone who has a lot of tools, like someone reading this thread is likely to have.

Maybe that is it because I have zero interest in one of those shelves. Pegboard would be a much better option and you can customize it how you want.
 

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Maybe that is it because I have zero interest in one of those shelves. Pegboard would be a much better option and you can customize it how you want.

Its a bit too uhh... "neat" , looks like something for hairdressers.
And Milwaukee didn't make it.!
 

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What blades will the Milwaukee M18 OMT take? Can I use the ones that came with my Bosch?
 

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I cant believe its 2 weekes until new Milwaukee promos come out... Need a flash sale or something, shoulda bought some stuff in the Acme 25% plus freebie one day... Cant wait to stack a 15-25% on top of the M12 underhood with freebie.... Just hope freebie isnt a 6.0 cuz I have 9 of them...
 

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I cant believe its 2 weekes until new Milwaukee promos come out... Need a flash sale or something, shoulda bought some stuff in the Acme 25% plus freebie one day... Cant wait to stack a 15-25% on top of the M12 underhood with freebie.... Just hope freebie isnt a 6.0 cuz I have 9 of them...
Wow I need to catch that deal also....I would love to get one of the big combo kits... If I could get that much off it might be easier to talk to wife into it.

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Re: The Milwaukee addiction thread! 😊

I went to Lowe's yesterday and decided to buy the Kobalt wall mounted cordless tool shelf. I'm usually unimpressed with products like this but for the $99 that it costs I'm fairly happy with it. I wasn't sure how my Milwaukee products would fit in it because it was designed for kobalt tools but they fit really good.

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I would really like one of these holders but with the shipping cost to Australia of over $400 and then factoring in that id have to change the powerboard, I think I just got all the motivation I needed to build my own!
 

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Quick question for Milwaukee m18 hackzall owners.

Can you tell me if the metal part by the blade is supposed to be loose. (you rest it on the material you are cutting).

I would guess it shouldn't wiggle. But I figured I'd double check here before I take it apart.

Thanks
 

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Recently ordered the milwaukee dremel, tool only $79.

Very handy for junkyard safari's.
Need to cut a slot in anti-tamper bolt head to extract alarm unit from volvo.

I agree. Mine replaced a Craftsman (which I think was a rebadged Dremel) which batteries (even new ones) wouldn't last in. The Milwaukee is a beast!

John
 

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I agree. Mine replaced a Craftsman (which I think was a rebadged Dremel) which batteries (even new ones) wouldn't last in. The Milwaukee is a beast!

John

Just came today, its only a little thing, almost a toy tool compared to their other offerings but its impressive because its done to their standards.
 

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So anyone with the M18 AC/DC charger have any problems with the battery not keeping good contact when using it on the road. My friend had her new setup in the truck this weekend and found out the battery didn't charge during that period...she was let down.

Came to see me about it best I could tell just bounced loose, She had on the console between seats. Maybe down on the floor be better.
 
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I was looking at the omt the other day and I don't like that you have to unscrew it to get the blade out. My current Craftsman C3 has a lever that you turn and then the blade will just lift off....this is probably the only time a Craftsman tool will beat Milwaukee but it does. If you have to change a bunch that few seconds would be very annoying.

On a side note I needed some blades for it the other day and I had some spare Sears points. I stumbled across this steal. I haven't used them alot but the bi-metal cuts through nails like butter. It is a great price and an assortment.

http://m.sears.com/platinum-blades-15pc-mixed-saw-wood-bi-metal/p-SPM7817750605



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Mounted a vise to the Milwaukee 52, obvious why I chose that vise.
 
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The HF thread got me to thinking, with the new HF EarthquakeXT 1/2 impact

Found i could get the m18 fuel 1/2" impact with a refurb battery for just over 200$

its coming next week and I can't wait. I already have the M12 1/4" impact and hammer drill set, and they are very impressive tools.

I can only imagine what the m18 fuel 1/2 impact will do
 

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The HF thread got me to thinking, with the new HF EarthquakeXT 1/2 impact

Found i could get the m18 fuel 1/2" impact with a refurb battery for just over 200$

its coming next week and I can't wait. I already have the M12 1/4" impact and hammer drill set, and they are very impressive tools.

I can only imagine what the m18 fuel 1/2 impact will do
High torque?

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Mounted a vise to the Milwaukee 52, obvious why I chose that vise.

All these rolling workbenches are fine for the Bob Vila types (I have one too) but last night I was hammering a press fit pin into some swager jaws. The Milwaukee bench just kept jumping, making everything on it walk off. I took it to my steel 3/4"-top welding table and it went in on the first hit.

Sometimes you need the dead thud of a 1000# table.

But the vise looks good, it'll be a great third hand for tons of light projects.
 

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Ya vises on wheeled tables even with locking casters don't really lend themselves to any serious torqueing on things. :D


I have an all steel 1- 1/2" angle iron and 1" pipe vise table frame on big swivel wheels I got from my days in the electronics factory. The little vise bench is like 2 ft wide and 4 ft long and I also have a bench grinder on it. I did it that way so I could roll it outside the garage door for some jobs. But I ended up anchoring it to the wall.

I actually have 3 more of these great welded benches in various widths of 2 and 3 ft and lengths run 6-8 ft but these all have threaded adjustable feet.

Oh man stripped my mower down 2 nights ago for some repair lost an idler pulley when the bearing seized it actually melted the plastic nylon pulley. Cant complain about the loss much though it was OEM on 98 mower.

So when pulled into the garage I also found both seat brackets had cracked too and those for second time in 20 years. I do a lot of hillside mowing so there is a lot of unbalanced stress on them Ahain not too much complaint there either.

Grabbed the 2467 M12 RA impact driver figure it be best to reach in under the mower and release the 5/16" nut and bearing from the lost pulley zipped that right off easy enough then I went to do the seat There was six 3/8" self threading metal screws and it wouldn't budge any of them I was generally shocked! It just kept hammering and nothing came loose. I tried every one. NADA! I must had snugged them up pretty good the first time around for replacement and they were a bit rusted too.

So reached for the 3/8" ratchet. I had break them free by hand first still before I could run them out and didn't seem like it took much effort but no telling how much torque it really was. :dunno:
 
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All these rolling workbenches are fine for the Bob Vila types (I have one too) but last night I was hammering a press fit pin into some swager jaws. The Milwaukee bench just kept jumping, making everything on it walk off. I took it to my steel 3/4"-top welding table and it went in on the first hit.

Sometimes you need the dead thud of a 1000# table.

But the vise looks good, it'll be a great third hand for tons of light projects.

Exactly, a rolling tool box with maple chopping board top,
that's a workbench. ?

I used to have a south bend lathe bolted to a bench with a vice on the corner, that was solid. The vice wasn't big or special but the mount was solid.
Fool I was to sell it.

If/when Milwaukee ever makes a bench vice...I'm in.
 

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Ya vises on wheeled tables even with locking casters don't really lend themselves to any serious torqueing on things. :D


I have an all steel 1- 1/2" angle iron and 1" pipe vise table frame on big swivel wheels I got from my days in the electronics factory. The little vise bench is like 2 ft wide and 4 ft long and I also have a bench grinder on it. I did it that way so I could roll it outside the garage door for some jobs. But I ended up anchoring it to the wall.

I actually have 3 more of these great welded benches in various widths of 2 and 3 ft and lengths run 6-8 ft but these all have threaded adjustable feet.

Oh man stripped my mower down 2 nights ago for some repair lost an idler pulley when the bearing seized it actually melted the plastic nylon pulley. Cant complain about the loss much though it was OEM on 98 mower.

So when pulled into the garage I also found both seat brackets had cracked too and those for second time in 20 years. I do a lot of hillside mowing so there is a lot of unbalanced stress on them Ahain not too much complaint there either.

Grabbed the 2467 M12 RA impact driver figure it be best to reach in under the mower and release the 5/16" nut and bearing from the lost pulley zipped that right off easy enough then I went to do the seat There was six 3/8" self threading metal screws and it wouldn't budge any of them I was generally shocked! It just kept hammering and nothing came loose. I tried every one. NADA! I must had snugged them up pretty good the first time around for replacement and they were a bit rusted too.

So reached for the 3/8" ratchet. I had break them free by hand first still before I could run them out and didn't seem like it took much effort but no telling how much torque it really was. :dunno:

If the bolts are threaded into flimsy bracket material the impact pulses might be absorbed by resonance.
An impact with variable speeds can get around that problem, its not just the power of the impact but when it hits counts too.

Friend in England did slate roofs, he said sometimes the wood underneath was too resonant to drive nails home, they had a special hammer with willow tree handle that impacted twice every time it struck the nail, it drove the nail home on the second contact. The old timers had their tricks.
 

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If the bolts are threaded into flimsy bracket material the impact pulses might be absorbed by resonance.
An impact with variable speeds can get around that problem, its not just the power of the impact but when it hits counts too.

Friend in England did slate roofs, he said sometimes the wood underneath was too resonant to drive nails home, they had a special hammer with willow tree handle that impacted twice every time it struck the nail, it drove the nail home on the second contact. The old timers had their tricks.

Interesting what you point out. I can relate to what you say. I know I have been in similar situations where flex and bounce makes it near impossible to drive a nail home.

Overall for what the tool is (not really an impact wrench but a 1/4 colleted "driver" and I was using a 1/4 to 3/8" socket adapter, it shined in another application for me tightening down large 9/16" bolt/nut combos assembling new tiller blades. It cranked them all down enough that I didn't have to ratchet my torque wrench all that much to get my tightening spec met in that tight area.

Just as an FYI if one does read the tool description being that is a "driver" intended for setting screws and it makes no claims to any reverse torque breakout power for bolts not like some other tools they offer, :D Just that it has 600inch lbs of torque

I will use on my reassembly when the parts come in next week. Should work just fine in that application I think.

Thanks for sharing that :thumbup:
 

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600 inch pounds is only 50 foot pounds. And that is what it is at the Chuck. Each connection looses some including the length of the adapter.

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M12 Rover lights are fantastic!



Can I ask what you like about it? Where you use it?

I have $120 credit at Home Depot (Canada), and am debating a light (rover or that m18 tube style latern with the USB charger) or the non-fuel m18 grinder.

Unless someone has a good $100 ish idea!

I'm good for drills impacts and sawzall.


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Can I ask what you like about it? Where you use it?

I have $120 credit at Home Depot (Canada), and am debating a light (rover or that m18 tube style latern with the USB charger) or the non-fuel m18 grinder.

Unless someone has a good $100 ish idea!

I'm good for drills impacts and sawzall.


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Well first off let me say I am a big M12 fan! :D

I am invested fairly heavy in that tool line and prefer to use them first when I can.

Now the 2364 M12 rover is much smaller and much lighter with battery compared to the 2361 M18 Rover light. And IMO really just as bright. Lights up a work area very well and it has 3 mode settings for brightness where as the M18 model only has 2. And I do have both versions of that M18 light too. (And also noted before I find no noticeable brightness difference between them either)


So the M12 Rover has some unique mounting features including a spring clamp and magnets, I had also formed a u shaped hook from small diameter wire rod on a whim and placed it under the spring clamp for use as an underhood light. Worked real great there, lots of light with good dispersion. There are some photos of that setup back in this thread too.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6462979&highlight=hood+light#post6462979

I do have quite few of different Milwaukee lights because my job often has me in dark places with no electricity! :lol_hitti

And have the M12 lantern which is very similar to M18 version. It's a nice light overall especially for outdoor use like out on a deck or picnic table. I gave one those to my Gf for an emergency light for when the power goes out. And her grandson loves to play camping with it. Since they are fluorescent light and not LED the brightness factor is not there as strong work light IMO. Some posters on here have been a bit disappointed with that type of light in that respect. It is adequate enough though, and RTR raved about his. :spit:

The USB feature is really handy that's another thing about the power outages no cell phone charging either. I have ports on both of the BT speakers and I use them often to charge my MP3 player and phone.


For a long time the M12 stick was favorite of mine and I grabbed the bare tool M18 version on sale sometime in the past year and I found I really like that one a lot.
 

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Can I ask what you like about it? Where you use it?

I have $120 credit at Home Depot (Canada), and am debating a light (rover or that m18 tube style latern with the USB charger) or the non-fuel m18 grinder.

Unless someone has a good $100 ish idea!

I'm good for drills impacts and sawzall.


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Just my personal experience, I just bought the m18 non fuel grinder and I was majorly disappointed and I had very low expectations to begin with. I used it for about a week and returned it and have the fuel one on order now. It's on Amazon for around $155. The difference in runtime and power is very substantial on this application. The non fuel big down easier and the runtime was around 5 min on my compact battery and 8 on my 4.0. The fuel version is close to double and that us a HUGE difference. And the price is not a big difference, I paid $120 for the non fuel, it's definitely worth the extra $35. Hope this helps

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The M12 comes w an adapter that'll run just about anything in existence. I'd doubt the M18 doesn't have said adapter.

the M18 came with the adapter as well. only thing i was disappointed by with the m18 is that the video reviews online said it had a tool less change out with a D ring on the locking screw. mine came with a screw and no D ring so i usually need a screwdriver or penny to loosen it after its been used for a while.

Other than that i love the thing and use it all the time
 

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Too bad your all set with drill/impact cause the M12 rover is freebie on some kits, maybe with other tools too, but thats in the US.

The M12 rover is great, looking forward to the M18 version coming out lster in the year. The 2361 floodlight (not a "rover") is good as well, like said they are comparable out put and the M12 costs less. Also I feel the same bout the M12 & M18 lanterns, they are about same output. HD here cleared out both recently as low as $30/40.


Can I ask what you like about it? Where you use it?

I have $120 credit at Home Depot (Canada), and am debating a light (rover or that m18 tube style latern with the USB charger) or the non-fuel m18 grinder.

Unless someone has a good $100 ish idea!

I'm good for drills impacts and sawzall.


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Hopefully Milwaukee can build a Ingersoll W5132 rival, trying to avoid the mid torque 2861-20 as it is half inch
 

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I personally find the M12 Rover to be one of my least favorite lights due to the lack of a pivoting head.

I was just "camping" in an off-grid cabin and I found the M18 searchlight to be my favorite; I could just put it on flood mode and shine it at the ceiling or wall but the pivoting head was key for getting it just right. I preferred it over even the M18 lantern in this application.
 

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I personally find the M12 Rover to be one of my least favorite lights due to the lack of a pivoting head.

I was just "camping" in an off-grid cabin and I found the M18 searchlight to be my favorite; I could just put it on flood mode and shine it at the ceiling or wall but the pivoting head was key for getting it just right. I preferred it over even the M18 lantern in this application.

I believe the new model that was shown at the product symposium has a pivioting head. Can't remember if it was m12 or m18 though
 
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