Cordless Tools

[MrGrumpy]

Bought a couple of 5amp bats for my dewalt tools, I too am looking for a jigsaw , brushless .

 

[raleighnut]

Well I have started to change my mind. I have recently been using 2 x corded sanders, a corded planer and dust extractor, plus of course my mitre saw and table saw are both corded. It's a real pain to be honest. The other day I had 3 of them out, tripped over one cord and my planer fell to the ground. Luckily didn't seem to damage it.

So I'm now thinking of getting a Milwaukee cordless Jigsaw with 1 x 5aH battery. Then whenever I feel I can afford it, I can slowly upgrade the rest of my tools to cordless and hopefully just share the same battery. Perhaps Makita are cheaper, but having watched a lot of "Project Farm" on Youtube, the Milwaukee stuff seems to come out on top quite often in terms of power output. It wil either be Milwaukee, Dewalt or Makita, will just have to do some research and see what affordable range of tools each brand does. It seems a good idea to have all the same battery that I can share around

You know how to pi55 off 'DeWalt' owners, tell em they're 'Black and Decker' tools, mind they even had to buy 'Elu'out to get a decent router with the MOF 96/177 being the best ever.

 

[slowmotion]

You know how to pi55 off 'DeWalt' owners, tell em they're 'Black and Decker' tools, mind they even had to buy 'Elu'out to get a decent router with the MOF 96/177 being the best ever.

I had a MOF 96. I was a really great machine. Not too heavy, quite compact and surprisingly powerful. It eventually packed up after many, many hours of use. I never found a replacement that came close.

 

[MontyVeda]

I bought a Bosch cordless screwdriver just before Christmas as my daughter's present was a desk and shelves from IKEA. I looked at it as just part of the cost of the present because I know what flat-packed furniture can be like at the best of times.
My goodness I'm glad I got it, it took about 90 mins to assemble everything but with manual screwdrivers that could have taken 4 hours, and caused hand blisters, plus a bad back. Must have been 70 screws in that thing, some of them really long.

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they could have put the PH0 and PZ1 bits in the correct places before taking a photo.... shoddy Bosch... shoddy

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You know how to pi55 off 'DeWalt' owners, tell em they're 'Black and Decker' tools,

An unpi$$ed off DeWalt owner here, very happy with them, already knew the connection before buying, at the price point they are very good.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Yep work for me . Still have some B&D drills , must be about 40yr old maybe more, and they still work !!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

On a different note, cordless tools to avoid.

I've got one of these -

Good points - good torque, long battery life etc. Bad point - the keyless chuck is awful, impossible to tighten properly and the bits invariably work loose in use.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

On a different note, cordless tools to avoid.

I've got one of these -
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Good points - good torque, long battery life etc. Bad point - the keyless chuck is awful, impossible to tighten properly and the bits invariably work loose in use.

Change the chuck

 

[Electric_Andy]

Been looking at Milwaukee prices. Bit much for me. Annoyingly the Bosch battery I have for my old drill will not fit the newer tools. So back to square one. Might got for Makita, their bare units seem to be cheaper and they have a good reputation

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

One of the builder's merchant groups I supply took in the range of Milwaukee tools. After initial interest from builders, joiners etc it turned into a range for hobbyists and DIYers. The feedback they got was the tools were substantially heavier than other brands which really hit home when working at height or lugging tools onto a site. The industrial tools I sell for work are configured for Makita or DeWalt as these are the tools most likely to be carried by tradesmen.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

By the way, for a giggle, who can put a price to that bad boy? (screws are 80-160mm)

 

[stephec]

One of the builder's merchant groups I supply took in the range of Milwaukee tools. After initial interest from builders, joiners etc it turned into a range for hobbyists and DIYers. The feedback they got was the tools were substantially heavier than other brands which really hit home when working at height or lugging tools onto a site. The industrial tools I sell for work are configured for Makita or DeWalt as these are the tools most likely to be carried by tradesmen.
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Is that a real thing?

If it is I want one, might never use it but it's very manly looking. 😊

 

[raleighnut]

Is that a real thing?

If it is I want one, might never use it but it's very manly looking. 😊

It's for fixing drywall/plasterboard.

 

[stephec]

It's for fixing drywall/plasterboard.

An automatic screw dispenser and liner upper?

It's got to have a laser projecting a red dot pointer for accurate targeting if I get one. 😂

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

It's for fixing drywall/plasterboard.

You could, but it's a bit over-speced for that. Mainly used in CLT construction for screwing large wooden panels together.