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Subject: Re: Simultaneous Multiple Tool Melt Down
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 22:19:31 -0500
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On 9/23/2024 6:02 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 9/23/2024 3:39 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> My preferred cordless tool line for a long time was Milwaukee.  Used 
>> to be Makita 30 years ago but they kind of fell behind.  Day in day 
>> out as a contractor I bought Milwaukee cordless.  When one of my 
>> drills died, and new brushes didn't revive it, and then I got down to 
>> just one good battery I gave up and went cheap.  I used the Harbor 
>> Freight Bauer line.   Its not horrible, the tools are cheap, and the 
>> bigger batteries are actually decent.  After my dad passed away I 
>> found he had gone with DeWalt.  I gave all my Bauer tools to my son 
>> and started using my dad's DeWalt stuff.  Well, not in that order.
>>
>> I also found (with both Bauer and DeWalt) that for some tools the 
>> smaller batteries are fine.  I figured they would be fine for 
>> everything.  They just wouldn't run as long.  No.  That's not true. 
>> Some tools just wouldn't run very well on the smaller batteries that 
>> usually come with the "packages."  A couple come to mind. Cordless 
>> angle grinder, chainsaw, hedge trimmer... Bauer or DeWalt both kind of 
>> bogged out instantly with the small batteries and produced respectably 
>> with 4AH or bigger batteries.
>>
>> I just spent $700(+) dollars on four legit (not Amazon or eBay knock 
>> offs) 8ah DeWalt batteries.  I figure after dropping real coin on 
>> batteries I'll walk in the shop tomorrow and find melted pools of 
>> yellow DeWalt plastic everywhere there used to be a DeWalt cordless tool.
>>
>>
> 
> I have broken one DeWalt tool since switching.  I was helping out a 
> buddy, and I stuck a blade in backwards (tang end out) in a DeWalt 
> cordless jig saw.  Of course I broke the blade clamp mechanism trying to 
> get it out.  I finally looked it up and ordered a new blade clamp 
> assembly today.

   DeWalt has been my go-to for many years for battery tools . When I 
was building cabinets I used the 12 volt drills because they were 
lighter and had plenty of power . I'm using the 18 volt stuff now except 
for one 20V drill I picked up at a yard sale .
-- 
Snag
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