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I couldn't believe how much more I liked the worm drive than normal sidewinder saws.

What happened to the skill saw??? Left her alone in the corner to cry now eh?

Festool 574447 XL DF 700 The wood connects itself basically. However in reality land I don't know what to suggest, I've never used any other than the festool products. I would assume that the plate matters more than the motor, but I would still look for bigger amperage and really overbuild hinges to keep flawless consistent cuts.

"Sorry hon :opens beer: have to wait for the batteries. I'm glad we saved the money on the tools too, more beer money." I see what you did there. Lol

A man can only get so erect....

Hahaha That looks like some hardware from some Manhattan project reject bin. Gorgeous.

I'll tell you exactly why j didn't even look at this. They put >2.5 HP on that box. And it looks like a cartoon. And i have never owned anything hitachi. Thank you for the link! Im going to look into it! It pulls 15 amps though so it's definately making the shorts snug. If all else fails, I'll just buy a mill and flip it upside down.

Are the batteries covered in that replacement deal?

Unless you go HAM. That new 60V saw is probably gangster. If your snipping non pressure treated 2x4s, it will do it. I looked it up and that thing draws up to 54 volts! Shazam. So, that isn't too bad, watched some videos on it ripping and cross cutting and hey, that might be a saw worth having "in the field". They even make some work drives now lol. That's got to be heavy. The take home message is this @mikel7829. If you end up at a place that has an outlet and a work horse or a clamp, basically any cordless set from the major HD brands will get the job done in the normal "get what you pay for" fashion. Ryobi will make you mad, and you will have to be ginger. The red Wisconsin brand will probably give you the biggest pants tent. Team yellow is really trying to "Bang for the buck" you to death and have a dizzying array of options and Lego that works with one tool but not the next, and sometimes adapters work, but some don't etc etc etc. If you end up somewhere that you only have your batteries and tools, and may be a car inverter, your going to get the drill and wrench to do a little bit of work, but if your fucking with wet wood, pressure treated, composite, or got forbid some kind of mineral or metal, you are gonna be fucked. I'm a 300 pound silverback and I'm ginger AF to my tools but I can't name a tool that can chew shit as fast as I can feed it. Double that problem if you don't have anything to steady your material. Think of it like this Mike. In a car, your enclosure and how you prep your environment will make a bigger impact on the sound than what brand of mid road moofer you buy. Get it?

Right on. Keep the batteries topped off and the drill and wrench will probably last you a while. I have little faith in the cutting tools however.

Aaron you are a beast. WTG!

@mikel7829 Right on man, should be nice stuff. I'm still not sure what tools you want in your combo pack, but as mentioned the middle of the pack is all pretty good when it comes to the drills. Everything else is really case by case.

For drills I put a lot of faith I'm Makita, but my whole family does. I really don't trust cordless tools to be strong enough for anything other than impact/hammer/drill tools. I have cut steel siding with a cordless, and it actually worked but we went through a lot of disks and the batteries were going down faster than they could charge. The cordless was the second saw for the barn builsing job, so we didnt NEED it. When I worked with concrete guys they used nothing but Hilti, corded and then the super fuck off drills.

I would rather have a set of hand tools than a set of Ryobi in my vehicle. They cannot handle "field use" unless you see the drill/impact wrench as disposable. They will physically break when you treat them hard and I cannot imagine them having enough grunt to do much of anything. No lie, a SHARP hand saw will cut a plank faster then a cheep saw with their cheep blades. Not that I know any one who has sharp hand tools other than my grandfather. Lol

Won't even hang a painting? I don't even pick them up. From 10 feet away the materials look so bad I think I'll break it.

Lol It's gonna work out.

Is 2 not ok? I think that's what I got Lmao Hahaha

I was flabbergasted. All the jigsaws were over a buck at the HD. I didn't look too long but I was shocked. I could always break out grandpa's hand saw and really hate my life. I think I have a hand drill too if I'm feeling insane. If all else fails I got a gallon of tightbond.

That is my second option if this whole window thing makes me angry. It makes me feel much better that you gents are giving me the options I was thinking of. I haven't put wood together in a loooooooong time.

What do cool kids hold their woofers into boxes with now? I have some cabinet screws... That's not cool any more right? I need some hurricane nuts to be legit in 2018 right? 55 pound moofer.

I might try that. I'm cutting in the basement so I might just work the sawzall slowly and deal if it's ugly. It's all for internal bracing. I don't think the woofers will mind some ugly woodwork on the inside of the cabinet will they.

ONLY talking about cordless ATM. Myself at least. For stand alone tools I would rather buy industrial type stuff used. Speaking of, can you tell us some more bedtime stories about those saw stop tables? :swoon:

Eat 6 meals a day, basically every 3 hours with a focus on protien from animals and piles and piles of vegetables. 2:1 ratio of veg to meat by weight is usually a good start. If you eat a lot of leafy greens this might change. Get loads of healthy fats from things like avocados. Don't buy into any kind of processed foods. Also cut out sugar and starch unless it's from a low calorie fruit or vegetable until you find yourself loosing too much weight. Then you can add it back in. Aim for roughly .33 grams of protein per pound if you don't exercise much. If you get a few hours a week of good exercise, get .5 grams per pound, and if you are working out daily shoot for .75-1 gram per pound. That's not for performance, only health mind you. I don't think that's what you wanted to hear but it's absolutely the way to go. If your still struggling 3 months from now we need blood work and even then you would want to see a doctor. That would be like giving your car a tune up every day and putting only the best fuel in. If you still don't like the resuts... Then we gotta start doing some bolt on mods. ;-)

Nothing wrong with dewalt. I want their corded grinder, and the guys who have their drills can keep up with my Makita no problem now. I think dewalt got the best combination of the order of scale. The stuff that got cheaper no one cares about and some of the problems they have had gone away. Your batter comment is true for a bunch on the older units. I have always used Makita as they used better internal cells and tech for the battery. Forget the tool parts even, they made better juice boxes and got more from them. Probably used better individual cells. Now all the big brands use good LG, Samsung, or "custom" 18650s. The lower end stuff usually goes cheep on those consumables. So I am 100% in agreement that the gap has closed, but so has the price gap. The best tools in the world are now accessible to me and aren't an order of magnitude more. Just significantly more. I am on my only Makita drill in my life and it got daily use for 2 summers and the batteries there are still fine too. The Chuck is toast now, got some death wobble to her, but no home owner would know or care. Same 2 batteries and it's been left in way below zero and still came back somehow. I do try to keep them topped off however and swap them before I feel it loose too much power. I'm sure both batteries only have 50% of the stank on them now, but that's fine foe how little I swing it. Next time I'll go whole hog, or just buy a new 18v pack if I'm not working on projects. I am now on the other side of where you are, i dont want to get jobs done, I constantly find myself looking for more precision, power, or durability from my tools. I want a better time when i use my toys... er i mean tools. I will say that crapsman router is the biggest disappointment ever. It looks so beastly and had all the right numbers on the box. What crap. Time to get a 220 installed in the garage and a real fucking router.

$300 would barely get me a drill kit with batteries, and I'm fairly certain that the next time I buy a drill it's gonna start with an H and cost closer to $700.