Cordless power tools

[jabe1]

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There is no tool I enjoy using more than a angle grinder or cut-off wheel,
just find it really satisfying for some reason when I need to use it.
Anyway, always wanted a cordless angle grinder, but the cost just didn't justify

So over this last Thanksgiving deals online, I was looking at Milwaukee FUEL stuff again & found a clearance deal on a brushless angle grinder kit.
simply an incredible deal from cpo, who I'v dealt with in the past.

-to make a long story short-

Milwaukee 2981-22 kit
Brushless M18 Angle grinder @ 13 amp equivalent power (lock-on slide switch)
Two 6.0Ah HO batteries* which the very cheapest anywhere list for $179 a pair.
The good Milwaukee Charger
Contractor bag & extra stuff

...all for only $120 more than the cost of the batteries:twothumbs if you know what I mean
(factory sealed kit, everything brand new)

best deal I got online in a while


*uses 21700 cells

that is a hell of a good deal. I would have done that for the batteries alone!

 

[orbital]

that is a hell of a good deal. I would have done that for the batteries alone!

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My wording was a bit tricky, the price was $120 more than what the batteries would be,, so $299 is what I got it for (free ship)
An investment and a super deal

HomeD. & everywhere else lists that kit for $450

 

[ven]

I will update here so i can find it again later when i get chance to use. Thanks CG

Added to the dewalt family a bit recently. Added a 3sp brushless drill(no pics yet as in work and i am at home, will update as soon as possible)
Its the DCD966 P

So i brought my spare impact driver thats sat in a locker home, along with my 2sp drill. I brought my 4a battery and then bought 2 new 5a

So for jobs at home

Pic took before jobs! not quite as clean now lol

Then needing some garden work, decided after a little research on a brushless chainsaw. To keep simple and 18v(20v your side), i chose the same voltage. I was tempted with the 54v, but honestly a little over kill for my needs. Not only that, i would be tempted with the 9a batteries of which those alone are £130+ ea. Too much, its not like i use it for work.

Oil fill on side

Lower smaller on left for chain tension, larger to remove side guard(no tools required)

side removed

Oil at the ready

Just took a fresh few pics
Spare bar/chain 12" and protection

Size of course small/compact and not too heavy

Rough idea of scale

Fits easy in 24" work bag for storage.

I dont have any real experience though for any comparisons. Will update after some real use, not sure right now when that will be though. Could be back end of the year(Sep on)


Cheers

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Needing to get out of the house for a bit, I headed to the garage to compare the new batteries to the old ones. Stepping up to 6AH from 1.5AH will be a welcomed increase of runtime.

I recently used this saw with a pruning blade to remove all the branches from a dead cherry tree. I found it much safer than using my gas powered chainsaw. The tree was about 20 feet tall and I did all the work from a ladder. I offered the fire-worthy wood to a friend from church. He came equipped with a big Stihl and cut everything else.

It was just a coincidence the beer matched the colors of the tools.

I decided to charge all the batteries and clean up the rest of the Dewalt family so they'd be L@@King their best when the new saw arrives next Sunday.

Here's a picture of the cherry tree taken in 2004. I was really sorry to have to cut it down. The previous owner cut the top of every branch, dooming it to a slow death. We enjoyed the tree for 35 years.

I taught both our sons their multiplication tables while pushing then on the swing. The deal was, I would keep pushing as long as they could continue answering.

1 x 1 = ? We'd go to 1 x 12 = ? Then we'd start at the 2s.

 

[ven]

awesome CG, love the nice bit of land you have. I would love a garden like that, beautiful!

Nice dewalt family, i dont think(not for a while anyway) i will be able to do a family pic. With 3 tools in work(3sp 1/4 impact, 3sp drill, 1/2 impact), it would be a bit of a pain to bring home for a pic.

I will get some newer ones of the work tools, all look new still to be honest . I always make sure clean and they dont come into contact with oils etc. Dust mostly, so brush/ air blow down after use.

Battery packs off the top of my head, i have 4x 5ah and 1x4ah.........so one could argue i am a battery short(6 tools).

I bet all your delwats are excited with their new family member coming soon

 

[BVH]

Ven, we've watched mainly British-made TV shows for a decade or more and really love the garden-themed shows. Is Monte Don and his various garden shows (Gardeners World, currently) a big hit over there? Especially now, his shows provide a big bit of escapism and stress relief. Watching him, his co-hosts and his two big dogs lazily tinkering in the garden is a lot of fun.

 

[ven]

As far as i know BVH, from the 90's on, there have been many gardening programs. In truth i have not seen any for ages, but i tend to not watch much general TV at all. Topgear is about the only program i will watch, or odd series here and there. Most of my TV is amazon or netflix series to chill out to at night.

Only gardening i have done so far is turning the soil and mowing lawn(have a little petrol lawn mower), usual strimmer use. I tend to do the garden every week to 2 weeks(prob about every 8 days during spring/summer). Being a little limited to time(generally , like work, school runs and other stuff) my gardening times are not extravagant.

Of course now a little different with schools closed, but i have a few plans. I was going to do the drive(lifting lots of flags, sand, membrane , stones), but can not get building supplies right now. As with tips closed, i cant remove anything either.........call it stuck!

 

[ven]

Get ya bits out guys

What bits do you use? I tend to use milwaukee stuff and dewalt in work. Impact sockets are bosch, bahco and draper for work. Smaller bits(1/4 drive) hex pb swiss tools , dewalt, smaller sockets for 1/4 impact blue point/snap on.
pb tools

My 1/2 impact gets used 2 or 3 times a week on bigger jobs

The 3sp 1/4 impact almost daily, mainly used with pb hex bits.

Home use dewalt and milwaukee

For decent value, the renamed hitachi impact set was bought for any home type use with sockets(and bits). So wheel nuts, to maybe building something.

Bot holder in kit along with 1/4 to 1/2 adapter

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

oo: Tool porn

ven, You're a man after my own heart. I'm always mindful of the cosmetic health of my tools when utilizing them. I friend or two have even gone so far as to make fun of me for it.

 

[ven]

oo: Tool porn

ven, You're a man after my own heart. I'm always mindful of the cosmetic health of my tools when utilizing them. I friend or two have even gone so far as to make fun of me for it.

How dare they!!!! There might be a few fellow engineers in work , who might say i am a tool perv.......might! Maybe as well as a torch perv, i might add..........did i say might

If anyone needs an X Y or Z tool, you would never guess their 1st port of call

Cheers CG

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

How dare they!!!! There might be a few fellow engineers in work , who might say i am a tool perv.......might! Maybe as well as a torch perv, i might add..........did i say might

If anyone needs an X Y or Z tool, you would never guess their 1st port of call

Cheers CG

Who needs to guess?

A huge engine for getting one's country back on its financial feet will be its ability to manufacture.

 

[ven]

Yes CG, i am about to start helping that when i leave in an hour. Onwards and upwards my friend

Will get a few extra pics when i can.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Hope you have a safe day. I L@@K forward to C oo:oo: Ing your pictures.

 

[ven]

Thank you kind sir:rock:

 

[Lynx_Arc]

I had fun this week my neighbor cut a bunch of limbs and they were piled in his back yard for months now as he is older than I am I decided to help him out. I grabbed my 20v Porter Cable circular saw and a trash can with 39 gallon liner and chopped up his limbs into small enough pieces to fill up the trash bag. 3 trash bags later and 6 batteries I was done and he was totally amazed how fast the circular saw chopped up the limbs. I stumbled upon the idea a year ago when I had a bunch of larger limbs fall off a tree in a windstorm and was tired of using my loppers even though they do a good job it takes a lot of effort and time and can only cut branches up to a certain size. I tried out my circular saw and found I could hold a handful of limbs and saw through them all in a jiffy. I've cut my time cutting limbs down to about 1/4 the time it used to take. You can cut larger limbs with it by cutting half way through and flipping it over and cutting the other half way through. I'm totally sold on 20v lithium technology I just wish I could afford Dewalt or Milwaukee as Porter Cable batteries are limited to about 4Ah no option for 5/6+A batteries but they do have fast chargers for them (2A).
I did notice that Dewalt now offers a chain saw in their 20V line, Black and Decker has one but I couldn't afford it as it costs new around $100 or so almost rather just invest in a gas saw.

 

[ven]

That is a good idea Lynx.

UK prices are quite a bit more than US it seems. $100 gets you a 5a battery, for the 9a 18/54v(flexvolt) your looking at close to $200. For the 20v chainsaw, your getting close to $300 equiv. Thats body only.

 

[Lynx_Arc]

I picked up a 4A porter Cable clone battery on Ebay for $25 that works great well worth the money more than doubled my runtime not sure it is a 4A battery though it acts like at least a 3A battery and IMO a bargain price compared to the 4/5A batteries for other tool brands. I've been using it mostly on my Porter Cable sawzall at work and also to do yard work. I was going to get another one but the place I got one from sold out of them. I recently picked up a Stanley 20v Hammer drill with battery for cheap and after cutting a little plastic off the battery it now charges in my Porter Cable chargers and works in all my Porter Cable and Black and Decker tools. I think Bostitch also has 20v tools using the same battery type as Black/Decker and Porter Cable and Stanley.

 

[ven]

A bargain, you could also swap out the batteries to once they become tired(soldering iron at the ready). I noted in my dewalt 5a bats ,are samsung 25r x10. I will presume the 4a are 20r x10.

Before dewalt i had ryobi, but the battery iirc was a 1.5a. Still adequate for DIY type drill use, but for any meaty jobs it had limited use. Thankfully be it 4a, 5a, swapping out to a spare gives enough time to charge the tired battery. When i past what seemed like lots of use, i measured the dewalt battery at still over 20v.(20.8 max)

 

[Lynx_Arc]

I once considered swapping batteries in packs back in the nicad pack days and found it was too costly and the endless warnings about soldering 18650 batteries plus trying to source good batteries at a decent price is often like searching for the holy grail. If I had a battery spot welder I would probably consider it. The small 1.5A batteries do well for most tasks other than saws and hammer drilling and we have heavier tools for those tasks plus hammer drilling in concrete requires a vacuum attachment which drives the price of tools for that task to mostly unobtainable for us average folks and for sawing we go to band saws and a large battery band saw is also rather costly too.

 

[ven]

Few updated pics CG, as i was using the 1/2" impact to open 2 large dust silos(24mm bolts x 30+ of on each, 5a battery still showing 3 lights and took 20 mins to top off, thats after doing 2 silo's of 24x 19mm bolts as well!)
3sp 1/4 impact lives in tool bag, this in in tool box!
Storage for the 1/2 and drill takes most of a draw up

New edition for work 3sp with over 90nm or torque

1/2 impact, around 450nm and 800nm undoing

On the job