Power Tool Perverts

[Grd85]

On a scale of 1-10, how well do you look after your gear?

Sounds like it could do with a blast out with an air line once a day/week.

admittedly not perfect care, but i can clean that sds in the morning and its choked up in the afternoon, tbf seems mad putting a recessed selector dial into the top of a tool like that. Don’t get me wrong the milwaukee is lovely stuff, perhaps my use is outside of there intended market of diy enthusiast / light professional. Im not hating on the stuff, perhaps just a bit disappointed with a couple of their tools considering how it gets overhyped. I have a couple of the m12-fid for light duties too, and tbh they are prob my favorite tool in the lineup. The framer is also excellent, if a bit too far on the heavy side for all day use.

 

[Crayola]

Sounds to me like you need to invest in a Milwaukee M18 hoover and the extractor bit for the SDS

And some IP rated Packout boxes

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

N-no they're really good I swear! You just need to buy more things, you'll see!

The absolute state of Milwaukee owners 😏

 

[Grd85]

Sounds to me like you need to invest in a Milwaukee M18 hoover and the extractor bit for the SDS

And some IP rated Packout boxes


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Pfft no time for that when you’re on a price something gets sacrificed along the way i’m afraid. No time to be playing about with hoovers and fancy boxes all day bud 😆

This is just silly placement in fairness.

and wtf can u do with the recip (sorry, “Sawzall”) blade lever 🙄

 

[Crayola]

You say you can't price an extra 30 mins into a job but yet you are, pricing up a new SDS at £250+ 😂

What's the standard of your work like if you don't care about breaking a £300 SDS 👀

 

[Grd85]

You say you can't price an extra 30 mins into a job but yet you are, pricing up a new SDS at £250+ 😂

What's the standard of your work like if you don't care about breaking a £300 SDS 👀

Now thats a whole different question. Its effective but not pretty. I need to be home for my 130pm nap time.

 

[dann2707]

What's with the weird control on top of the drill? Mines on the side and has the black handle rather than red?

 

[Grd85]

What's with the weird control on top of the drill? Mines on the side and has the black handle rather than red?

sound like u have the m18-chx, this is the m18-chpx. Suppsed to be heavier duty….

 

[dann2707]

sound like u have the m18-chx, this is the m18-chpx. Suppsed to be heavier duty….

I apologise for being poor

 

[Grd85]

I apologise for being poor

im poor too AND my shitey drill is knackered 🤣

 

[leedsboy]

I apologise for being poor

Image being out milwaukeeeeeeeeeeeed

 

[Touring_Rob]

Sounds to me like you need to invest in a Milwaukee M18 hoover and the extractor bit for the SDS

And some IP rated Packout boxes


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When I have cleared some garage space I would love to have a nice stack of packout boxes!

 

[R3k1355]

admittedly not perfect care, but i can clean that sds in the morning and its choked up in the afternoon, tbf seems mad putting a recessed selector dial into the top of a tool like that. Don’t get me wrong the milwaukee is lovely stuff, perhaps my use is outside of there intended market of diy enthusiast / light professional. Im not hating on the stuff, perhaps just a bit disappointed with a couple of their tools considering how it gets overhyped. I have a couple of the m12-fid for light duties too, and tbh they are prob my favorite tool in the lineup. The framer is also excellent, if a bit too far on the heavy side for all day use.

So the question is, what can you buy that's better for the same money?

Matika?

 

[Grd85]

So the question is, what can you buy that's better for the same money?

Matika?

Hilti or Metabo possibly better, but not the same money

 

[Crayola]

Hilti

Get a few remortgages done and you can buy 1 of their fixing packs🤣🤣

 

[Grd85]

Get a few remortgages done and you can buy 1 of their fixing packs🤣🤣

Its good stuff to be fair, like the hilti te-cx sds bits are by far the best iv ever used, it maybe breaks even in value for money terms how long they last. Maybe…

 

[R3k1355]

Hilti or Metabo possibly better, but not the same money

So not the same thing then? You're moaning about a tool at one price point, and your only solution is one that costs alot more?

Maybe the job you do just needs the best of the best?

 

[Grd85]

So not the same thing then? You're moaning about a tool at one price point, and your only solution is one that costs alot more?

Kinda sounds like you bought the wrong tool for the job?

Id say giving an experience based review isn’t moaning, you dont need to take an attack on the brand so personally.

Well evidently so since they cant hack a full day of actual usage without highlighting easily avoidable design flaws. They are pretty though eh?

 

[R3k1355]

Dunno mate, but you take a several hundred pound tool and manage to ruin it in a single day, I'm gunna wonder if maybe it's the user that's at fault?

 

[Grd85]

Dunno mate, but you take a several hundred pound tool and manage to ruin it in a single day, I'm gunna wonder if maybe it's the user that's at fault?

I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick pal. Was fine first few months, call it an accumulation of usage. Same goes for the recip, chargers, and the haywire trigger on the impact driver. Prior to kitting out with the milwaukee fuel i had makita lxt brushed stuff, which i ran for 10 years and only ever had a few battery issues which makita replaced under warranty in the early days. So you can imagine my disappointment changing brands and running into issues not encountered previously. But maybe it is user fault - i haven’t taken enough pics of them resting cozy in the garage eh 😉

 

[thecrim22]

I use milwaukee everyday gets covered in oild grease dirt mud rain and all sorts of other crap and never had an issue with any of mine other than 2 chargers getting filled with grinding sparks and f**king them up but they're only something like £20

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

I guess this is a 'power tool', having 5hp

I just refurbished a 4 jaw chuck that came with it and managed this 😄 @Touring_Rob

 

[donnylad]

The DTI is meant to be pressing on the steel 🤪

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

The DTI is meant to be pressing on the steel 🤪

Tbf by the time Id finally dialed it in It would of be turned down on a 3 jaw 😄

 

[Jamie86]

Anyone who uses makita

Makita DHP485T001 18V 2 x 5.0Ah Li-Ion LXT Brushless Cordless Combi Drill - Screwfix

Cheap way to get some batteries. Flog the drill and charger on.

 

[Touring_Rob]

I guess this is a 'power tool', having 5hp

I just refurbished a 4 jaw chuck that came with it and managed this 😄 @Touring_Rob

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You're at least 0.0025mm out - try harder

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

You're at least 0.0025mm out - try harder

Getting into Dan Gelbart territory! That chuck that can be dialed into the accuracy of the spindle, unreal..

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

Knee and table nearly finished. Of course, I forgot to put the sliding covers back so the table has to come off again 🙄

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

A Colchester I did a short while ago. It only came with the taper attachment so had to make a small block to hold the leadscrew in.

 

[Paddy_g46]

I need some advice from all you perverts, I am looking to get myself an impact wrench (should have bought one years ago) and as much as I love the look of the Milwaukee stuff I already own multiple Makita 18v batteries/chargers so it seems the most sensible(cheapest) way to go.

I have looked at their cheapest offerings but they don’t have a massive Nm rating and a few youtube videos suggest they lack enough grunt and I want it to be powerful enough to do most things on a car. So I have narrowed it down to the two below, I think the “lesser” model DTW300 is going to be plenty enough for what I am looking to do and also it looks to be slightly more compact then the DTW700 which should mean it is more usable to tight spots. The DTW300 is always quite a bit cheaper. £144 vs £225

Any thoughts? Is it really necessary to go for something with 1000Nm of “nut busting torque” for general car maintenance or will 580Nm do me fine?

 

[Crayola]

Go for the bigger one, you'll only kick yourself if you don't

 

[thecrim22]

Go for the bigger one, you'll only kick yourself if you don't

This always go for the bigger one as you will end up using it for stuff that you didnt plan for because you have it

 

[JamesBryan]

Go for the DTW700Z

 

[Paddy_g46]

Go for the bigger one, you'll only kick yourself if you don't

This always go for the bigger one as you will end up using it for stuff that you didnt plan for because you have it

Go for the DTW700Z

Ok guys, point taken, bigger is always better!

Next question then is do I pay an extra £14 for the Detent Pin version (DTW701Z) over the one with the "Hod ring", I have only ever used detent pin wrenches and feel this is quite useful?

 

[dann2707]

Ok guys, point taken, bigger is always better!

Next question then is do I pay an extra £14 for the Detent Pin version (DTW701Z) over the one with the "Hod ring", I have only ever used detent pin wrenches and feel this is quite useful?

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I never go for pin detent and sometimes you need to press it in with something pointy to release the socket. The friction hog ring you can usually just pull with standard force.

I'd only ever use pin detent if I was working high above ground where dropping it would have severe consequences

 

[Crayola]

Yeah hog ring 100%

Easier to fix, less f**king about and way more reliable

 

[thecrim22]

Yup hog ring only down side is after a while they wear and will drop the socket off but much less cunting about trying to get sockets off the end

 

[Crayola]

Yup hog ring only down side is after a while they wear and will drop the socket off but much less cunting about trying to get sockets off the end

Takes 20 seconds to replace though

 

[thecrim22]

Takes 20 seconds to replace though

Dont be so f**king stupid just stick socket back on and moan like f**k when it keeps falling off

 

[aldo_87]

Adding to the lathe content. Been restoring this on and off since Feb. Considering its from the late 40s, it was in pretty good nick.