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Hey I'm looking for a new drill as my little 3/8" m12 drill is just not up to the task of running an auger for some home audio wiring I'm trying to do. I've already got some m18 batteries from a circular saw I got a while back so I figure it'd probably be easiest to get one of the milwaukee drills, but I've got no idea how much drill I actually need for what I'm doing and turns out they have a dizzying variety of options. I'm using a 1/2" auger for my hole drilling, but I can't really find anything suggesting how big of an auger a given drill will be able to drive except for the huge right angle ones (and those are definitely complete overkill). If I can get away with something smaller that would also be great, as my attic is a complete pain in the rear end to get around in (low roof, fully trussed) and the smaller of a lump I need to carry through that obstacle course the better. Anyone have strong opinions on particular drills?
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Nov 15, 2019 01:49
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Thanks for the drill recommendations all, I'll probably end up getting that 1/2" M18 Fuel drill as $120 is workable and sounds like it'll do what I need it to do. Also probably come in handy for building garden beds next spring. I was using the auger because I had tried a spade bit before and it bogged and got stuck too, but when it does I can't just back it out like I can with the auger. And this is with the extended m12 batteries, I think the drill just isn't up for something this heavy - I think it's only supposed to put out about 250 inch pounds, and it's probably approaching a decade old by now so I'm sure it's lost some of its vigor with age and use.
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Nov 15, 2019 05:46
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Jaded Burnout posted:I think this has been asked before, but, pressure washers? I think there was something about electric ones being considered weak by some but petrol ones being too much? I've got a sun Joe electric and it's perfectly adequate for cleaning siding on the house and washing my car (with a foam sprayer). It's certainly not as potent as a gas washer, but I also don't need to strip paint or the bottoms of boats or anything. Pencil nozzle is absolutely capable of drilling holes in my lovely patio blocks too so not like it has no power.
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Nov 15, 2019 14:50
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Selachian posted:So I have a Ryobi lawnmower, and I'm generally happy with it, but after a season of mowing I'd like to take the blade off to be sharpened. Are you sure it's ft-lbs and not inch-lbs? 350 ft-lbs sounds like a crazy high torque spec for something like that, 350 in-lbs is ~30 ft-lbs and much more in line with what I'd expect (and close to what the manual for my EGO mower says...)
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May 11, 2020 02:36
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FogHelmut posted:I also don't want to end up like the previous owner, who had completed every project in this house with various combinations of flatheads, Philips heads, square nuts, round and hex head bolts, all of varying sizes and adapted to places where they don't belong. Is your previous owner my previous owner? I took down a curtain rod when I moved in held up by three mismatched screws and a roofing nail. Everything else they put up is held up by a random collection of usually stripped mismatched fasteners. Buying a full set of Wera lasertip screwdrivers was downright necessary when I moved in. I had to rehang enough stuff that was falling apart by its own weight when I moved in I just bought a whole bunch of screws in various lengths and have been using those ever since, I should probably actually organize the bucket of random fasteners where I've been throwing spares from kits and stuff though. Possibly organize it into the trash.
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Jul 4, 2020 14:06
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I've got a smaller one of those kindling crackers and...it works. I can't really say more for it, it's functional, it splits wood effectively but beyond that I can't say it has anything to recommend it over a splitting maul. Easier to use if you haven't split wood before? It's definitely not lower effort like they claim, and you're limited by the size of the opening which is not the maximum size of wood you can split - if you wedge the largest log you can in there it's just going to get stuck. Also you really need to bolt it to something solid, otherwise it bounces around too much and you lose a lot of force from your swing so at that point you've got a stump with this thing bolted to it and you're swinging a mallet around.
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Oct 28, 2020 23:47
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Spring Heeled Jack posted:Can anyone recommend an electric tiller for a small (8x24) garden? It’s very close to an outlet in my shed and I don’t feel like having to deal with a small engine. I've got one of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Troy-Bilt-9-in-6-5-Amp-Corded-Electric-Tiller-Cultivator-TB154e/311940774 that I use for a similarly sized garden and a couple raised beds and it works pretty well for turning in fresh mulch/manure/other soil amendments in the spring. It also did a pretty good job breaking up some big compacted dead spots in my lawn before I reseeded them this fall.
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Dec 6, 2020 17:30
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Tomarse posted:Look up the Fluke 15b/17b. It is a fluke but the model is made for the Chinese market and the 15b only costs around £60 NEW here in the UK (ebay/amazon and some specialist tool shops have them). I bought myself one and it is great! One key caveat with the 15b/17b is that unlike pretty much every other meter Fluke makes these are not RMS meters, and so will read off when measuring AC voltages that aren't close enough to a clean sine wave. This won't be a problem for homeowner things and probably isn't a problem for 90% of people looking for a meter, but something to be aware of. I've got a 17b and other than that it's a great meter, as expected excellent accuracy for DC measurement too.
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Dec 15, 2020 22:54
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Just like to throw out another anecdotal point for maybe avoiding EGO tools: I got the power head and pole saw kit about six months ago, have used it maybe 3 or 4 times since then. Thursday I went out to use it to trim a couple branches, got halfway through the first branch and it just stopped entirely. Pulled it out and thought the blade bound at first, but the saw lifted out of the cut easily. Reseated the battery, tried a different battery, fully charged, etc - nothing, power head is completely dead. Tried EGO support and they seemed unwilling to honor the warranty. They asked for a bunch of troubleshooting - fully charge the battery, verify the battery in another tool, etc. After all of that they then mentioned that since I told them it first stopped while I was cutting that "it may not be covered by the warranty, as it could be damage from improper use". Thankfully I thought to bring it to the service counter at my local Ace hardware where I bought it in the first place, and they're just going to swap the power head out for me no questions asked. Minus points for EGO warranty, but plus points for my local hardware store who I will now be strongly recommending to everyone I know.
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Oct 30, 2022 17:35
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Yeah, I'm far too invested in the system now at 6 tools / 4 batteries to swap systems unless lots of things start going bad at once, but I'm definitely going to be less eager to buy more EGO stuff from now on. If all of it did spontaneously die I'm not sure what I'd go to, I have m18 batteries but none of the HO batteries which I think are required for the Milwaukee lawn tools. I'm not sure if Greenworks would be any better than EGO in terms of warranty and support, maybe Ryobi 40v? I've heard good things. The whole market will probably be different whenever it's time for me to replace things though, my older EGO stuff seems to be holding up pretty well at least.
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Oct 31, 2022 21:57
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Hey thread, I'm looking for recommendations on router bits as someone who knows absolutely nothing about them. I picked up a pretty nice 90s Craftsman 1 1/2hp router at a flea market for $10, have now tested it and verified it works and is unlikely to explode or rattle itself apart at speed, and so now need bits to go along with it. Looking through Home Depot's black friday stuff I see these on sale: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-Shank-Carbide-Router-Bit-Set-15-Piece-A25R151/205626187 I'm assuming these will cut, but are there any gotchas to cheap bits like this? Chatter issues? Potential to explode?
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Nov 3, 2022 21:38
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I've been overall pretty happy with my EGO tools and have had no issues with batteries - however their warranty service has been spotty when I've had to deal with it. Bad experience: the powerhead for my pole saw died after using it three times, EGO wanted the tool shipped back at my expense before they'd even tell me if they'd fix it under warranty, made a bunch of vague accusations of misusing the tool. I ended up bringing it back to the local Ace Hardware I'd bought it from and their service counter took care of it for me (because my local hardware store is great). Good experience: The hedge trimmer recall, filled out a form and a week later a brand new hedge trimmer showed up. Asked about the old one basically got a response of "iunno, throw it out or something", so I gave one to my dad. And on the topic of EGO tools I'm seriously eyeing up that new 20" chainsaw, which finally has a proper two bolt mounting for the blade. I've been happy enough with my original 16" but the blade's getting wobbly and my back yard is a forest edge.
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With the pressure washer I look at the rapid improvements/refinements they've made with new versions of their other tools - like the leaf blowers or chainsaws that they're now on like revision 4 or 5 with. I'm definitely interested as I only have a cheap plug-in electric at the moment, but I think I'll wait for version 2.
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