Done with DeWalt?

18v died, I would have it repaired in that DeWalt and many tool companies I think have a "max repair" price in fixing it anyway. This up until unlike Strong (followspots) it becomes obsolete for them. They offer you a discounted upgrade at that point. Did that with a grinder but was appairently absent for the day when that upgrade was asked about. Strong recently felt man/hour pain for a ballast I sent in - everything was wrong with it and they didn't meet their price for service. Nice but I have some bad magnetic ballasts not working in storage they should probably re-configure pricing on. Fair enough even if my 14.4 trigger switch fix was easy enough. Be aware that the 18v NiCad battery system is also on its way out the door for DeWalt. No info given but a most likely thing.
 
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Guns with yellow parts might help mis-shooters - hunters in not finding fellow (human) hunters having such things as with vests etc. What's the point of camafloge if using a road crew Orange/yellow reflective vest so as to keep you safe from other idiot hunters? Something in the news today proposed... something about to qualify for voting you must also qualify in voting in background research for a gun licience?


All in a way insulting to me who gave up guns after I left the military - and I am a Marine. I can respect other's views and concepts and do not take a lesser view. In fact, guns with yellow colors might help other's hunt more safely. If above a "thing" might be of interest for My Father In-Law. Can't fix his house but can hunt. I digress.


I do not own a gun other than a WWII flare gun in attic. I do not feel a need for a gun and would die and have my own family die in fighting hard for self defence by way of my own K-Bar stll in a drawer. I know the house and am still Marine.

Beyond that, I might bluf for an invader for home invation about something like a gun, but I neither want or own one. I have served in the Marines and stand by the point that my home ownership of handguns is not necessary.
 
Guns with yellow parts might help mis-shooters - hunters in not finding fellow (human) hunters having such things as with vests etc. What's the point of camafloge if using a road crew Orange/yellow reflective vest so as to keep you safe from other idiot hunters? Something in the news today proposed... something about to qualify for voting you must also qualify in voting in background research for a gun licience?


All in a way insulting to me who gave up guns after I left the military - and I am a Marine. I can respect other's views and concepts and do not take a lesser view. In fact, guns with yellow colors might help other's hunt more safely. If above a "thing" might be of interest for My Father In-Law. Can't fix his house but can hunt. I digress.


I do not own a gun other than a WWII flare gun in attic. I do not feel a need for a gun and would die and have my own family die in fighting hard for self defence by way of my own K-Bar stll in a drawer. I know the house and am still Marine.

Beyond that, I might bluff for an invader for home invasion about something like a gun, but I neither want or own one. I have served in the Marines and stand by the point that my home ownership of handguns is not necessary.
@ship Brian; I'll buy you were and are a Marine but are you sure you're an American? I thought the whole gun attitude thing was instilled at birth? More seriously Brian, I ALWAYS knew there was something I liked about you.
BTW; I don't own any guns either and don't feel at all bad about it.
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Ron Hebbard.
 
@ship Brian; I'll buy you were and are a Marine but are you sure you're an American? I thought the whole gun attitude thing was instilled at birth? More seriously Brian, I ALWAYS knew there was something I liked about you.
BTW; I don't own any guns either and don't feel at all bad about it.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard.

It's only around 35% of us that actually own guns. . Google says you Canadians are at around 22% so you aren't that far behind us.
 
Back to topic in a moment..

My Daughter does qualify for "Daughter's of the American Revolution" and it should be an easy in given GrandMa's membership.

The Brushless 20V tried first and above disliked, in using it again recently I still don't like. The version with the brushes, I am getting used to in using more,/ and while not what I want, my DeWalt un-supported 14.4v tools - especially the middle generation of them are starting to go down hill fast.

I still use the 14.4v especially my first generation... basically no original parts left on it other than the switch DeWalt wouldn't replace. Even tried a defunct 12v drill for parts, but wouldn't fit right on a 14.4v pistol grip. Epoxy mending of the forward / reverse switch is working, and as opposed to second generation pistol grip heavier but similar which is slowing down, the original one works great.

Probably in the next year or two I will go 20v for my department and home. Best quality 14.4v tools we were using will become shop tools. This except the pistol grips.... I'll continue to use them as with the original T-Handle, than retire them. No advantage of an available pistol grip drill available for shop use if they have no idea of how to use it properly.
 
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I would just like to say Makita makes a pretty sweet little drill, I tell you what.

Edit: I've used many of the same ones we've all used such as anything Harbour Freight or that quality to Black & Decker, Milwaukee, DeWalt, and Makita. Probably some others here and there, too.

I say Makita because I've found, personally, they have the smoothest torque brake and seem to be the most accurate. No more slipping off screw heads or wallowing them out. That little hammer drill is pretty mean, too.
 
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DeWalt DCD985 was my final choice in now having two of them.. the shop people in my department having another and overall my part and the other section of the company doing the 20v. Just makes it easier on a show site to have similar batteries. Still dislike the brushless version in lack of blade lock, though even the brushed versions seem to slip a bit until they find their teeth in the gears. The brushless tool has if any blade lock on either version, less so in tightening a bit and otherwise similar. I re-confurmed that in using all tools again last week.

Quickly back to being used to the T-Handle, don't like the single LED light on the source of drilling on the motor brushed version (as opposed to three of them on the brushless) - but never had a lighted drill before this. Overall it was the semi I would say motor lock engauging of the motors with brushes verses the just plain not being able to tighten the bit of the brushless drill that was the main factor.

Thanks to all in above advice but at some point given how much DeWalt 20v already was in use, I went to the standard brand and voltage.
 

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