Rorty
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| posted on 9/9/05 at 09:52 PM |
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Originally posted by owelly
I have always hankered after Dewalt stuff so when I was ordering tools for a big job at work I spent £4k on Dewalt stuff. What a waste of money. The
battery drills kept on knackering bearings. The mains drills were clumsy to use (the variable trigger was all or nothing) and they also ate chuck
bearings. The jigsaws kept lunching gearboxes. The angle grinders munched the bevel drives. etc, etc. We ended up using the old Makita stuff that we
were suposed to be scrapping.
It's not as if it was one person we could brame for abusing the stuff but several 'competent' people who should know how to use
tools (and were personally accountable for them). The old Makita stuff is still going strong and most of it is over 6 years old.
Well fyck me pink! That's the first time I've ever heard anything bad about DeWalt.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/9/05 at 10:41 PM |
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When I worked at the box factory we used to make boxes for B&Decker and De Walt. They both went to the same factory, I think it was in Livingston
at the time. I have a Metabo 9" angle grinder which has cut slabs for a lot of its working life and I used my new Bosch SDS+ drill for the first
time today. I thought the hammer action wasn't working till I leaned on it and it just sank in effortlessly.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 12/9/05 at 11:45 AM |
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just another thought, Hitachi stuff is pretty tough too!
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Dale
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| posted on 12/9/05 at 12:16 PM |
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Well I know I wont by any more Makita stuff here in Canada- Last Drill I bought from them lasted about 6 months of easy use. Not made like they used
to. My friend has the older stuff 10 yrs + and it they just keep chugging away with no problems. Makita here now comes with a wonderfull 3 month
warranty on it - Even Canadian tire warrenties their heavier tools 3 years here. Dewalts the way to go here but out of my price range.
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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A3rd.Zero
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| posted on 19/9/05 at 05:40 AM |
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Milwaukee Magnum.
I would be very very surprised if you could burn this drill out. I was shooting 5/8" holes in SCD40 pipe all day with only 1/16" pilot
holes and she got really hot but had no problems, and its an eight year old drill. The new ones are just as good.
Milo
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/9/05 at 11:46 AM |
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Can i just say, speaking from experience after being involved in power tool new product development, that within each of the manufacturers that have
been commented on there are different ranges of tools.
Within DeWalt their are light user professional through to heavy duty professional. Unfortunately a common synergy within all of the manufacturers is
the crazy marketing strategies. The professional users are not always communicated to correctly in terms of what products they should buy for their
applications and few professionals want to be told what they need to do the job and how much they should spend. I have designed and installed
production lines for DeWalt Cordless drills and can say categorically that if you use the light duty stuff in a heavy environment you cannot expect it
to perform faultlessly. Price is a big factor in most peoples eyes, unfortunately so is the potential for site theft so most people tend to buy cheap
and abuse lots - not a good recipe.
By the same token you cant compare low end Bosch to high end Makita, to compound it further no two people use the products in the same way.
To be honest there is very little between the big manufacturers within each of the sectors and all of the products are mass made so there is always a
chance of infant failure - this is a feature and product of the reliability Weibull models.
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MikeR
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| posted on 22/9/05 at 12:23 PM |
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bloke on a building site i know has a different view .... B&Q home brand for battery power.
costs 4 or 5 timse less than a 'decent' brand and lasts 1/3 to 1/2 the time. After its broke, scrap it, keep the charger / battery. You
spend less in the long run and get more batteries / chargers so can keep going for longer!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 28/9/05 at 11:10 AM |
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that's fine as long as you also keep 2 of every tool in the van!
Otherwise you can bugger up a day's work if not near the shops and a tool packs in.
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oliwb
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| posted on 8/11/05 at 05:28 PM |
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Metabo drills are legendary! Mine has had so much abuse! Had for about 4 years and its been used in a farm workshop...not the most hospitable place
for a tool! Managed my build without any probs...also my Draper cordless one is still going strong after similar amount of abuse.....not as powerfull
though! Only thing wrong with it is when the dog knocked the charging battery of a chair in the kitchen and smashed the battery clip! Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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