/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2582199
Table Saws, Miter Saws, Pole Saws, Routers, Sanders, Heat Guns, and Grinders are corded. Rotary Hammer Drills, Vacuums, and Reciprocating Saws idk bros help me out. Everything else is cordless, simple as

>>2582206

Remove Recip and pole saw from this list. If your router is mounted to a router table then sure but for a trim router absolutely not.

>>2582199
Corded and I will be daisy chaining 15 extension cords. Battery-fags will pay 3 times the price too wait all day for their tools to charge.

>>2582199
Both.

Corded tools, cordless tools, air tools, gas powered tools... They all have their place.

Can't go wrong with a good corded drill for everything around the house, good extension cables aren't expensive and don't be a retard laying cord in water or places people will trip on it.

Corded.
If I worked in the trades or something I'd want cordless.
But I'm just a DIY / homeowner. My good quality corded tools are going to last me the rest of my lifetime, without having to buy new batteries or keep them charged/charging, etc.

HVAC tech here and I think the only corded stuff left on the truck are the SDS-Max drill and the trouble light. When I first started I was skeptical of m12 / the impact-copper cutter-pvc cutter but now I cant live without them. Time savings from just having everything in your bag is massive.
But if I had to use stuff once every couple months? Id stick with my corded makita impact.

Corded everything off 300 dollar chinese reman inverter genny w 2 year warrantee
Impact and drill are the exception.

I am also off grid. So its a lil different

I have 3 cordless tools:
- Paslode framing nailer
- Paslode trim nailer
- Dewalt impact driver
Everything else is corded.

>>2582211
>[laughs in 22% voltage drop]

>>2582199
The only thing that excels at being cordless, are cordless drills.
Everything else I have is corded.

I dont consoom cheap chink garbage because Bepis tells me to.

>>2582359
>laughs in $15 extension cord taking the place of $250+ worth of batteries and charger
>laughs in the tool still having more power than the battery version despite the voltage drop

>>2582359
do me a favor and take 18v and divide it by 120

>>2582199
Depends on the tool, but cordless if possible.
>corded
Table saw, miter saw, bandsaw, welder, 1200W angle grinder for grinding/wirewheel
>cordless
Drill, driver, sander,circ/plunge saw, recip saw, 125mm angle grinder for cutting, all gardening tools except lawn mower(which is gas)

>>2582199
>Do you buy corded or cordless tools?
Tools that move when you use them: cordless. Tools that don't move when you use them: corded. Tools used rarely and/or not used to generate income: corded because they are generally cheaper.

>>2582375
>$15 extension cord
So you’re never working more than 20ft from an outlet?

>>2582380
>15A limit

>>2582502
>15 minute limit

Corded whenever I can get away with it, which is basically never.

>>2582211
But who buys the extension cords

>>2582199
Drills and impact drivers are cordless, everything else is corded or pneumatic. Gotta use that huge 30CFM air compressor for something

>>2582604
This. 100ft extensions cords that won’t start tripping breakers with 15A saws are not cheap. They’re also heavy and bulky. It’s also a pain in the ass to run them when you only need to drill a few holes, and you have to try not to trip over them and keep them away from your saw blades and don’t tangle them around your ladder.

>>2582508
Here’s the secret: you buy 2 battery packs and a decent charger and when one battery dies, you put it on the charger and grab the other. And because it’s lithium, you can process a stack of wood easily with modern large capacity packs and the other one on the charger will be good to go in 45min.

>>2582375
Is 250$ a lot to you?

>>2582614
Why do you ask? Are you truly invested in the response?

>>2582617
>>2582614
$250 is a lot to somebody who is unable to use the cordless tools and make that $250 back in an afternoon.

>>2582199
Cordless.

>>2582502
>20ft from an outlet

If we are talking about indoors you need to work on your electrical. No where in my house am I 20ft away from an outlet. I even have out lets under my roof doe Christmas lights.

>>2582935
Yes because who would ever need to drill a hole or cut wood outdoor? I do that shit primarily in my kitchen!

>>2582199
Corded. I'm still waiting for the universal battery. Do your job Duracell.

>>2582611
this is a fantasy
in reality you dont even use your tools you fucking fraud

>>2583034
good, stay in the kitchen and let real men do real work you fucking aids ridden faggot

>>2583115
Yes but when I want to do a video shoot of my tools to make a gif for Reddit, that battery needs to have 4 bars or they won’t take me seriously!

>>2583116
Your sister loves when I cook for her ;^)

unironically kill yourself Bepis

>>2583120
Your sister would be sad ;^(

>>2582199
The only cordless tools I have are drill-drivers.
Cordless tools get stolen too often and too easily from job sites.
Older cheap corded tools bought from pawn shops are what I use, and if I don't have electricity on site, I bring my gas genny and 300 feet of extension cords.

>>2583115
>>2583116
>>2583120
guys stop replying to the tripfag, you literally just accomplish nothing

>>2583131
Bepis pls… turn the trip back on so we know it’s you

>>2582199
So, if you’re starting out just get corded. It will get the job done… probably for decades.

I’ve been saved so many times by having corded when the cordless are missing, discharged, too cold, or pack it in for whatever reason.

Or you can choose to ignore all the electrical infrastructure put in place over the last 100 years.

The battery advocates postulate that:

1) Cords are unmanageable or inconvenient (sniff, sniff… life is hard, I can’t use a computer without a wireless mouse either)

2) You’re doing a lot of work outdoors or away from outlets. (while “forgetting” that their mom charges the battery for them every morning from the outlet she’s paying for)

So basically, cordless aficionados are laptop/ipad level users, and corded crowd are people that find a full fledged gaming PC and GPU more appropriate to their tasks.

corldess for the most part

i will use corded tools generally only in a dedicated workship with outlets nearby, and even then i stick to my cordless stuff out of habit

For house work? Corded. I'm not scared of running two extension cords to get my $20 sawzall to work.

For on the job? Cordless for sure

>>2582199
cordless obviously, im not throwing away old corded tools they end up in my garage but it has no purpose at any professional settings.
the days of worksites being a clusterfuck of extension cords is gone.

>>2583312
word for word your argument could be turned into reasons why cordless rule. im 110% shure you have never worked a day in your life.

>>2583115
He might be a fraud but he's describing reality for me
t. works on buildings that are 800ft long before a million outlets are installed
Have fun running your cords

>>2585677
this,. of you only ever do stuff in your cuckshed corded tools will suffice but if you actually work you
need the battery ones for your own sanity
t.works in dairyfarm

>>2585693
cordfag would probably pull 15km of cord behind him while fencing his field with pic related. oh what a sight it would be, all just to prove how useless batteries are.
i guess he would even need a grid powered fencing machine and not just a 12v one.

>>2583117
>Yes but when I want to do a video shoot of my tools to make a gif for Reddit, that battery needs to have 4 bars or they won’t take me seriously!
I love the irony in this post, as you take pictures of brake pads trying to get people to take you seriously.
You are Le Mechanic now!

>>2582232
Simple as

>>2585703
Haters gon h8

>>2585985
does your wife's boyfriend know you've been touching his car parts collection?

>>2585999
>washing machine motor
>car parts

>>2585999
>>2586005
Oh and of course I always ask him before I go near his workbench. I wouldn’t want my wife to yell at me for touching her boyfriend’s wrenches, they might not let me watch anymore.

New are generally cordless. But I'm not too fancy to occasionally pick up a lot of old corded off Zuckbook, or stop at a yard sale and come home with a chop saw that qualifies for social security. Plenty of mobile power stations out there anyway.

cordless for general purpose
corded for serious business

>>2582199
Tools that I use infrequently are corded. Tools that I use often are cordless. I have found that it is the batteries that go bad, not the tool itself.

>>2582199
corded tools are simply better if you're working a lot or in tough materials
cordless tools are for piddly little bits where you don't want to run a cord all the way to drill a tiny hole or cut a 2mm thick piece of metal
anyone sane and serious has some of both
if you're not serious and just do little bits cordless is plenty although i will note that some of the batteries now are great and can put out some oomph

>>2582199
>What's a boom?
If you can do it for air, you can do it for electricity

>>2582199
yes

>>2582661
Nice.

>>2582199
Both but cordless have been good since 2005 when I bought my V28 Milwaukees (still in service, still have a battery from 2011 thats decent but of course upgraded to M28 batteries over time). I continued to add tools of course. Didn't really need the 60V DeWalt recip but it's perfect for close in heavy steel cuts but my old Sawzalls are ample. I just enjoy overkill and time saved.

>>2586444
What dogshit cordless tools were you using? I easily recip saw truck frames to harvest delicious LS engines from salvage. One battery and one (Diablo Auto Dismantling) does most of them with blade and charge to spare. I cut heavier steel too and modded my 4-1/2" DeWalt and Makita angle grinders to take 6" cutting disks which run fine. I went to cordless chainsaws after shoulder replacement and except for mass wood cutting for heat they're fine, and I refuse to live where there is winter.

9" angle grinders, Milwaukee 4196 die grinders etc are best corded but the rest have or are getting disturbingly effective. I have pneumatics too (barely used any more) and use whatever serves me best.

>>2582199
I like to have both.. cordless for quick work, corded for more serious stuff. But lately I have been broke and just buy corded stuff. Especially since I rarely even use my tools.

It is unreal how much cordfags are still coping in 2023

>>2589751
>being 20 years old
Its ok anon, when its time to re-up youll understand.

>>2589752
I got a few years on anon and I value my time more and more as I get closer to death. Most projects around the house are short bursts of power tool use and unrolling cords wastes way more time than popping in a fucking battery. Can’t imagine how annoying my day today would’ve been to unroll cords half a dozen times so I could drill 8 holes, sink 20 screws, make 4 cuts on fence boards, trim a bush, run the weed whacker, do some edging, and then blow the trimmings off the driveway and walkways. Instead I popped batteries into 6 different tools and didn’t run a single one below 3 bars.

>>2589777
Wait, I forgot, I drilled one more hole about an hour ago, 7 batteries in 7 different tools.

>>2589777
> cordless are for women doing little one-off jobs around the house
Completely agree.
See picrel? Even going with the crazy marketing claims (which only work on cordless tool chicks), this battery conks out after only 10 minutes when compared to the energy delivered by a corded—only when the battery is new, that is.
Who ever needs to do more than 10 minutes of work? Not I, that’s for sure. Physics lesson over.

Look how light that battery looks to carry around… pure convenience! Now I can cancel “right arm day” with my gym trainer.

Cords are scary! I literally cried when I saw one in real life, and now I have PTSD.

I once had to use a non-ergonomic wired keyboard to look something up at a parts store. Couldn’t do it. My god, The CORD! Do you see it? I can’t sleep at night waking up in cold sweats dreaming about that spiralled cords.

>>2589797
>doesn’t ever use an impact driver for work
>posts claim about how stalling an electric motor for 10min straight will make the tool stop
It’s a miracle anybody uses cordless impact drivers on the jobsite and they haven’t switched to corded models! Oh, wait… You’re just retarded. Nvm.

Used to work on lots of large commercial new builds and ran everything I could on cordless. Doing historical resorations/renovations mostly now and slimmed down my cordless stuff over the years.

driver/drill always cordless (obviously not a rotary hammer, etc.). Other smaller tools I use frequently or in positions that might be a hindrance with a cord.
>angle grinder, fein saw, orbital sander, squaring laser
Spent enough years playing musical batteries, and pushing them to their limitations at cost of quality. It all just depends on your environment, but too many brainlets are out here trying to use cordless miter saws or table saws.

>>2589797
>Look how light that battery looks to carry around… pure convenience
My friend bought the 15ah the other day. Gives me lols every time I see it. Unironically a good purchase, especially at 3/5 retail price

>>2582206
Table Saws, Miter Saws, Pole Saws, Routers, Sanders, Heat Guns, and Grinders are cordless. Rotary Hammer Drills, Vacuums, and Reciprocating Saws idk bros help me out. Everything else is corded, simple as

>>2582199
Cordless because it's less of a hassle when I've gotta drag it 500 feet and up 3 stories. Also the cordless saws are a bit safer since they've got a thing in em that helps to stop the saw from running back into you when it binds

>>2590990
lets be honest with ourselves here, if you are using a cordless table saw, you dont really need a table saw in the first place.

>>2591024
Binding would never be a problem if you learned how to use a saw correctly.

>>2591032
Yeah, being able to rip a board down and square it up when and wherever you are is stupid fucking idea.

>>2591165
this provides zero advantage over a cordless circular saw and guide.

>>2591024
My favorite parts of the cordless circular saw is the brake and the the blade is left facing so you can see your line as you're cutting. I know there are corded Saws with those features but it's not common.

>>2591168
Are you serious? Some improvised track saw can rip 3/16 off of a 2x4? I'd love to know how much time and lumber you waste creating a jig for that. Or cut the face down?

>>2591171
>I'd love to know how much time and lumber you waste creating a jig for that.
Zero time and $25.
https://www.harborfreight.com/folding-clamping-workbench-with-movable-pegs-47844.html

>>2591172
>$25.
sorry, maybe $35 including some HF c-clamps too.

>>2582199
Given the option, corded. I'd rather have the tool become a fire after a decade of abuse instead of a tool puttering out due to some shit battery giving up.
Cordless can be a lot nice through especially for screw guns.

>>2591165
I highly doubt you've actually used a table saw for work if you think the cordless ones can handle a proper workload.
If you insist on going cordless for rips, just use a track saw or circular saw w/ jig if its a rough cut.

I work as a framer. Cordless tools are great for tasks that need to be done on the spot quickly and/or in many locations, dragging a cord around is a pain in the ass. I use corded tools at stationary cutting stations or for tasks like demo that are prolonged and will sap battery power. For example, ripping the roof off of a house to do an addition. I use a corded sawzall or demo skilsaw for that since it burns through batteries quickly.

If you work in a shop, then corded

If you work in the field doing new construction, then cordless.

Impacts and rotary hammers, I'd always get cordless.

I go cordless as much as possible. I like the mobility. The only corded thing I have is a rotary hammer.

>>2591994
fuck I guess Im not actually a professional trim carpenter after all because of my 60v cordless table saw. You're right, I should rip all my boards on a track saw especially when the board is more narrow than the track
You are a faggot

>>2592180
Its always homeowners and literal DIYers that think cordless isn't great. The only real advantage corded has over cordless nowadays is the lack of a trigger safety. In reality cordless should have no trigger safety and corded should, since corded is only really used in ideal conditions or by poorfags with no skill