/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2785734
Simple Green the fugg out of everything?

>>2785908
>>2785944
Wow the advertising makes it look like they’re trying to compete with Snap On now. $175 for an 11pc set, not exactly cheap but I’m sure the same set from Snappy is like 3x the price.

Fwiw a Sunex set is about $60 on Amazon.

>>2785908
Interesting. Didn’t know those were USA made. I know their screwdrivers and pry bars and stuff are USA made because there’s still a few OEs left in the country that can do mid range drivers for a reasonable price. And then the first wrench thing seemed to be the ultra-thin wrenches, but those were stamped.

But what the hell, are those angle wrenches CNC’d? It didn’t say “forged” anywhere in there.

>>2785883
They recently introduced a cheaper line of those shop/contractor tools made by one of the usual suspects like maybe Delta? Can’t remember, but the newer cheaper stuff doesn’t have the LSA.

>>2785920
Wasn’t there some shit like SawStop only sells $2000 table saws, and there’s no reason for them to affordably license the tech to other brands who aim to sell <$700 DIYer saws?

I read one article on it before I got bored and that seemed like a point of contention. But yea, I’m with the “fuck sawstop”, the static touch thing isn’t exactly new tech, and the Bosch system is better. How are they going to patent every fast-braking saw system?

>>2785860
Could be the little USB charging module?

Probably Chinese electronics and an issue that could be prevented if they spent an extra 1.2¢ per circuit board.

>>2785937
You’ll never realize the joy of not having to work around a cord the entire time. Like fucking every time I’m soldering, I’m waiting for the day that battery tech is good enough to make a good soldering iron about the size of a Hakko pen with no cord. When I went from corded to cordless impact wrench, it was so much easier just reaching around to all 4 corners of the driveway because the cord doesn’t get wedged under the tire and stuck.

>>2785923
So I should support the Nazis instead?

Trying to see which one is better, they’re pretty damn close. Knipex has an edge on larger stuff because of the slip joint feature.

>>2785013
>this claim
Knew somebody would say it when I posted the JIS.

Maybe they started doing Jappo + closer to PH, but there’s still a difference. The Jappo drivers fit like a glove in modern Jappo + screws. Good PH2 drivers like Klein, Wiha, and Felo do not. But if you get a box of good PH2 deck screws, the Klein, Wiha, and Felo feel like they’re magnetic since they fit so well, and the Vessel drivers are a little bit loose like 90% of the way there, almost as if you’re using a dollar store screwdriver.

The only prople who disagree with this are people who have never used Japanese + screwdrivers on something manufactured or assembled in Japan.

>>2785537
No shit, and all the adapters are a bit awkward to use, and gets far worse depending on battery size and the type of tool you’re using.

>>2785543
That doesn’t make sense unless there’s somehow a small short or something, and even then if it kills a 4Ah pack overnight, it would get warm somewhere. Even if there was some sort of board in there for comms to make sure the batteries communicate with the tool (which there shouldn’t be anything besides the temp sensor because DeWalt batteries don’t have shit, or maybe there’s a low voltage protection board in the adapter), it shouldn’t kill batteries fast at all. My damn Ridgid Octane packs with a huge complicated bluetooth board don’t self discharge any faster than normal packs as far as I can tell.

>>2785525
Yes. They were one of the very few companies that didn’t fuck their prior customers with the switch to lithium packs

>>2785517
Somebody needs to buy this shit and stick a Ryobi 9.0 pack on the DeWalt Atomic impact. It will be like 18” tall.

>>2785515
>FACTORY DIRECT

>>2785462
>>2785358
>really wanted that open box discount

>just get a battery adapter!

>>2785503
Even I don’t believe that one, especially once ya stick a 10” blade on there because there’s real work to be done

>>2785454
I refused to get a set like those posted above because of the 1/4” hex shank all the way down until 1/2” before the end of the bit. It makes them useless for like 70% of applications where I need small torx or hex.

I eyed picrel, Titan and a couple other brands sell it for like $60 and it has a thin shank for a little bit more of the whole bit, but still fat pretty early on if anything is recessed more than like 3/4”.

Wiha has nice like 6” long driver bits on Amazon, but it’s like 3pc-5pc of each type of drive. And the listing was from a third party IIRC with very little info or reviews, and I was hesitant to spend $80 on a handful of driver bits that aren’t clearly German-made Wiha.

>>2784382
You could easily do picrel if you wanted. I thought about doing a 4 outlet box off mine, but I run a power strip thru a hole in the bench surface for all the little stuff. Maybe one day I upgrade it.

>>2784385
You gotta get quite a large compressor if you want to run air tools anywhere near as well as the modern cordless tools. Even the cheap 18V lithium powered tools like the Yuro Parkside stuff is coming with brushless motors and is far nicer to use than the corded versions stuck on 1980s designs.

>>2784378
I was going to say the upside to the new Milwaukee pliers and drivers is that it’s a brand new factory and I believe they invested quite a bit in good equipment. Asia makes some stuff well and a ton of junk, and if a company is going to stay stateside, they typically don’t manufacture the shittiest quality stuff. And if there’s a problem with a mold or some machining, corporate HQ and the retailers are much closer to the US factory than the Chinese one and hopefully that means the issue gets solved before more bad products make it to the customer.

>>2784370
Can you grow mold in under 24hrs?

Anything you do right now is going to look brand new, and those people look at roofs and damage all day, so it might be risky. If you ripped off shingles or something, it will probably be obvious that the newly exposed area hasn’t had the sun baking it for months or years.

I mean the upside is they probably won’t go on the roof, the inspectors and adjusters love using drones to avoid the liability.

>>2784341
Poor boomers, stuck in the past. Don’t break your hip tripping over that air line.

I SAID DON’T BREAK A HIP!! I know your hearing isn’t so good after listening to that compressor for half your life.

>>2784320
If your impact wrench won’t get the job done because it’s too weak and you need to borrow my cordless gun, don’t be afraid to ask.

>>2784163
Ryobi dropped this cute little 18V tile saw with a water tank on top.

>>2784125
Props to Milwaukee coming out with new USA made pliers and screwdrivers at least. But that’s at the same time where Klein is sending more and more of their screwdrivers and other accessories over borders. At least Klein seems to do some stuff in Mexico and they probably have more control over QC there than if it were mainland China

>>2783848
It’s often a bit more than just 10% better battery and motor. M18 Fuel compared to basic brushed Ryobi is going to have a couple extra features and better build all around. Ryobi HP vs M18 Fuel though, that’s when you’re looking at an extra $100 for 10% here and there.

However, you pay that Fuel pricing because Fuel tools require a lot of R&D to have the most innovative tools and features on the market. So you can save money with Ryobi but you might be stuck waiting 4-6 years for that Red tool to come out in Lime Green for $100 less.