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   :swastika: Adolf Krippler :swastika: (whiteboysummer@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:17:33 JST :swastika: Adolf Krippler :swastika:
   MILWAUKEE DON'T DO THAT
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:17:27 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @white_male this ultimately isn't a brand issue. You can't tow a trailer with a civic, all these drills have electric motors and if you flog them too much, too often, they will fail.
     
     People doing dumb stuff with those on video have absolutely been doing dumb stuff with them before.
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     @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @white_male

     Hilti, Festool, Makiita, Dewalt, Flex.
     Cords and batteries, all work. I have had 2 dewalt screw driver for over 10 years, but I mostly use the impact driver and those I have to change every second year. the drillchuck or rather the bit-chuck keeps breaking.

     I think some brands are best in some areas but not all.

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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:17:29 JST JollyWizard

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     @pepsi_man @white_male @WhiteBoySummer I'm a Makita battery man and anything for corded.
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     @JollyWizard @white_male @WhiteBoySummer
     Actually I've never used a Makita.
     
     Are they worth a damn?
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:17:30 JST white_male

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     @WhiteBoySummer Brand loyalty cattle. ;D
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     pepsi_man (pepsi_man@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:17:30 JST pepsi_man

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     @white_male @WhiteBoySummer
     I have "whatever fkn works" loyalty. Tbh, my Milwaukees have been pretty good, but so have plenty of other brands.
     
     I have a Dewalt corded grinder that's a beast. :02_shrug:
     
     TL;DR don't abuse your tools but don't be a brand nigger either
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:23:29 JST white_male

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     @sickburnbro @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard In modern world it's a source issue. There's a lot of information on forums around which chink producer does what brand and what nearly (brand exclusivity) exact models are sold as an off brand product.
     
     It takes some effort to find, but you can get nearly every brand item from an off brand channel. Many will even be good businesses honoring guarantees and providing spare parts.
     
     In the end it all depends if it's worth your time to save some cash with research.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:24:36 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard For sure, you can certainly get a yellow tool that says "DeWald" or whatever. The interesting question is: do you get any QA with your off brand? ( probably not )
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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:26:23 JST EvolLove

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     @sickburnbro @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male

     For sure. Except for a really cheep angle grinder that burned up on start I have never managed to burn any of them.

     I use a festool mixer for mixing concrete. Not an under dimension screw driver.

     But I use pretty big hole saws with my screw driver and it still never burned.

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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:28:53 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male It's a matter of understanding what you are doing when you press that button - you are sending energy through wires and turning a rotor. If the torque is not sufficient, you will generate a ton of heat ( which is what the smoke is ) and when you see the smoke it's always bad, the only question is is it fatal or not.
     
     I've had tools that I've dropped from over a story, and I don't expect any of them to work after that, because it's just a matter of being at the slightly wrong angle when it hits about things being messed up for good.
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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:34:00 JST JollyWizard

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     @sickburnbro @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer I can't imagine any brand having worse qa than DeWalt. the real question is whether it takes or adapts to a popular battery brand.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:34:00 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @JollyWizard @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer From what I've seen on Project Farm and such, Dewalt hasn't seemed to be horrible, just overpriced for the quality.
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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:47:05 JST JollyWizard

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     @sickburnbro @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer I purchased tools for a maintenance department and the drills/drivers especially would just up and die for no reason after little / normal use. The batteries would also come out of the package DoA and unable to charge. I once returned two packs of $200 batteries before we got a new battery that would hold a charge.
     
     Our vendor would cut us crazy trade ins for the dead ones. They know they are built to die. It's a volume numbers and brand recognition game for them.
     
     Best justification for DeWalt, imo, is you run a crew and expect to trash and replace or pivot on a lot of tools anyway. You want as few types of batteries as possible and if you need to walk in and buy a replacement tool, you want a brand that everybody has and DeWalt is the most available brand. They have it at Lowe's, home Depot, the local hardware stores, etc.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:47:05 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @JollyWizard @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer did you use other brands to know if you didn't have a maintenance guy abusing them though?
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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:47:29 JST EvolLove

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     @sickburnbro @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male

     In Sweden Dewalt is among the cheaper brands.

     So is Makiita and Milwaukee.
     Hilti Dewlat and flex are insanely expensive.

     Almost forgot about Bosch. They area also in the middle price range.

     I just buy what is best for what I need.

     Electric chainsaw, Husqvarna
     Table saw. Dewalt. I really like that one.
     Buzz saw Makiita
     reciprocating saw, jack hammer Hilti.

     No one is best on everything

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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:48:11 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male the only thing that makes me mad is that they refuse to use a standard battery connection.
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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:05:51 JST EvolLove

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     @sickburnbro @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male

     That goes for all the brands.
     It should be a standard platform.

     The first 2 that makes a mutual standard will grab a lot of the market and soon everyone else will follow.

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     fknretardlol (fknretardlol@decayable.ink)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:06:14 JST fknretardlol

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     ever see those adapters ? can adapt de walt to even a ryobi
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:06:14 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @fknretardlol @EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male I don't want an adapter, I want a common standard.
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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:06:15 JST EvolLove

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     @sickburnbro @WhiteBoySummer @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male

     But it is not that easy.
     I can still buy new batteries to my oldest machines. They fit. The new batteries fit my old machines.

     But if there were a new standard then no batteries from no brands would fit. SO ut would be a hassle to get there.

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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:06:31 JST JollyWizard

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     @sickburnbro @white_male @EvolLove @pepsi_man @WhiteBoySummer It was a mix of byod and company provided, so we had enough mix to justify drawing some conclusions.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:11:54 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @JollyWizard @fknretardlol @WhiteBoySummer @EvolLove @pepsi_man @white_male but what about to my die cast hot wheels? That's what I really need to know.
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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:11:55 JST JollyWizard

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     @fknretardlol @WhiteBoySummer @EvolLove @pepsi_man @sickburnbro @white_male can adapt a DeWalt adapter to a Ryobi to a sonic and knuckles to Sonic 1 (blue sphere) to 32x to Amiga CD 32 to power wheels. and when you open the packages, you can see it was printed on an FDM at compromise settings.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:19:02 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @fknretardlol @WhiteBoySummer @EvolLove @JollyWizard @pepsi_man @white_male there used to be no standard for light bulbs either.
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     good luck with that...
     i hear jews are still begging for ice water in hell
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     EvolLove (evollove@noauthority.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:25:44 JST EvolLove

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     @JollyWizard @WhiteBoySummer @pepsi_man @sickburnbro @white_male

     Seems like U have some kind of China knock of Dewalt there.

     I have never broken a Dewalt. My screwdriver is from 2013. I am on my third impact driver though but still.

     I can not imagine it just breaking.

     Makiita screw driver had a bad reputation their gears made of plastic, not sure if they still are.

     Perhaps the tools sold here are in generally higher quality?

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     JollyWizard (jollywizard@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:25:44 JST JollyWizard

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     @EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @pepsi_man @sickburnbro @white_male i believe the problem with dewalts is the electronics in newer units.
     
     the older ones later forever and you could get service parts. the new ones (covid era) were more compact with a phone mobo looking main board that took up most of the unit, and which you couldnt source for less than a new unit.
     
     I think the problem is the circuit board would fail under load even though the motor and gearing was still up to it.
     
     and, like I said, the battery issue was egregious. tool failure is one thing. those batteries are the real investment and they just didn't last and were often dead out of a package stamped with the current year.
     
     You may be onto something with the regional supply chain.
     
     They may have even taken care of the issue by now. But ive never had as many qa issue with a tool brand as I have DeWalt, and my experience with the vendors led me to believe they knew and didn't care.
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     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:29:31 JST Bread up, Bro

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     @JollyWizard @EvolLove @WhiteBoySummer @pepsi_man @white_male it seems like a lot of things got fucked up during covid, product wise. I can't find normal terrycloth towels anymore, all they have is this crap mexican painter grade 1 thread thick stuff anymore.