Home Improvement Today?

Any issues with the triggers on your Fuel tools? I had trigger isues with my 6-1/2" and 7-1/4" circular saws, as well as two impacts. All 18v brushless. New One Key impact driver and 1/2" Impact wrench seem ok. And yes the One Key system seems gimmicky but it actually works and you can set the different levels for different torque values.

 

So far so good, but I'm not the one who uses them all the time and my maintenance staff aren't the greatest at telling me when things are broken.

 

The blower i have (which was a package deal with the weed whacker) runs just off a 18V battery. Im not impressed with it and rarely use it. Using a push broom is quicker and easier IMO.

The impact isnt bad. Itll remove most things. But it is only good to fasteners torqued to ~100ft-lbs or less. Much past that and it wont break them free. But still not bad for the price.

 

So saw that Home Depot has this 18v kit for sale for $99 but it's a hammer drill/driver. I know a hammer drill is needed for concrete/masonry but would I be able to use it for general around the house drilling as well?

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Makita-18-...Y1d9ymeCKzZKtX8aFxZgsaAuWy8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Sorry if this is a dumb question lol

 

Yeah , the hammer function is selectable on or off

 

Cool, I was wondering why it was less expensive than the regular non hammer drill version, the XFD10R for example, but it seems that that one comes with 2 batteries instead of one. I think this might be the drill I go with since it's the same price as the Ryobi I was looking at now.

 

Reported

 

So you are going to do the ivory inlay in the old growth redwood posts after all? You barbarian.

 

Stained my front porch.

 

I prefer the term brigand

 

+1 when fencing

 

Got up early to get the 1st coat of paint in my computer room (small bedroom). Stripped all the wallpaper a while back, but couldn't prep & sand walls until recently as this is the room the A/C is in. I pulled it last week as it's cooling off.

 

Hey guys found and purchased a laminate/trimmer router at a hard sale today. What bits/kit should I get for it? I don't plan on using it a lot but I'd rather have more bits then I need then to not have them. Looking for mid range quality bits as well.

 

More painting

 

Nice seeing the women helping, I had my wife tarring the foundation when we built the house.

 

I usually just buy bits as I need them

 

My wife picked all the forming tie washers out of the concrete with a screwdriver and then parged all the tie end holes standing in 10" of mud wearing my gumboots haha

 

Yeah we all work. Some things are all hands on deck, like painting, butchering and hunting...

Finishing up back corner




That's the first coat in the books. About 2.5 days. Final coat will be fast.