Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them
by vl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:23PM
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Bad advise for current tools: you need to settle on the battery system, since batteries are expensive. I.e. once you start replacing, it’s going to be a single brand, but the trick that you can get great set of batteries and tools as a bundle at large discount. DeWalt in particular, and others, often have great bundles and sales. So if you more or less know what you need, you can get good quality tools at discount by choosing correct bundle, replacing them one by one would be way more expensive.
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them
by kd5bjo on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:33AM
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They’re getting rarer, but you can still generally find corded handheld tools for significantly cheaper than the battery versions. If you’re working somewhere that has a power feed, they can make good trial versions.
Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them
by Phrenzy on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @05:25PM
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I needed a drill. I wanted to buy a cordless drill, but I chose to buy a corded drill instead. 20+ years later, I am using the same drill. I wonder how many iterations of cordless I would have bought over that time.