Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 A friend worked for a fish farm, they used Ryobi for everything because they 
were cheap and were only going to get ruined when they got dropped into the 
fish tank.
Most of the big brands are owned by 2 or 3 companies. The company that owns 
Milwaukee also owns Rigid and Ryobi for instance. Stanley Black and Decker also 
owns Dewalt and Porter Cable and Craftsman. I don't think that there is really 
all that much difference between the brands.

One of the reasons I bought Makita is that they are self owned, not a zombie 
brand...
-Curt

On Friday, December 3, 2021, 01:27:16 AM EST, Rick Knoble via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I watch this guy on YouTube. Believe it or not, Rigid impacts perform quite 
well.

https://youtu.be/M2qcslYO_0Q

https://youtu.be/HWeguH-2UJA


Rick

From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: December 2, 2021 11:45 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: ritchey30...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

That's for sure.  The (just finished) carport project involved 600 
self-drilling screws.  Possible with a drill but only with considerable 
pressure.  Stepson's Makita drill-driver was the cat's meow for these.

-Original Message-
From: Of Curt Raymond
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 1:47 PM


 The small impact is wy better for driving screws than a drill, especially 
for Phillips head.I use mine a lot for light mechanicing too. Especially 
switching Dad's lawn tractor from mower to snowblower. It's got a spring assist 
on the lift and dialing the tension on the spring takes forever with a wrench, 
it's easy peasy with that little impact.
-Curt

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

I watch this guy on YouTube. Believe it or not, Rigid impacts perform quite 
well.

https://youtu.be/M2qcslYO_0Q

https://youtu.be/HWeguH-2UJA


Rick

From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: December 2, 2021 11:45 PM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Cc: ritchey30...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

That's for sure.  The (just finished) carport project involved 600 
self-drilling screws.  Possible with a drill but only with considerable 
pressure.  Stepson's Makita drill-driver was the cat's meow for these.

-Original Message-
From: Of Curt Raymond
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 1:47 PM


 The small impact is wy better for driving screws than a drill, especially 
for Phillips head.I use mine a lot for light mechanicing too. Especially 
switching Dad's lawn tractor from mower to snowblower. It's got a spring assist 
on the lift and dialing the tension on the spring takes forever with a wrench, 
it's easy peasy with that little impact.
-Curt

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

That's for sure.  The (just finished) carport project involved 600 
self-drilling screws.  Possible with a drill but only with considerable 
pressure.  Stepson's Makita drill-driver was the cat's meow for these.

-Original Message-
From: Of Curt Raymond 
Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 1:47 PM


 The small impact is wy better for driving screws than a drill, especially 
for Phillips head.I use mine a lot for light mechanicing too. Especially 
switching Dad's lawn tractor from mower to snowblower. It's got a spring assist 
on the lift and dialing the tension on the spring takes forever with a wrench, 
it's easy peasy with that little impact.
-Curt

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Props to Home Depot, within 2 hours I had notification that my order was ready 
for pickup...
-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 11:06:36 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I bought a set much like this in Milwaukee tools last summer when we bought 
the house in Flagstaff. I think I got a drill, impact, charger and two 2A 
batteries. Since then I’ve purchased the SawZall, leaf blower and a 5A battery. 
The little batteries work for some time with the drill and SawZall, but the 
leaf blower sucks them dry in a minute or two, which is why I bought the larger 
battery. Even it gets drawn down in less than 10 minutes on the leaf blower if 
it’s running on the “Hi” setting.

I’ve never tried the impact, as I’ve not had any reason to. I’ll probably be 
building a small set of stairs in the near future for (yard) access to the deck 
in the back of house, so I can put it to use running lag bolts and see how it 
does.

-D

On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:58 AM, Curt Raymond 
mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Last year when I bought my drill/driver set they had a deal where if you bought 
the most expensive/powerful set they had you got a 5ah battery for "free". It 
was actually a pretty good deal, the addition of the battery made the whole 
deal cost less than the mid-range set.

When we were building the bridge a couple weeks ago my 1/4" impact driver was 
the most powerful one on the bridge. We were running 8" timberlocks. 
everybody's driver would drive them but only mine would counter-sink them. Mine 
would drive them so far it was hard to get the driver bit back out of the hole. 
It was actually more powerful than the 3/8" Dewalt driver somebody else had.

My 1/2" impact gun was also more powerful than any of the others we had out 
that day. It was another inadvertent purchase, that was a father's day deal 
where "because reasons" the most powerful 1/2" drive unit was cheaper than the 
less powerful one. It's heavy but it'll sure rattle some bolts. We used that to 
drive 12" lags through a 6x6 into a 6x8 to hold the railing uprights.

-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:51:37 AM EST, dan 
penoff.com via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


They’re doing their annual “buy a kit” of tools and get another tool or some 
other related swag. I try to do these with Milwaukee M18 stuff and can never 
find stock on them when the time comes.

Good deal when you can get it.

-D

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
>
> I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the 
> points is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of 
> gift cards for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, 
> including the paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
> Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
> with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
> thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. 
> Today they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus 
> almost $100.
> If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
> batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
> not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
> anyway.
> I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
> them.
>
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 The small impact is wy better for driving screws than a drill, especially 
for Phillips head.I use mine a lot for light mechanicing too. Especially 
switching Dad's lawn tractor from mower to snowblower. It's got a spring assist 
on the lift and dialing the tension on the spring takes forever with a wrench, 
it's easy peasy with that little impact.
-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 11:06:36 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 I bought a set much like this in Milwaukee tools last summer when we bought 
the house in Flagstaff. I think I got a drill, impact, charger and two 2A 
batteries. Since then I’ve purchased the SawZall, leaf blower and a 5A battery. 
The little batteries work for some time with the drill and SawZall, but the 
leaf blower sucks them dry in a minute or two, which is why I bought the larger 
battery. Even it gets drawn down in less than 10 minutes on the leaf blower if 
it’s running on the “Hi” setting.

I’ve never tried the impact, as I’ve not had any reason to. I’ll probably be 
building a small set of stairs in the near future for (yard) access to the deck 
in the back of house, so I can put it to use running lag bolts and see how it 
does.

-D

On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:58 AM, Curt Raymond 
mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Last year when I bought my drill/driver set they had a deal where if you bought 
the most expensive/powerful set they had you got a 5ah battery for "free". It 
was actually a pretty good deal, the addition of the battery made the whole 
deal cost less than the mid-range set.

When we were building the bridge a couple weeks ago my 1/4" impact driver was 
the most powerful one on the bridge. We were running 8" timberlocks. 
everybody's driver would drive them but only mine would counter-sink them. Mine 
would drive them so far it was hard to get the driver bit back out of the hole. 
It was actually more powerful than the 3/8" Dewalt driver somebody else had.

My 1/2" impact gun was also more powerful than any of the others we had out 
that day. It was another inadvertent purchase, that was a father's day deal 
where "because reasons" the most powerful 1/2" drive unit was cheaper than the 
less powerful one. It's heavy but it'll sure rattle some bolts. We used that to 
drive 12" lags through a 6x6 into a 6x8 to hold the railing uprights.

-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:51:37 AM EST, dan 
penoff.com via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


They’re doing their annual “buy a kit” of tools and get another tool or some 
other related swag. I try to do these with Milwaukee M18 stuff and can never 
find stock on them when the time comes.

Good deal when you can get it.

-D

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
>
> I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the 
> points is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of 
> gift cards for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, 
> including the paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
> Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
> with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
> thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. 
> Today they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus 
> almost $100.
> If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
> batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
> not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
> anyway.
> I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
> them.
>
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

I bought a set much like this in Milwaukee tools last summer when we bought the 
house in Flagstaff. I think I got a drill, impact, charger and two 2A 
batteries. Since then I’ve purchased the SawZall, leaf blower and a 5A battery. 
The little batteries work for some time with the drill and SawZall, but the 
leaf blower sucks them dry in a minute or two, which is why I bought the larger 
battery. Even it gets drawn down in less than 10 minutes on the leaf blower if 
it’s running on the “Hi” setting.

I’ve never tried the impact, as I’ve not had any reason to. I’ll probably be 
building a small set of stairs in the near future for (yard) access to the deck 
in the back of house, so I can put it to use running lag bolts and see how it 
does.

-D

On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:58 AM, Curt Raymond 
mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

Last year when I bought my drill/driver set they had a deal where if you bought 
the most expensive/powerful set they had you got a 5ah battery for "free". It 
was actually a pretty good deal, the addition of the battery made the whole 
deal cost less than the mid-range set.

When we were building the bridge a couple weeks ago my 1/4" impact driver was 
the most powerful one on the bridge. We were running 8" timberlocks. 
everybody's driver would drive them but only mine would counter-sink them. Mine 
would drive them so far it was hard to get the driver bit back out of the hole. 
It was actually more powerful than the 3/8" Dewalt driver somebody else had.

My 1/2" impact gun was also more powerful than any of the others we had out 
that day. It was another inadvertent purchase, that was a father's day deal 
where "because reasons" the most powerful 1/2" drive unit was cheaper than the 
less powerful one. It's heavy but it'll sure rattle some bolts. We used that to 
drive 12" lags through a 6x6 into a 6x8 to hold the railing uprights.

-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:51:37 AM EST, dan 
penoff.com via Mercedes 
mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


They’re doing their annual “buy a kit” of tools and get another tool or some 
other related swag. I try to do these with Milwaukee M18 stuff and can never 
find stock on them when the time comes.

Good deal when you can get it.

-D

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
> mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
>
> I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the 
> points is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of 
> gift cards for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, 
> including the paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
> Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
> with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
> thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. 
> Today they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus 
> almost $100.
> If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
> batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
> not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
> anyway.
> I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
> them.
>
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Last year when I bought my drill/driver set they had a deal where if you 
bought the most expensive/powerful set they had you got a 5ah battery for 
"free". It was actually a pretty good deal, the addition of the battery made 
the whole deal cost less than the mid-range set.
When we were building the bridge a couple weeks ago my 1/4" impact driver was 
the most powerful one on the bridge. We were running 8" timberlocks. 
everybody's driver would drive them but only mine would counter-sink them. Mine 
would drive them so far it was hard to get the driver bit back out of the hole. 
It was actually more powerful than the 3/8" Dewalt driver somebody else had.
My 1/2" impact gun was also more powerful than any of the others we had out 
that day. It was another inadvertent purchase, that was a father's day deal 
where "because reasons" the most powerful 1/2" drive unit was cheaper than the 
less powerful one. It's heavy but it'll sure rattle some bolts. We used that to 
drive 12" lags through a 6x6 into a 6x8 to hold the railing uprights.
-Curt

On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:51:37 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 They’re doing their annual “buy a kit” of tools and get another tool or some 
other related swag. I try to do these with Milwaukee M18 stuff and can never 
find stock on them when the time comes.

Good deal when you can get it.

-D

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the 
> points is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of 
> gift cards for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, 
> including the paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
> Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
> with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
> thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. 
> Today they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus 
> almost $100.
> If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
> batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
> not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
> anyway.
> I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
> them.
> 
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Working the system

[dan penoff.com via Mercedes]

They’re doing their annual “buy a kit” of tools and get another tool or some 
other related swag. I try to do these with Milwaukee M18 stuff and can never 
find stock on them when the time comes.

Good deal when you can get it.

-D

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the 
> points is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of 
> gift cards for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, 
> including the paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
> Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
> with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
> thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. 
> Today they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus 
> almost $100.
> If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
> batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
> not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
> anyway.
> I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
> them.
> 
> -Curt
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[MBZ] OT: Working the system

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I've got a credit card with rewards points, one of the ways to spend the points 
is to get Home Depot gift cards at 10% off. So you get $100 worth of gift cards 
for $90 worth of points. I've been using the cards to buy tools, including the 
paint sprayer I used on the house up north.
Anyway yesterday I checked out their website and found a Makita circular saw 
with 2 batteries and double battery charger plus a "free" tool for a price I 
thought was okay. I put it in the card but didn't finish the transaction. Today 
they send me a reminder, I check it out and its the same deal minus almost $100.
If you think I jumped on that you're right. 7 1/4" circular saw, 2 4a 
batteries, and a 4 1/2" angle grinder for $250. I can pick it up in Keene and 
not pay any sales tax. We usually do dinner in Keene at least once a week 
anyway.
I'd been considering both tools anyhow so this seemed like a good way to get 
them.

-Curt
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