Bosch, Dewalt, or Makita?

[Scuba_Steve]

Dewalt isn't as good as it once was.

Yea I'm thinking I might drop them from the running anyways, I just don't like that Dewalt yellow; I'd rather the AEG orange TBH

My point is you could buy 4, 5 or 6 of these things and have all your favourite attachments fitted, ready for use. Just like that bloke on Project Binky(about 5:40), he has a rack full. A big time saver and less stress on the gear. 1 year guarantee, too.

I like having multiple things, like my drills. One for drilling, one for screwing. No fannying about.
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I had thought about later replacing the armature in the old grinder & having 1 for cutting & 1 for grinding (I don't do much more than that with em) but for now I have an excuse to upgrade

i had a good milwaukee grinder till some cunit stole it out the back o my ute one night

Might be an option if I could justify that much past the fund manager, but then I'd probably go Metabo if I could; Still she's reluctant to approve the release of funds as it is so I'm taking what I can get

[pete376403]

Dewalt isn't as good as it once was.

Isn't DeWalt just yellow Black and Decker?

[ellipsis]

Just a thought....

I've also inherited a Warehouse grinder. I think they cost the equivalent of a dozen Rheineck and an average curry. It's happily been sharpening my hammers for 3 or 4 years with no issues.

My point is you could buy 4, 5 or 6 of these things and have all your favourite attachments fitted, ready for use. Just like that bloke on Project Binky(about 5:40), he has a rack full. A big time saver and less stress on the gear. 1 year guarantee, too.

I like having multiple things, like my drills. One for drilling, one for screwing. No fannying about.

Oh, I have a reasonably vintage Metabo hammer drill. It's a beast! Bloody scary, actually, the amount of torque it has.

...sounds familiar to my way of thinking...I have five cheap 100 to 125 mm grinders ready to go with sanding disc, cut off discs, grinding discs, works well for me and they get hammered...I thought the replacement cost on a Makita and a Bosch that both burned out almost simultaneously, as Murphys Law goes, some years ago was a bit too expensive...the cheapies are hanging in and I dont care if they fuck out...one of them was only 16 bucks at Bunnings and that one gets more shit with a sanding disc on than the other 20 buck ones...I also have an ancient Metabo battery drill that torques the wrist up badly if you are limp wristed when holding it...

[ellipsis]

Isn't DeWalt just yellow Black and Decker?

...I have a Rexon thicknesser...it's Chinese, and it's a DeWalt...DeWalt only put their casing and locking mechanism on it...just saying... mainly to the believers and disbelievers of some Chinese manufactured stuff...I can't seem to blow up a 150cc Loncin motor in my bucket racer either, five or six seasons it's refused to break or blow smoke or eat oil...

[Madness]

Isn't DeWalt just yellow Black and Decker?

It's Stanley-DeWalt-Black&Decker-IrwinTools now I believe. They may have acquired moar, wouldn't be surprised.

[Scuba_Steve]

It's Stanley-DeWalt-Black&Decker-IrwinTools now I believe. They may have acquired moar, wouldn't be surprised.

Yep, Stanley Black & Decker make Dewalt, Irwin, Porter-Cable, Craftsman etc
TTI make Milwaukee, AEG, Ryobi, Homelite etc
Bosch & Makita I beleive are still Bosch & Makita (& Mactec) respectivly

[jellywrestler]

...I have a Rexon thicknesser...it's Chinese, and it's a DeWalt...DeWalt only put their casing and locking mechanism on it...just saying... mainly to the believers and disbelievers of some Chinese manufactured stuff...I can't seem to blow up a 150cc Loncin motor in my bucket racer either, five or six seasons it's refused to break or blow smoke or eat oil...

you can't run a country as big as china on rubbish, but a lot of our buyers are greedy and get the cheapest shit they can and bring here.

[Akzle]

Isn't DeWalt just yellow Black and Decker?

nah they were bought by stanley.



all made in fucken china now though

[jonbuoy]

I bought a makita cordless a/g 125mm to go with my other cordless stuff and it is awesome! It matches the power of my old mains unit but it will use up a battery quickly when you are pushing it. But I have 6 of them...
Problem with comparing those three tools is the comparitively short model run that tools have now, by the time you have finished reading reviews, there is a newer better model!

Has it got variable speed control? I want to try a cordless model- hate crawling under a car with a hair trigger mains versions, I want one with a variable speed pull trigger.

[cods4]

At work we just bought $15000 of Makita 18V battery gear for the guys and just speaking to them this morning they are pretty impressed with the quality. A couple of them were initially asking for Hilti instead but now they are saying the Makita set is just as good.
I have dewalt 18V drill, impact wrench, impact driver and grinder at home which I imported from the USA for a decent price. Heavy, quality tools.

I understand Milwaukee is considered the some of the best quality.

[russd7]

I understand Milwaukee is considered the some of the best quality.

shows what good advertising does, i have talked to so many people who believe that milwalkie is the best yet the only poeple they have actually talked to (if any) is the salesman, i have not yet actually managed to find anyone in a commercial environment who has got a milwalkie, most believe they are over priced and tend to go for Makita.

i am not saying milwalkie are not good i just haven't met anyone that can back that statement up.

[eldog]

I understand Milwaukee is considered the some of the best quality.

I had forgotten I knew a few people with Milwaukee battery devices - they seem to swear by the torque wrenches they have something that looks like Milwaukee 2606-20 M18 Drill/Driver (Bare Tool)
- they reckon they are awesome and it has a 2 speed setting - good for having some control. I have borrowed and used it myself and found it to have good weight and the trigger was responsive and gave good control without going overboard.
There maybe another model that has more torque but I haven't seen it.

However they go quiet on the Milwaukee drill which uses the same battery.
Havent seen any Milwaukee grinders, only the end grinder which is now buggered after a long period of abuse and torment.

I have an old Black, Black and Decker Skill saw its big and heavy, the builder who I got it from said it just wouldn't die unlike the newer variety of tools.

Mangere - ask them in 6 months that's always a good test.

[george formby]

Can you get grinders that run off an air line? I've only seen linishers that run on air.

[FJRider]

Can you get grinders that run off an air line? I've only seen linishers that run on air.

https://mytools.co.nz/collections/air-air-tools

[Laava]

Has it got variable speed control? I want to try a cordless model- hate crawling under a car with a hair trigger mains versions, I want one with a variable speed pull trigger.

No, but soft start..