@brianpeters yes its like that way on purpose. It has a spring with a little bit of slop. The tool vibrates at such a high frequency that the little bit of slop isolates the vibrations from the battery so it doesn’t cause any harm to it.

@xtsallad probably not worth upgrading that. The starlock is faster, you can see from the video. But the non starlock bosch still beats most other omt’s out there. Especially if its something you don’t use a ton.

xtsallad wrote:Thanks for the review!
Dual bevel is really cool. I have been using the DeWalt cordless miter and it’s held good calibration out of the box. The DeWalt has no dual bevel though and I think it also weighs more than the Milwaukee. Flexvolt or 5ah batteries and it’s never had anything it won’t cut either.

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jponto07 wrote:

Clev08 wrote:
Got this adapter to use with my 1/2 M18 Fuel Mid torque impact wrench. It will allow me to use normal 1/4 inch hex shank bits for the T-40 spax lags

I searched forever to find one of those dang things last year! The only one I could find was a DeWalt, so of course, I had to buy it.

Since then, I have to admit that…

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got a makita 23 gauge pinner today now i have to get some batteries

Boschmanbrian wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
got this in the mail yesterday. It was a sample they were handing out coupons for at the international Builders Show. I have heard a lot about them here, and am looking forward to trying it out.

Congratulations Kurt, first time I’ve seen that style of olfa, how does that bottom blade in the b…

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jponto07 wrote:

Sprokitz wrote:
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Yikes! That thing is a train wreck!

My tool of the day is new Macbook Pro! I’m in the process of switching my accounting/estimating software over to something a bit more sophisticated and it has proven difficult on an iPad!

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I will try and keep this thread updated. I am now getting all the press release info strait from milwaukee

@madman_us I like the flex volt stuff a lot. gobs of power. The battery size doesn’t matter so much on the miter box. I put 2 9.0s on it. on the grader i Use the 6.0 and its heavy but surprisingly vey balanced

I will be there. Had a good time last year.

I was listening to the fine home building podcast. All the guys from the magizine will be there for this to speak along with some of their brand ambassadors.

Reflector wrote:@madman_us

What’s the drop on the ProCore batteries? The slim pack looks real weird, is it the slim version of the Cores that we have right now?

The planer looks real interesting too…

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jkirk wrote:definitley interesting seeing all the new tech coming.. i hope we see some high draw cordless tools coming to north america from bosch.

as for teh 12v planer im very skeptical about that… they need to run at high rpms to be efficient. a cordles colt would be better as their more commonly used

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Older slotted screws are the only thing I save. Some people like that older look of slotted screws. They add a nice look especially if you are restoring something old.

Finally pulled the trigger on the 18v starlock omt. Also got the graco cordless ultra sprayer for an upcoming job. Then I went to Home Depot and picked up a Milwaukee rocket light that came with a free 5.0 battery for 199. I had a 100 dollar gift card that was burning a hole in my pocket that made it an awesome buy.

I am out of town doing a job. They added a few thing when we were already down here and I needed a router for like 100 ft of chanfer on some faux post so I did what any one would do and get a 570 dollar festool router.

Used my Bosch impact to finally put the top on the chest I made for my wife.