Idiots guide to Milwaukee.....

[neilo]

Last of the big spenders, I made a rash purchase today, after my old folding utility knife finally died. No silage wrap will be safe again now.

 

[Blue.]

Does anyone here have an opinion on electric chainsaws?

Is this the right place or shall I start a new thread?

I bought Milwaukee in the spring,mainly for fencing,on Saturday I cut a full ibc of firewood using two 12ah batteries,I’m impressed with it,will be great for hedge laying etc.

 

[Hilly]

Last of the big spenders, I made a rash purchase today, after my old folding utility knife finally died. No silage wrap will be safe again now.

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Lost about three of them ,, so now on cheaper alternatives.

 

[Dman2]

Last of the big spenders, I made a rash purchase today, after my old folding utility knife finally died. No silage wrap will be safe again now.

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The ones with the notch for the bag cutter are a pain as they snag on the net wrap

 

[Getnthair]

I don't do Black Friday deals...............

Wadkins Toolstore are running a Black November series of deals and this was as cheap as I've seen it.

Why not???

 

[Cowabunga]

My wife is now a Milwaukee convert. She made a large stainless pan’s worth of chutney the other day and some of it caramelised on the bottom and bottom sides of the pan. She tried everything from brute-force scraping to soaking in hot water and washing up fluid, to soaking in dishwasher tablet and water and nothing would shift it.

Enter her brilliant husband armed with the cordless Dremel-like Milwaukee and fibre polishing tool. It took about five minutes but it scrubbed it all off to leave a nice shiny pan. Since I was at it, I removed the oven door and gave the floor of the oven a clean and scoured the crumbs and stuff out of the gap twixt door and oven.

She is in awe of my engineering skills now and thinks I should have been a rocket scientist.

 

[tomlad]

Either a brilliant move and brownie points OR extremely foolish

 

[Cowabunga]

Either a brilliant move and brownie points OR extremely foolish

I’m back pretending to be useless today.

 

[Andy Nash]

I’m back pretending to be useless today.

Too late. Gratitude soon turns into obligation.

 

[zyklon]

What’s your opinion on these Circular saws? Need to sheet an upstairs floor with plywood so looking at one to make the job easier and these Milwaukee deals make it a good time to buy.

 

[Bob c]

Quick one,
Best Milwaukee 18v angle grinder ?

Will all ways pick this up and leave the corded one

 

[Gerbert]

What’s your opinion on these Circular saws? Need to sheet an upstairs floor with plywood so looking at one to make the job easier and these Milwaukee deals make it a good time to buy.

I have a Milwaukee circular saw. It is great. They are one of those things where you are always fighting the cord so cordless is a gamechanger.

 

[Pan mixer]

I have 2 , one for wood and one for metal which goes round the other way.

When you are an addict, you just have to........

 

[suffolksmallholder]

It is a limiting factor, no doubt, and one where corded power tools are superior. The 12Ah battery with a high draw tool is a combination that will produce heat. What you should do is compare the Milwaukee 9” grinder under constant heavy use with the same duty cycle using DeWalt, Makita, Skil, Hikoki Metabo, Hyundai and other equivalent tools.

I seriously doubt that any cordless 9” angle drivers are rated for continuous heavy duty use even with twin batteries. I haven’t priced such a beast but surely a 9” grinder with twin large capacity batteries will be a very expensive beast indeed relative to corded?

The joy of these 10v or 18V cordless tools is the ability to use the majority single handed.
IMO there is mot much use for a 9” cordless grinder as a mains or 110V is far superior.

Sorry for the very late reply
SS

 

[Dave6170]

Dads Makita drill packed in, going all Milwaukee now and this looked a good deal compared to a drill on its own

 

[ACEngineering]

Dads Makita drill packed in, going all Milwaukee now and this looked a good deal compared to a drill on its ownView attachment 1147256

So long as your aware its not the top spec or heavy duty model, i'm sure it will be fine.

If you was comparing that kit to a bare top spec gen3 combi drill then there completely different specs.

 

[Dave6170]

So long as your aware its not the top spec or heavy duty model, i'm sure it will be fine.

If you was comparing that kit to a bare top spec gen3 combi drill then there completely different specs.

Yeah, I can’t justify the top spec stuff. Did compare but it was too much for what I do

 

[bravheart]

Seems this is the problem with milwaukee stuff, too many models. Getting the best deal for the best spec. is hard work and confusing to say the least. Possibly the reason some are disappointed with their purchase they bought the wrong spec. item.

 

[Dave6170]

Seems this is the problem with milwaukee stuff, too many models. Getting the best deal for the best spec. is hard work and confusing to say the least. Possibly the reason some are disappointed with their purchase they bought the wrong spec. item.

The model numbers are very confusing

 

[grainboy]

Bargain prices normally mean lesser models,
Which not everyone is aware off,