🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:20:22 -0700, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>krw wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:17:40 -0700, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> krw wrote:
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>>>> But it's ugly orange.  ;-)  I think I'll spring for the Bosch.  I want
>>>> to rip up some bamboo flooring and inlay a hearth in front of our
>>>> fireplace.  I can't figure out another way to make the cuts against
>>>> the wall.
>>>>
>>> Look at the bright side: It could be worse. My Chinese meters here are 
>>> bonbon-purple. Channel 3 on my DSO is bonbon-pink.
>> 
>> It seems it costs a lot of money to get a decent color.  The Tek
>> scopes at work have gawd-awful trace colors.  Not only are they
>> "fruity", they're hard to see.
>>  
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>Oh, they aren't engineered in China, are they?

I think some of ours are.  The UI is more Greek, maybe
Japaneese-VCRese.

>>>>> I've used Fein drills, they 
>>>>> are really top notch. I think grampa's drill in the garage is a Fein. 
>>>>> About 100 years old, works like a champ.
>>>> I now have seven cordless drills (will likely give one to my son).  I
>>>> just bought a little Bosch 12V Li-Ion to match the impact driver.  100
>>>> years ago a cordless drill was a brace and bit.  ;-)
>>>
>>> I am very impressed with the little Durafix single Li-Ion pistol-style 
>>> electric screwdriver. $15. We had to build a large step box for our 
>>> Rottie because he has trouble getting in and out of the car. The long 
>>> deck screws were hard to turn but it muscled them in. Sure saved me a 
>>> blister.
>> 
>> We talked about that before.  I *love* the Bosch "Impactor" as a
>> screwdriver.  I can even drive large Phillips screws without chewing
>> up the heads.  It's the neatest tool I've bought in a long time.
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>
>That's what impressed me, getting the really long Phillips-head deck 
>screws almost all the way into a 4 by 4 without chewing up the head is 
>something I thought wasn't possible with one of those little things. The 
>screws let of a loud squeal as they went in.

I generally use pilot holes, but even then heads get stripped out.
Stainless screws are really bad that way.  I don't hear the squeak,
though.  The Impactor bangs 'em home and is rather noisy, itself.

>There is one tool from Bosch I really love: My Bosch Bulldog rotary 
>hammer. When I use it as a jackhammer it sure sends the stuff flying.

I have a Bosch hammer drill too, but have never used it.  ;-)  About
half my new tools are Bosch (most of the rest are Dewalt or Delta/PC).
I think I'll replace my Harbor Freight SLCS with a Bosch too.