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Bought a new drill today, on sale at Ace

Old Rotor Flap

Old Rotor Flap

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Today I picked up a new DeWalt Cordless 18.0 v drill that's on sale at your local (participating) Ace Herdware Store. It's a hundred dollars after a twenty dollar mail-in rebate available through June.

It is 1/2" capacity, keyless chuck, variable speed, high and low gears, two batteries, charger and decent plastic case. These things are nornally $160.00 at Ace and my wife tells me Ace is good about sending rebates.

No, I don't own an Ace Store. My local store is also a lumber yard and only a couple of miles away. The nearest Home Depot is a casual 60 mile rould trip.
 
You must live in the big city only 60 mile round trip to home depot here about 130 round trip.LOL
 
Putz,

You don't have to go over to Rhinlander to Home Depot, try the Ace store on Fairway drive in Phillips.
 
Old Rotor Flap said:
Putz,

You don't have to go over to Rhinlander to Home Depot, try the Ace store on Fairway drive in Phillips.
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just goofing off ace is 5 miles from meI already have a milwaukee 18 volt drill
 
akitagandy said:
Well,where are the pics ,got to have pics
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Buying the tool is the cheap part, the replacement batteries are the killer. As the former owner of Makita, DeWalt and Milwaukee tools I finally wised up a couple of years ago and started buying Ridgid brand tools from Home Depot. Register the tool online with Ridgid, keep your receipt and you have a life time guarantee on the entire tool including the batteries. After registering my first Ridgid tool I was sent a little plastic key fob with an account number on it that I keep in my desk. Any time one of my batteries starts showing signs of not holding a full charge I simply take it in and exchange it for another one, no questions asked.

LIFETIME SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR RIDGID® HAND HELD POWER TOOLS, STATIONARY
POWER TOOLS AND PNEUMATIC TOOLS

In addition to the 3-Year Limited Service Warranty currently included with RIDGID® Brand Hand Held
Power Tools Stationary Power Tools, and Pneumatic Tools, purchasers of these products may elect
for a limited time to receive a free Lifetime Service Agreement. To accept this Lifetime Service
Agreement, you must register your product and submit proof of purchase as described below. The
Lifetime Service Agreement provides the original owner of qualifying RIDGID® Brand tools a lifetime
of free replacement batteries, free service and free replacement parts subject to the limitations set
forth below.

The Lifetime Service Agreement is available free of charge, for a limited time commencing April 15,
2005, on all RIDGID® Brand hand held power tools, stationary power tools and pneumatic tools,
subject to the terms and conditions stated below. Customers have 90 days from date of purchase to
register tools for the Lifetime Service Agreement.
 
Telman2 said:
Buying the tool is the cheap part, the replacement batteries are the killer. As the former owner of Makita, DeWalt and Milwaukee tools I finally wised up a couple of years ago and started buying Ridgid brand tools from Home Depot. Register the tool online with Ridgid, keep your receipt and you have a life time guarantee on the entire tool including the batteries. After registering my first Ridgid tool I was sent a little plastic key fob with an account number on it that I keep in my desk. Any time one of my batteries starts showing signs of not holding a full charge I simply take it in and exchange it for another one, no questions asked.

LIFETIME SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR RIDGID® HAND HELD POWER TOOLS, STATIONARY
POWER TOOLS AND PNEUMATIC TOOLS

In addition to the 3-Year Limited Service Warranty currently included with RIDGID® Brand Hand Held
Power Tools Stationary Power Tools, and Pneumatic Tools, purchasers of these products may elect
for a limited time to receive a free Lifetime Service Agreement. To accept this Lifetime Service
Agreement, you must register your product and submit proof of purchase as described below. The
Lifetime Service Agreement provides the original owner of qualifying RIDGID® Brand tools a lifetime
of free replacement batteries, free service and free replacement parts subject to the limitations set
forth below.

The Lifetime Service Agreement is available free of charge, for a limited time commencing April 15,
2005, on all RIDGID® Brand hand held power tools, stationary power tools and pneumatic tools,
subject to the terms and conditions stated below. Customers have 90 days from date of purchase to
register tools for the Lifetime Service Agreement.
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This is probably the most awesome tip I have ever gotten on tools.

I think I'll give it a try... my Craftsman cordless drill won't hold a charge for two minutes.
 
That is a great tip. I'll keep that in mind. Craftsman just ain't what it used to be. I have 3-4 of them here with dead batteries that won't charge. For what they want for a battery you can buy a new tool with batteries and a charger.

I finally gave up on Craftsman and the last time I bought an Hitachi. A little pricey at $200 but it has almost 600 in lbs of torque. Better be prepared to let go when you hang up a 2" hole saw. We use it to make all the holes in the tanks so it gets some heavy use.
 
Sorry gents, no picture. It's a f...... drill. Ya seen one, ya seen'em all.

I think of it this way. I bought two Dewalt 18 v batteries and got a drill thrown in for $120.00 and if I get rebate, it's two batteries for $100.00.

My local Ace store also has Batteries Plus batteries. But, they don't have the for Craftsman products. I have two Craftsman drills, one of which C-man doesn't have a battery to fit any longer.

My pal works for NASA where they sent their batteries in to some outfit in El Paso for bebuilding It costs about as much as a new battery with shipping.Since
these batteries only go so many charges before they die - be sure to recycle. Why not buy a couple of new batteries and get a new drill in the deal?
 
wow. you guys have too much expendable cash. :rolleyes: I've been using the same 18V coldless from Harbor Freight for ~ 5 years now. cost with battery, quick charger and case = $39.95 . use it almost every day. plenty of torque! when the battery finally dies I'll buy a new drill kit.

Russ (aka the tightwad)
 
Well, I have a Makita 3/8 variable speed drill motor and a Chicago single speed BALL BEARING drill motor that was my father's. Neither one has worn it's batteries out yet. Course, I plug 'em into the wall.

John
 
Northstar T said:
wow. you guys have too much expendable cash. :rolleyes: I've been using the same 18V coldless from Harbor Freight for ~ 5 years now. cost with battery, quick charger and case = $39.95 . use it almost every day. plenty of torque! when the battery finally dies I'll buy a new drill kit.

Russ (aka the tightwad)
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Not really...I'm pretty damn frugal, but I've had enough of cheap crappy cordless drills-- after 3 or 4 of them I figured I would be money ahead buying a good one. I asked for and got a Makita 18V Li set for Xmas and man not only does it hold a charge for a long time, the batteries charge in 10 minutes and it has more torque than all of the previous drills put together!! Seriously, you better be ready to let go if the drill bit hangs up---It'll twist your wrist in half! Also the impact driver that came with the set is freaking awesome. If you deal with sheet metal screws, deck screw, etc, it is the way to go.
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Hey North Star T, I had the same drill for many years. Awsome untill I did the Mothers cone on a set of aluminum wheels. Smoked the bit**
 
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