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Milwaukee though I do have a couple Makitas knocking around until the batteries give up.
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For battery operated I’ve had DeWalt for many years, recently bought a Milwaukee set and like them.
Got a couple of Mikita power tools, been happy with them.
I have a 40 year Delta table saw and a 15 year old Delta miter saw. Love em both.
My kids bought me a DeWalt planer for Christmas last year, haven’t used it but a couple times. Liking it.
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lots of ryobi new 1/2 impact and grease gun from Milwalkie.
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There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden .
If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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I use everything. I set steel and build commercial buildings.
My favorites are Gehl and Link-Belt or Grove
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Most of my battery tools are Ryobi. They work far better than they should given the price. I haven't really worn one out yet, including several so old they are blue not green. One of my favorites is a chain saw on a pole. Ryobi batteries are so cheap compared to everything else. I think I have 12 or so.
My wood working tools are DeWalt (planer), Jet (jointer and 14" band saw), and an older Delta table saw.
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No one company makes the best tools across every category. But nearly 50 years of professional use has led me to prefer the following:
Best drill motors: Milwaukee/Sioux
Best reciprocating saws and angle grinders: Milwaukee
Best sabre saws, belt sanders and electric die grinders: Bosch
Best routers: Rockwell, Porter-Cable, Bosch
Best builders saws: Skil
Best oscillating multi tools: Fein (commercial)
Best track saws: Festool
Best power planes: Ryobi (with mods)
Biscuit joiners: Lamello
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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Another one of those VERY personal questions that gets posited now and again on this site. Oh, snap.............................you didn't mean THOSE power type tools.  Not your chainsaw powered strap on buddy..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I use Ironbender's...they come with free beer😉
"You've been here longer than the State of Alaska is old!"
*** my Grandaughters
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Been using Milwaukee for the last 12 years. Before that it was Makita.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
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I use Ironbender's...they come with free beer😉 So I'm not the only one with such neighbors.... Good to know.....I guess.
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I have a Kobalt 80V chain saw that works pretty well. It uses a standard Oregon chain and bar and most of you know how well they cut. When I bought the saw, I needed a saw TODAY. It was close to Christmas and that was the only battery saw available in town. Some friends have a Dewalt 60V saw. They run and cut about the same. The Kobalt does have an advantage in that it has a quick charger. I will charge a dead battery in 1/2 the time of the Dewalt.
Supposedly the Kobalt batteries are rebranded Green Works.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Festool, DeWalt and Milwaukee. 3hp Unisaw does the heavy lifting.
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Mostly DeWalt and Milwaukee, but I have some old Craftsman and some cheap Harbor Freight too.
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Mostly Milwaukee, then Ridgid, DeWalt, Makita, Porter Cable and Delta
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I just bought a Kobalt 80v chainsaw. I cranked it up yesterday for the first time and sawed up some 12 inch diameter yellow pine for kindling wood. Pretty good little chain saw.
Nice to run a chain saw and not wear the ear muffs.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Another one of those VERY personal questions that gets posited now and again on this site. Oh, snap.............................you didn't mean THOSE power type tools. Not your chainsaw powered strap on buddy.. The three ways were so much fun back then. Hookers and blow.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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Randy
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DoAll saw, CRS crane, Various Miller and Lincoln welders, Scotchman Ironworker, Rigid pipe threaders, Kalamazoo trucks...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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replaced my Sears drill (second battery) with Milwaukee. vacuum and drill.
Porter Cable ( I had no idea they were for all purposes out of business)
2 biscuit joiners
D handle router
Old Skil saw , Bosch jigsaw
oh the stationary stuff is Delta (also out of business) Unisaw and contractors slide/compound saw
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I've got a little of everything. Skil and Craftsman, a radial arm saw from the 80s. Ryobi, Bosch, Mateba, Milwaukee, Makita, DeWalt...I think that's it. Dremel!
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