DeWalt DW745 is junk.

[momeNt]

I have the tool figured out. I need power capacity too.

Mostly my need is removing and putting in rack screws for things like Cisco 10+ RU chassis devices.

Something like off of here: http://www.popularmechanics.com/hom...ordless-drills-we-test-13-of-the-best#slide-1

I only asked to see if your needs were similar to mine. Thx for link. Similar need more or less. Something you could do by hand but is tiring to do so.

 

[alkemyst]

I just bought a dewalt mitre saw yesterday. Hope it's not as junky.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-12-in-Double-Bevel-Compound-Miter-Saw-DW716/100384716

Just as long as you know a 12" non-sliding Miter saw can only cut 10" material in one cut.

I have a 10" slider, single bevel (cut's a full 12") that works for my main needs (building simple 1x12" pine book cases/shelves.

I can use my table saw for the rest.

 

[alkemyst]

I only asked to see if your needs were similar to mine. Thx for link. Similar need more or less. Something you could do by hand but is tiring to do so.

Also for me no point in carrying around a huge drill that also doesn't fit well in tight spaces.

I use a bit extender now, but it's not as easy as just a small bit.

 

[BudAshes]

Just as long as you know a 12" non-sliding Miter saw can only cut 10" material in one cut.

I have a 10" slider, single bevel (cut's a full 12") that works for my main needs (building simple 1x12" pine book cases/shelves.

I can use my table saw for the rest.

Why would you need a mitre saw for book shelves?

 

[alkemyst]

Why would you need a mitre saw for book shelves?

What is your best tool for this in a portable form?

 

[momeNt]

Why would you need a mitre saw for book shelves?

Miter saws are great for crosscutting, and they can be very accurate if you take the time to set them up correctly.

A 12" SCMS can crosscut up to 16". That's plenty for throwing together some quick bookshelves.

Also depending on the setup of where you are doing it, you can crosscut lengths that are too unwieldy for a table saw crosscut sled. Anything probably half again as wide as your table saw's table to either direction off the blade is probably asking for trouble on a crosscut. That's like 40" or so unless you have a support table. A miter saw you could crosscut something as long as the room it can fit in pretty easily.

The only better tool for crosscutting, and not at all portable, is a radial arm saw, and that's only because they stay in alignment much easier by comparison and have more powerful motors.

 

[BoomerD]

That buy out was like 25 years back.

Actually, it was more than 50 years ago...maybe I should have specified...since they moved their production offshore in 2002...quality has gone downhill.

They still make better tools than many companies do...but they're no longer the "best of the best" like they once were.

Some of their stuff, the more expensive lines, are truely "professional grade," and are tough to beat, but their more inexpensive lines are just "good quality." Still better than some...but not as good as others.

 

[HeXen]

Pretty much all the brands at Home Depot are sold by two companies, TTI or Stanley/B&D.

TTI makes Ryobi and Milwaukee, and S/B&D makes the rest. Ridgid tools are made by specific manufacturers, so it depends on the specific tool who made them. Their most recent table saw was produced by TTI, the previous generation was made by Steel City, and before that Emerson. I believe the one Alke has is made by Emerson.

edit: oh forgot Bosch, that covers Bosch, Skil, Rotozip, and Dremel.

Probably because people don't want to pay much money for a tool just to cut into pressed fiber board or whatever the crap they are and cheap pine boards and glued ply. Let's face it, the wood quality and selection today sucks unless you want to spend a lot of money or tear down an old barn or something.

 

[alkemyst]

Probably because people don't want to pay much money for a tool just to cut into pressed fiber board or whatever the crap they are and cheap pine boards and glued ply. Let's face it, the wood quality and selection today sucks unless you want to spend a lot of money or tear down an old barn or something.

Quality wood has always been expensive which is why veneers have been around forever.

Tearing down an old barn isn't going to yield quality wood, just a lot of wood.

Plyboard has a definite purpose, esp marine grades and the like.