2021: .. Tool reviews & suggestions

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Crosley.In.AZ

18 gauge staple gun , air powered.  Again , no brand loyalty. This Metabo brand gun works well. I've used 1 inch and 1.5 staples in it. It just keeps working well.  Watch the depth settings and air pressure on this one too.
Tony

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Crosley.In.AZ

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Harbor Freight Bauer brand belt sander.  I needed a belt sander for door edges.  Only 2 hinged doors on this park model trailer and they were poor fitment like everything else in this unit.  :lol:   :o

This sander works well. The dust bag actually works well too! First sanding, I left the dust bag off and had sawdust all over my levis... Installed the bag and waaaay better. the cheap a** wood of these doors turns to very fine powder as You sand , so the bag is very helpful
Tony

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Crosley.In.AZ

Air compressor....  I needed one for my RV & truck tires as we traveled. So I bought a pancake unit from Home Depot.  Porter Cable brand.  All these pancake compressors seem the same. Noisey, oil less , noisey.  Reading the instructions with it, the life of the oil less compressor is estimated at 200 hours.

It airs up my tires as needed.  It runs the air tools I need at the rehab of the park model trailer.

Only slight glitch is the replacement RV we are purchasing does not have a generator on board.  May need to purchase a generator for that?
Tony

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kb426

Tony, unless things have changed, it takes a lot of watts to start an air compressor. Not as much to run. :)
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Crosley.In.AZ

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Quote from: kb426 on November 22, 2021, 11:02:31 AM
Tony, unless things have changed, it takes a lot of watts to start an air compressor. Not as much to run. :)

yes. good point. Compressor is rated at 10 amps...  should be 1200 watts.  I have been looking at small honda generators. I had thought 2200 watt gen would start and  power the pancake compressor?
Tony

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Beck

Tony, I have been looking at the Champion generators. They are about half the price of the Honda. I have 2 friends with them and they are happy. I'm sure they aren't up to the Honda standard. The price at my local store is $550. On the other hand I have another friend with a Honda gen. It is sweet.

My intended purpose is to power lighting and small tools in my enclosed trailer, and in an emergency power essentials at home if there is a power outage. Most of my home is gas so it just needs to power the furnace blower, electronics on the stove, refrigerator and freezer. I do want an inverter style so it can power sensitive electronics.

kb426

I don't think 2200 watts will start it. About a month ago, I bought a generator for a house backup. I purchased a Wen 4500 watt surge, 3600 continuous. It looked a little better than a H.F. and was way less money. I gave $320 with shipping and a wheel kit. Now that I have it, I plan on the electricity to never go off for more than 10 minutes. :) That unit weighs 100 lbs. and takes up some space so it wouldn't be what I would want to hide in an rv.
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purplepickup

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I have that Porter Cable air compressor for the cabin and my older Honda 2000W generator has no problem running the compressor. I've also got a 2300W Wen generator that runs it easily too.

Sams Club has a 2200W Westinghouse inverter generator right now for $319, free ship. Wen's website has a black friday sale for $385, free ship too. I think Champion, Wen, and Westinghouse are all about the same.
George

Crosley.In.AZ

Quote from: purplepickup on November 24, 2021, 08:45:59 PM
I have that Porter Cable air compressor for the cabin and my older Honda 2000W generator has no problem running the compressor. I've also got a 2300W Wen generator that runs it easily too.

Sams Club has a 2200W Westinghouse inverter generator right now for $319, free ship. Wen's website has a black friday sale for $385, free ship too. I think Champion, Wen, and Westinghouse are all about the same.

Thanks for the info....     Opens up the group of gens I can look at.  I am not looking to power the whole RV..  Just power stuff if needed.
Tony

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Crosley.In.AZ

Bought a Milwaukee 2850-22 impact driver with charger & 1 battery 2.0ah ...  Photo was stolen off Home Depot site.  The ol special deal , special price of $99.00 plus gubment add on

Works well so far.  I have a couple projects coming up to use this tool on.
Tony

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50 F1

Tony I have the impact driver like that. It is a very good tool and real handy,
I bought the quick release sockets set that goes up to 9/16.
Works real good for small stuff. Lots of power for a smaller tool.

idrivejunk

I was given a new battery powered Milwaukee 3/8 ratchet. Something I don't need but will try to make use of in small doses eventually.
Matt