Cordless drill storage center

[Artthetoolman]

You can never have too many cordless drills. But I'm doing a project I never remove the bed until I'm done with the job, which necessates several drills.  I got all the hitachis at clearance prices.  I can't say enough good things about the Milwaukee cordless tools.    I love the m12 stick light and the m18 light box.    The only thing that keeps me away from buying festool cordless products is the lack of a wide arsenal of tools.    I really like tools like cordless Impact guns and the m12 proper expansion tool.      Thanks for the positive feedback

 

[leer]

Art,

I figured you must be a Milwaukee rep, right?  [wink]  Not even the Home Depot has that many Milwaukee drills at any one time!

 

[wow]

I love the m12 stick light and the m18 light box. I really like tools like cordless Impact guns and the m12 proper expansion tool.

I concur. I am heavily vested in the M12 line, including the ProPex expansion tool. I have also used it to expand hoses for automotive repairs and can't say enough good things about it.

Plus, the PVC cutter with it's stainless steel blades makes an EXCELLENT tree-trimming tool! Neatly trims branches up to about 2" in diameter with a nice clean cut and no stripping of the bark like other methods because it cuts the top and the bottom of the branch at the same time. And since the cutters are stainless there's little or no cleanup needed as tree sap doesn't stick to the blades nor corrode them.

 

[NHSP759]

I grew tired of never knowing where my cordless drills are. Seeing many organization ideas on FOG has inspired me quite a bit.  This design is serving me well. I Incorporated a timer switch that powers the chargers so they run for two hours when I hit the button.  The Milwaukee jobsite radio is mounted on a Lazy Susan so we can be directed toward the side of the shop in which I am working.  I should have built this thing years ago.

Fantastic ideas [member=36977]Artthetoolman[/member] ! Great use of space too. Keeps everything tidy and love the charger solution. I always have to remember to shut mine off before I head out to work. I've got three M12 tools and love them, I keep a couple in an l boxx and my little M12 rotary in my tool chest. I'm going to borrow your idea for the charging drill station though.

 

[sae]

[member=27126]ChrisK1970[/member] , how's the Fuel hackzall?

I had the original non-Fuel hackzall, that thing was really disappointing. No power even for thin sheet metal, could barely handle small kindling wood, awful on paletts, only thing I could use it for was thin PVC. The Fuel sawzall though, is beastly.

 

[waho6o9]

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Is this the PVC cutter WOW?

 

[wow]

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Is this the PVC cutter WOW?

Yep! Also the best branch trimmer I've ever owned.

[big grin]

 

[NHSP759]

[member=27126]ChrisK1970[/member] , how's the Fuel hackzall?

I had the original non-Fuel hackzall, that thing was really disappointing. No power even for thin sheet metal, could barely handle small kindling wood, awful on paletts, only thing I could use it for was thin PVC. The Fuel sawzall though, is beastly.

[member=38144]sae[/member] my Fuel hackzall is the cats meow. A bit bigger then the brushed !12 hackzall but way more powerful. My wife and I are remodeling our big bedroom upstairs into a master and it was eating up doubled up nail embedded 2x. I only use the 4.0 batteries in it and they last quite a bit!

 

[Srbrownjr175]

Nice!  What's the rolling cart underneath?  Look hospital grade.

 

[Artthetoolman]

The cart under the drill storage center is indeed a repurposed hospital cart, formerly organizing suture material.  I keep all my various bits in these drawers, now everything drill related is in one spot.    My chargers were controlled by a digital timer, however it never actually turned off.    The green light on the Chargers was always on, and these chargers then drew around 20 milliamperes.    I tried several digital timers, pass and Seymour as well as 2 tork  models with the same results.  I am unsure as to the internal mechanisms of these digital timers but they do not seem to work well with very small loads.  I just replaced it with an old intermatic  spring timer and it now works as expected.