I have Bosch 12V AND 18V Lithium Drills, Drivers,Saws and a 12V Scope.I have SDS hammer drills, Trimmers,Bosh line Laser.and a Gravity Rise Miter Saw Stand. if I go down in the Garage I may fine other Bosch tools I like Bosch and never had any problems with them. I also have Festool ,Dewalt And Hilti. All of my Porter Cable tools that I own were made in the USA. I take care of my tools and only use them for what they were made to do. You can not go wrong if you buy the tool for the job it was intended for.
I'm going to say it.............Bossssssschhhhh Powertools!
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The Bosch 12v line is a great compact set. We have a few of the drill and impacts.
My tools are Bosch or Festool, with 2 old makita saws mixed in (beam saw), I have had no problems with my Bosch tools. 2 impacts, 2 drills, circ saw, sawzall cord & cordless, table saw. Ect.
I'd rather buy Bosch than De walt .
I recently bought 2 of the new 4.0ah batts and those are phenomenal, with metabo coming out with 5.2ah batts hopefully Bosch will roll out some new ones too. Also am itching to buy the new brushless impact with 2 more batts.
Bottom line if Festool wants us to buy more heavy construction tools they better get in gear and get the Protool stuff over here, until then we will have to buy other brands.
I would buy a sword saw when available [big grin]
I'd rather buy Bosch than De walt .
I recently bought 2 of the new 4.0ah batts and those are phenomenal, with metabo coming out with 5.2ah batts hopefully Bosch will roll out some new ones too. Also am itching to buy the new brushless impact with 2 more batts.
Bottom line if Festool wants us to buy more heavy construction tools they better get in gear and get the Protool stuff over here, until then we will have to buy other brands.
I would buy a sword saw when available [big grin]
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All electrical tools used on building sites in most states of Australia are required to be tagged by a qualified person- usually an electrician but not always - verifying they are safe to operate.
They get tagged each quarter.
You also need to keep the records of this occuring over time.
You can do a two day course and qualify to tag your own tools and there are also franchised operators that go around doing this,they will also keep and update your records.Cost is anywhere form $3.00 to $8.00 per tool per time.
Leads and power boards are also included and they must be those that comply with the relavent Australian standard.
I work mostly for private clients doing residential renovations and although technically still required i dont bother anymore.
Sites controlled by project home builders or commercial sites usually have a site and/or project manager who will check this and barr you from working onsite until your tools are tagged.Unions love this as a way of controlling building sites as the safety officer is usually the union organiser,you can almost guarantee some safety problems with your work on union sites unless you are a paid up union member.
Computers,printers and all sorts of office machinery in workplaces is also required to be tagged.Even the lunch room microwave!
Not sure what they test and have never seen a piece of equipment withdrawn from use after testing but i am told it does happen!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of many so called safety requirements that have come to promenience in recent times,unfortunatly you cant legislate common sense so these initiatives make little diffence to safety statistics but do provide one more thing that makes it hard to do business here.
They get tagged each quarter.
You also need to keep the records of this occuring over time.
You can do a two day course and qualify to tag your own tools and there are also franchised operators that go around doing this,they will also keep and update your records.Cost is anywhere form $3.00 to $8.00 per tool per time.
Leads and power boards are also included and they must be those that comply with the relavent Australian standard.
I work mostly for private clients doing residential renovations and although technically still required i dont bother anymore.
Sites controlled by project home builders or commercial sites usually have a site and/or project manager who will check this and barr you from working onsite until your tools are tagged.Unions love this as a way of controlling building sites as the safety officer is usually the union organiser,you can almost guarantee some safety problems with your work on union sites unless you are a paid up union member.
Computers,printers and all sorts of office machinery in workplaces is also required to be tagged.Even the lunch room microwave!
Not sure what they test and have never seen a piece of equipment withdrawn from use after testing but i am told it does happen!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of many so called safety requirements that have come to promenience in recent times,unfortunatly you cant legislate common sense so these initiatives make little diffence to safety statistics but do provide one more thing that makes it hard to do business here.
Wow! That seems ridiculous and expensive. Safety stuff can be very frustrating. If safety was the actual goal rather than more employment for people, laws and legislation would be designed much differently. They don't bother us a lot but it is frustrating knowing what the rules are sometimes and knowing a much safer way to do things and yet being afraid of getting a large fine for not doing it to specification.
I was working in a Shopping Centre recently for a shop fit out, one of the tradesmen there mentioned he had been on a site were they were requesting Cordless Tools be tagged.... and no not just the charger.
if true then another reason to stay away from commercial work and stick with domestic.
if true then another reason to stay away from commercial work and stick with domestic.
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Next they'll be banning you from having sharp chisels as you may cut yourself only allowing butter knifes on site. It's not health and safety that's the problem it's policy makers for these companies. Just last week on site the companies own H&S was on site and was talking about have coshh signs up in areas where nail guns are being used
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wrightwoodwork said:
I have heard of sites where the only type of knife allowed is the automatically retracting type .It's getting really silly out there. I was on a site a while ago and needed 240v power to commission some electrically operated work top frames and even though the electricity to the room was just a case of flicking the main switch it took them 2 days to process the necessary paperwork
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