How to size a compressor on CFM rather than tank, why 120V imports are the wrong buy at 240V/50Hz, and which pneumatic tools are worth importing.
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None of the three does every job. What each mechanism actually is, why the terminology causes bad purchases, and where a hammer drill stops being enough.
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Milwaukee, Makita, Bosch and Craftsman compared against the DCS334, including the detail that decides whether any of them is actually cheaper: two of the four are corded.
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Why a heat pump water heater can run at 200% to 500% efficiency when an electric element never beats 100%, what circuit it needs, and how to choose between monobloc and split.
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What each faux finishing tool actually does, from the metallic roller to the wood graining tool, which two are worth owning before you have a job for them, and where the manufacturer claims need reading twice.
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A 212 cm³ walk-behind tiller built for ground that resists. What the published specifications tell us, what they do not, and why STIHL lists the working width three different ways.
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Makita’s brightest light to date runs on 18V LXT or 40V XGT packs. The published specifications, what the lumen figure is actually worth on site, and what we would measure if we had one.
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Eight years of battery escalation produced tools nobody asked for and one genuine breakthrough. We went through the test data to work out which is which.
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Inch pounds, newton metres and UWO compared, why peak torque is never what you feel, and what anti-rotation control actually does when a bit binds.
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A new motor and a redesigned base plate push cut depth to 70 mm. The dust extraction is the part worth talking about.
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The drill carries the highest published torque in its class, the impact driver is capable, and the battery platform is the real reason to buy in.
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Cut counts, brake stop times and kickback behaviour measured on high-speed video. One tool was clearly safer than the rest.
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