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Alright guys, you have the ability to influence the manufacturer of your choice to design a tool that they do not have currently. What would it be?
As I’ve stated before, mine would without question be a Milwaukee M12 pop rivet gun. Man that would be awesome!
A battery powered threaded bar cutter. 🙂
Wayne Burgess wrote:
A battery powered threaded bar cutter. 🙂
You mean like a portable band saw?
something quick lol
An American made circular saw.
I would actually like to see a whole line of premium made in USA power tools, made from some higher tech materials like carbon fiber and titanium. A line that would make Festool, Mafell, and Hilti have to step up their game to try and keep up.
Multi-bay battery chargers, I’m getting kind of tired of having so many chargers strewn about jobsites at just about every available outlet or having to tiptoe through the chargers to get to the generator. Why is Ryobi the only one? How about seeing some innovation again like Dewalt did with their work light charger combo or maybe put a few charging bays on a radio (that doesn’t hum when charging). How about doing something like putting enough batteries on a charger to be able to have it work as an inverter as well.
Gasoline powered circular saw. A string trimmer or chainsaw motor on a circular saw chassis. These need to be resurrected They used to make them, the old ones have become collectable so they are priced out of the usable range and there are no repair parts available. A 12″ would be nice.
More 36v+ tools, how about a 36v cordless router? I’ll take a 36v or even 48v SCMS too, please.
36v florescent (or LED) work area light. it would be nice if it could go 8 hours on a single charge. Would be really cool if they came out with one that could be mounted on a stand as well or maybe come out with one like a wobble light.
36v cordless spot light, 55w at least, equipped with an accessory cord to run off 12v vehicle power supply.
Wayne Burgess wrote:
something quick lol
How about a rebar cutter would that work for you?
I always end up using my cordless grinder then I can take the bur off so a nut will screw on because every other cutter you can’t get the nut to go on the thread.
Would be great to have a compact cutter that could also either leave no bur or remove it all in one go.
All good ideas. Not sure I really see a big market for a gasoline powered circular say. Sound like a demo saw with a side mounted blade.
Wayne Burgess wrote:
I always end up using my cordless grinder then I can take the bur off so a nut will screw on because every other cutter you can’t get the nut to go on the thread.
Would be great to have a compact cutter that could also either leave no bur or remove it all in one go.
So I’m guessing you can’t put the nut on before you cut it. I often use a thread file when I run across this.
Have you ever run across one of those Swiftnut drivers? One of those things I just can’t see myself parting with my money for sight unseen, but looks interesting, just the same.
Conductor562 wrote:
All good ideas. Not sure I really see a big market for a gasoline powered circular say. Sound like a demo saw with a side mounted blade.
They were really cool, imagine a cordless saw with more power than your corded circular saw that could cut all day on a gallon of gas. I know I would buy one in a heartbeat and I’m sure a lot of other people would as well.
Homelite XL-100
Piston Powered Products Super Saw.
This would have been a great solution back in the day where there was no electric available and battery tools had yet to be introduced or become viable solutions. I can see situations where it would still be useful.
Conductor562 wrote:
This would have been a great solution back in the day where there was no electric available and battery tools had yet to be introduced or become viable solutions. I can see situations where it would still be useful.
The Homelite was available as a 10″ saw, the “small” one was an 8 1/4″. How many of todays cordless saws can take on a 4″x 4″ easily? No less do it easier than a corded saw and do it all day to boot. Those saws kicked butt.
MORE POWER!!!!!!!!! LOL Love it hahahahaha we all want top grade tools, and I agree that it would be fantastic if someone did make a range of power tools and battery tools built from the no compromise school, and using top grade materials for us tool junki types to drool and aspire to own. 😀
PutnamEco wrote:
So I’m guessing you can’t put the nut on before you cut it. I often use a thread file when I run across this.
Have you ever run across one of those Swiftnut drivers? One of those things I just can’t see myself parting with my money for sight unseen, but looks interesting, just the same.
I have looked at them but they look a bit plastic and weak as if one good jolt on a bad bit of thread and it would be game over bud.
Wayne Burgess wrote:
I have looked at them but they look a bit plastic and weak as if one good jolt on a bad bit of thread and it would be game over bud.
It did look kind of cheesy from the videos I’ve seen of them, thanks for the heads up, I think I’ll steer clear of it.
I will contact the company and see what info i can get and maybe get them to donate some for review (Or I may just buy the bloomin things to give them a crack as normal) LOL. 😀
Gearwrench needs to make a “T” handle, like their die ratcheting “T” wrench, for their XL Pass-Thru set.
I’ve had my Gearwrench set for at least 10 years and I’ve gotta admit they’ve held up a little better than I expected.
I would like to see Dewalt come out with a 20v or even 18v right angle impact.
I think its about time they come out with the light saber
crazyandy wrote:
I think its about time they come out with the light saber
It would make chainsaws obsolete
I’m up for the light saber idea.
I wonder if it is on Wookiepedia? LOL 🙂
LOL
Sorry could not resist. 🙂
I’ve already posted my answer to this question under another thread – something about “Are tool manufacturers stupid or what?”
My response, however, is that I’d like to see 1.) a drill press designed for woodworking, and 2.) a reasonably priced 8″ helical bench jointer. Reasons and details are as cited in my previous post.
crazyandy wrote:
I think its about time they come out with the light saber
May the 4th be with you LOL 🙂
Hey! A light saber with a sonic rip fence and a sonar depth stop – perfect for removing those tight knots from clear birds eye maple – right??
I want one of those systems that shrinks or expands things from the movie “Honey I shrunk the kids”. Think of all the material savings. You could turn little scraps into full sheets of lumber and when your done with your project you could condense your entire shop to fit in a drawer.
Conductor562 wrote:
I want one of those systems that shrinks or expands things from the movie “Honey I shrunk the kids”. Think of all the material savings. You could turn little scraps into full sheets of lumber and when your done with your project you could condense your entire shop to fit in a drawer.
That would work just great ’till you took the shop out of the drawer and as you restored it to full size the tiny splinter in your finger grew to the size of a 2×4.
Highdesert Splintermaker wrote:
That would work just great ’till you took the shop out of the drawer and as you restored it to full size the tine splinter in your finger grew to the size of a 2×4.
😆 God help you if you had a metal shaving or something.
I’d like to see a band saw with an adjustable height work table.
Once you have a drill press installed with the head assembly situated at the best-for-you working height, you can easily raise or lower the work table to accommodate different stock thicknesses and drill bit lengths.
Not so with the band saw. With the band saw all you can do is raise or lower the upper guide bearing assembly. If the band saw’s work table is set at the “best-for-you” height for ripping, cross cutting, or free handing sheet stock (3/4″ or less) and one day you want to resaw some 8 or 10 inch lumber you either need to lower the saw OR stand on your tool box to get at least 6 inches taller to be closer to the optimum hand/eye height to control the cut.
With an adjustable height work table the initial set up of the entire saw could be a bit closer to the floor. The operator could use a relatively high table set up for flat cutting sheet stock and all you’d have to reset for resaw work is lower the table roughly three quarters of the height of the taller lumber and raise the upper guide set a bit.
Hey Jet, Rikon, Steel City, and Powermatic – are you listening?
Added 22 April, 2014
Worthy of mention is that neither the upper nor guide bearing assemblies alter the path of the blade. Those assemblies exist only to prevent the ‘normal’ blade path from being distorted unrealistically by sudden or unorthodox movement of the work piece being sawn. Therefore, if it is necessary to move one of those guides closer to or further from the other, why not leave the upper one stationary and move the lower guide bearing assembly up and down with the work table?
I’m not worth a shit with a band saw. Wish I was, but it just isn’t so 🙁
Conductor562 wrote:
I’m not worth a shit with a band saw. Wish I was, but it just isn’t so 🙁
Most of that is possibly due to set up. Google & watch the You Tube video “Bandsaw Clinic with Alex Snodgrass” and you’ll see what I mean. He really crams a lot into this 35 min. demo.
Highdesert Splintermaker wrote:
Most of that is possibly due to set up. Google & watch the You Tube video “Bandsaw Clinic with Alex Snodgrass” and you’ll see what I mean. He really crams a lot into this 35 min. demo.
Thanks, I may check that out. I’ve got a benchtop Delta, just can’t cut a straight line to save my life.
They should come out with a tool that takes apart and puts back together the chain links for light fixtures perfectly
I hate those damn chain lights! They’re such a pain in the ass. Seems like every light my wife and mom buy has a damn chain.
Hahaha I totally hear you! I hate when the customer brings those lights out for me to hang I scream NNNNOOOOOOOO in my head!
I would like to see a thorium battery pack that would last for years before you need to charge it
You may scare your workmates though bud with a nuclear powered cordless drill 🙂
hahaha That would be alittle scary but so cool!
Light saber to are scary but so cool !
The tool, or perhaps family of tools, I really like to see is a power nail puller.
There are an infinite number of different gage and purpose pneumatic (air) nail guns from 23 ga pin nailers all the way up to the big boy – framing, roofing, and flooring nailers.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a comparable set of nail puller guns that would accept different ‘heads’ for different nail types. So, all you’d have to do is cover the nail head with the tip of the tool and pull the trigger. The tool would capture the head, pull the nail, and toss it into an onboard catch tank that would hold the extracted junk with an internal magnet. When the puller got heavy (loaded with extracted nails) just detach the catch tank, rotate (neutralize) the magnet to empty the tank, reinstall the tank, and go pull more nails.
Wouldn’t that be a whole lot easier, quicker, and neater than ripping boards apart, beating bent nails backwards, wrestling them out one at a time with a prybar, then stepping on them for the rest of the day.
I have to acknowledge that it would take some clever engineering but what the hell good is Yankee ingenuity if we don’t put it to work?
That would be a great idea but would be a challenge for sure.
Chandelier pliers. Had mine for years.
I would like to see a hand held dado cutter.
Reg you could use a router for dados, or even a jig and a circ saw I suppose.
The nail puller is a good idea, but it would have to be cheap to sell.
RedSionnach wrote:
Reg you could use a router for dados, or even a jig and a circ saw I suppose.
I have used a router. I would like just to pick up a tool and just plow through the cut with one hand.
You could also try a lancelot disc for a grinder if you’ve got steady hands. I wouldn’t try it for a long dado, but it probably wouldn’t be bad for a few inches. I think you can stack them too.