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How brushless motors work and what they can add to your favorite cordless tools
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High-efficiency brushless motors and increased energy-density batteries push the capacity of these full-size tools further than ever
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These compact, precise measures complement traditional tapes
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Until recently, the only tool companies to offer batteries rated higher than 3.0 Ah in the U.S. market were Panasonic and Hilti (both sell 3.3 Ah batteries).
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Late last week DeWalt's parent company, Stanley Black & Decker, purchased Powers Fasteners.
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Today's cordless drills are significantly better than the ones I used four or five years ago — they have more power and greater runtime, and take less time to charge. Many of them are lighter, too. The most obvious change has been the move from nicad to lithium-ion batteries, with lithium-ion...
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For this article my crew and I tested 18 lithium-ion impact-driver kits. Some companies sell the same tool in two kits – each with different batteries – and in such cases we tested both versions. We used all the drivers for several months, trading them around so that everybody had experience with...
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For this article we tested four higher-voltage saws – 36-volt models from Bosch, DeWalt, and Hilti, and a 28-volt model from Milwaukee. We used them while framing and siding a house and for building a deck. Later, we performed a test to see how many cuts each saw could make per charge.
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My first encounter with construction lasers was 20-plus years ago on a commercial job site, where a subcontractor was using a rotary laser to level the track for a suspended ceiling. The tool obviously saved a lot of time, and even though it could only shoot level, I was jealous that my company...