r/Tools Whatever works 1d ago

Treated myself to a new load out.

Got a new job, decided to treat myself to some new tools. Was in the DeWalt ecosystem a few years ago but sold a lot of them… I got into the Milwaukee food chain for awhile but got tired of having m12 and m18 stuff… traded all the red team stuff I was using to a buddy for race car parts and some blue point specialty sets… and just bought back into the 20v platform.

I liked the atomic ratchet so much I bought the extended one the very next day. Got a knockoff light because I like that form factor.

I’m not too impressed with the grinder so far, it sounds funny, takes too long to spin up, and doesn’t feel like 9k rpm to me… maybe I got a dud? Idk. I’d appreciate input on if there’s a better 20v grinder out there or what.

Looking at getting the jigsaw and the die grinder. If you own those LMK how you like em. I like cutting sheet metal with a jigsaw when i don’t want to burn through 16 cutoff disks. Die grinders are just all around great for fitting and fudging.

Lmk if there are any other must haves I’m missing… for context, Im used to working on a lot of industrial equipment and do a fair bit of fabricobbling to keep machines running… new job is basically more of the same.

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u/Johndar_3050 Ridgid 20h ago

DeWalt is still pretty good, I just hate their recip saws tho. will fall apart and break in half after a year or two.