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Originally Posted by TMAllison
Yep....we dont use Dewalts too much anymore because when you set them down behind you they like to takeoff with that lever switch.  We've gone back to makita's with their switch that gets caked with dust and fails to turn on (or off) when you need them most instead. You gotta love union labor and safety...... |
I blow my Makita 4"er's switch (and other switches) out with compressed air when I get done...keeps the vents clean too...
Never had a problem with a tool running/not running when switching to that opposite state of operation...
No CA? A small flux-brush does a nice job removing the crap from around switches and vents, in a pinch!
I got to scrap out and keep the money from over 410' of 3-1/4" transmission line (copper inner and outer conductors - the stuff was destroyed when the tower crew pulled it up a tower and "zippered" the side of it for about 85' - sucked water like a horse after a race...). I used my B&D 7" circular saw - For the first part, I put on a 7" masonary blade and "skinned" a cut on the outer jacket black-vinyl (Scrap yard didn't want that job...it would reduce the price for the coppper.) Once the jacket was off, I switched over to a metal-cutting blade and split the copper line outer from end-to-end, removed the copper center conductor, unwraped the spiral teflon spacer from around the center, then I cut the the two pieces into 15' sections to make the transport easier and manageable...and I was able to scrap out the line with minimal loss (copper "dust")..the whole job was done w/the B&D 7" circular saw, one 7" masonary blade and the one 7" metal blade. At the time, "clean" copper was going for about $0.85 - $0.95/lbs..
Safety gear? You bet?
Ear protection/eye protection, a good pair of work gloves, a decent pair of work shoes and jeans. I picked up a hat and spun the bill around to the back after realizing that hot, melted vinyl doesn't stick to cloth as well as it sticks to hair and bare skin around the safety glasses. I also spun the hat's bill around to the back after realizing that anything NOT being deflected off the bottom on the hat's bill down the front of my face was more preferred...and it also kept the stuff, then, from falling down the back of my neck and into my shirt.
"Top button buttoned, collar up, sleeves down."
