Scored a 8753ES with Opt 006, seller confirmed the display is dead. Hooked up a VGA monitor and it works with self test passed. Open up found the LCD CCFL inverter fuse open circuit. Replaced the fuse and the display work fine but very dim. Got a replacement display from Taobao for USD $80 and it is now sharp and clear.
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The grinder is *great*. Very much a Bwahhaha feeling, to have a no-cord portable grinder. It's a bit quieter than typical mains powered grinders too. As if that might be important for some reason...
Some tools.
I've been mostly happy with the Makita battery grinder. I don't miss the cord. Tho, in recent times found that the ball bearings soon wear out if you cut a lot of dusty things. Got the parts kit for one of them and all that did was transfer the seizure further down into the frame.
Watch out for Makita as they are sometimes now slipping in plastic parts where metal parts should be. And on hard to recognise model variants. If you cut a fair bit of concrete, be ready to turf it when it munts.
Some tools.
A Sydney hardware store chain, humorously called 'Total Tools' had a sale on recently. I went intending to get just an air compressor. One of a sensible, movable size, not my tiny one that was originally for airbrushing but is all that fits in my small cramped workshop, or the gi-normous 3-phase one I still don't have set up in my larger but unfinished workshop.
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The grinder is *great*. Very much a Bwahhaha feeling, to have a no-cord portable grinder. It's a bit quieter than typical mains powered grinders too. As if that might be important for some reason...
I've been mostly happy with the Makita battery grinder. I don't miss the cord. Tho, in recent times found that the ball bearings soon wear out if you cut a lot of dusty things. Got the parts kit for one of them and all that did was transfer the seizure further down into the frame.
Watch out for Makita as they are sometimes now slipping in plastic parts where metal parts should be. And on hard to recognise model variants. If you cut a fair bit of concrete, be ready to turf it when it munts.Yep plastic gearcases are becoming increasingly common in all brands and should be avoided at all costs for any serious tool.
Some tools.
A Sydney hardware store chain, humorously called 'Total Tools' had a sale on recently. I went intending to get just an air compressor. One of a sensible, movable size, not my tiny one that was originally for airbrushing but is all that fits in my small cramped workshop, or the gi-normous 3-phase one I still don't have set up in my larger but unfinished workshop.
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The grinder is *great*. Very much a Bwahhaha feeling, to have a no-cord portable grinder. It's a bit quieter than typical mains powered grinders too. As if that might be important for some reason...
Dangerous place we had a franchise Store open locally a last year and they have got some pesos from me already. Last week was a set of Makita Stacker boxes to get all my power tools arranged from their multiple places. Opted to DIY wheeled platform as $100+ for a dolly is OTT.
Love the cordless grinder for a quick job too but for serious work I still run the lead out for the 240V one.
I've been mostly happy with the Makita battery grinder. I don't miss the cord. Tho, in recent times found that the ball bearings soon wear out if you cut a lot of dusty things. Got the parts kit for one of them and all that did was transfer the seizure further down into the frame.
Watch out for Makita as they are sometimes now slipping in plastic parts where metal parts should be. And on hard to recognise model variants. If you cut a fair bit of concrete, be ready to turf it when it munts.Yep plastic gearcases are becoming increasingly common in all brands and should be avoided at all costs for any serious tool.
https://www.makita.com.au/power-garden/category/wheelbarrows
I can't believe such a thing exists. Are people really that lazy?
I've been mostly happy with the Makita battery grinder. I don't miss the cord. Tho, in recent times found that the ball bearings soon wear out if you cut a lot of dusty things. Got the parts kit for one of them and all that did was transfer the seizure further down into the frame.
Watch out for Makita as they are sometimes now slipping in plastic parts where metal parts should be. And on hard to recognise model variants. If you cut a fair bit of concrete, be ready to turf it when it munts.Yep plastic gearcases are becoming increasingly common in all brands and should be avoided at all costs for any serious tool.
https://www.makita.com.au/power-garden/category/wheelbarrows
I can't believe such a thing exists. Are people really that lazy?So you've never pushed a full barrow load of wet concrete up a steep incline ?
Or even aggregate for that matter.
Up some inline on planks over an excavation is where I see powered wheelbarrows would be extremely useful.
Wonder if they have regen braking when going downhill.
That would be really cool.
I've been mostly happy with the Makita battery grinder. I don't miss the cord. Tho, in recent times found that the ball bearings soon wear out if you cut a lot of dusty things. Got the parts kit for one of them and all that did was transfer the seizure further down into the frame.
Watch out for Makita as they are sometimes now slipping in plastic parts where metal parts should be. And on hard to recognise model variants. If you cut a fair bit of concrete, be ready to turf it when it munts.Yep plastic gearcases are becoming increasingly common in all brands and should be avoided at all costs for any serious tool.
https://www.makita.com.au/power-garden/category/wheelbarrows
I can't believe such a thing exists. Are people really that lazy?So you've never pushed a full barrow load of wet concrete up a steep incline ?
Or even aggregate for that matter.
Up some inline on planks over an excavation is where I see powered wheelbarrows would be extremely useful.
Wonder if they have regen braking when going downhill.
That would be really cool.
Rated 130kg. Assume half that, might be usable. Wouldn't put more that 70kgs of weight in it.
So you've never pushed a full barrow load of wet concrete up a steep incline ?
The grinder is *great*. Very much a Bwahhaha feeling, to have a no-cord portable grinder. It's a bit quieter than typical mains powered grinders too. As if that might be important for some reason...
Makita obviously knows their market. Next thing you know they will include a spark suppressor. Strictly for safety of course.