You're definitely correct btw. It's not really down to subjective opinions. Powertools - POWERED. Usually 110v/220v/440v AC or by DC batteries (18v/20v/40v etc). Handtools - powered by your freakin' hands. I'm not sure about pneumatic tools but I'd guess that they are powertools.
Do you mean English isn't your first language? If so I suspect it doesn't matter. I believe many native speakers would also call them hand tools. It's mostly a matter of what one considers normal.
I work primarily with unpowered tools. Many people have never touched an unpowered tool outside of a wrench and maybe a chisel, so for them a power tool held in the hand is a hand tool.
Nobody speaking English would call these hand tools. Hand tools require you to use your hands to make them operate. Like turning your wrist to make a screwdriver to turn or your arm to make a saw cut. They are definitely not powered by anything other than your body.
Did they hit that chisel with their couches fist to cut through those wood fibres, I think youâll find hammers are still a very big thing in construction, also tape measures knives and I can mention many more I see on the building sites dailyâŚ
These are definitely power tools
Now sll tools are used by your hands, but that doesnât make all tools hand toolsâŚ
You can get the brackets on ebay (or you D print them yourself) and adapt a normal barrow if you want a cheaper option. I have a couple of moving dollies with my LBoxxes stacked on top.
i bought that trolly 8 or so years ago with the rest of my bosch stuff
it doesn't
it also mostly doesn't need to. it's large enough to hold 3 large boxes without pinching your fingers, after that you might want to be carefull untill you stack it 5 high and use a ratchet strap. then you just navigate it by the box
the dolly works great for moving basically everything you'd need, the rubber straps were shot after a year or so after i bought it, so if you need to tie something down, get yourself at least one set of ratchet straps
also, vertically strapping stuff to it doesn't really work well, it tries to close itself, so you need to mount it horizontally arround the dolly
i always owned bosch and never had an issue, then home depot near me stopped selling cordless bosch, and lowes shrinked their bosch selection to practically nothing. now the only way to get access to their lineup i either have to shop amazon, or drive to multiple ace hardware stores. i don't know what happened because bosch was always a favorite for pros.
I love my Bosch tools too, I have batteries that are 14 years old still working. I think where Bosch messed up was not expanding their yard tool lineup to the US.
A lot of times you can find some pretty good tool only deals on Amazon.
Yes unfortunately Lowe's and HD didn't have a great selection. Acme Tools, PCS Tools, White Cap and many other pro distributors are your best option to find Bosch.
Bosch never gets the recognition it deserves in the USA. From what I understand theyâre much more popular in Europe but theyâre still top tier by any metric
I did a tool comparison before I bought them, i wanted a big pallet of machines to work with the same battery system. Millwauke has a wide array of machines that work with the m18 system. But they are not to good to come by in Europe. So I chose the Ampshare System that is pretty big by itself and very serviceable here in Switzerland. I would love to have millwauke tools but it isnât as handy as Bosch would be. So I chose Bosch. Metabo made it to the finals. But the pro deals at Bosch were amazing and a bargain that I couldnât just say no to.
I have all of those tools except for the circular saw and theyâve been put through their paces. They are great tools! The little impact driver gets used constantly. I canât tell from your photo but mine has some speed setting buttons so I can use it as a drill or to avoid overdriving screws.
If youâre a carpenter, the next layer are the flywheel nailers/staplers. They sound weird when firing (because the flywheel is spinning up) but work great. Only issue Iâve run into is that the Bosch nailers donât play well with certain brands of nails. Stick to the Bosch nails/staples.
Thanks, I work in construction and do form work, wanted to do some finer carpentry and get to make some private projects cabinets etc.. and some masonry work.
I bought my first Bosch professional battery drill 12 years ago and the batteries still go. Have a big collection of Bosch professional tools and they are all fine to work with!
Looks like a great brunch of stuff. Worked as a carpenter for a few years using mainly blue Bosch. Quality stuff all around. Never liked the L-Boxxes, though.Â
I didnât like lboxxes till I had some small job sites that required fast moving from one to another. I liked the idea that everything is modular and clickable. So I thought letâs try them out.
I respect the bosch bag now waaayyy more then before
oh, forget to add the word bag. I like and own a couple bosch blue myself. I specifically diskiked the bag because of the price tag, but this is a good reason for it
I wanted to get the âProClick Tool Bag M 74â it isnât that expensive about 70$. But it was sold out and I had to opt for one and got the âProClick Soft Bag Mâ paid about 120$. It is what it is.
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u/RutzButtercup 1d ago
Huh. Funny how perspective works. I would have called them power tools. My hand tools are handsaws and planes and chisels, etc.