I have a bunch of outdated, 18-volt DeWalt power tools that I use virtually every day as I build my project cars. Increasing my commitment to these rather heavy tools, I have another set at my other house, a cabin in the woods (it sounds murdery but it’s merely old and outdated) where I actively use them in our remodeling efforts.
Whenever I’m cruising the various swap meets, like Carlisle’s import show, I grab any used tools and batteries from this family that I come across. I’ve been doing this for years.
But not this time: I recently had yet another battery fail, so I marched into Lowe’s and filled my cart with new, lightweight, 20-volt tools. Then I started doing the math of what two sets of these tools were going to cost. Once I figured in spare batteries and everything, I was looking at more than a thousand dollars. I put the tools back on the shelves.
So I continued to limp along. Then the batteries that I found in November at the…
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