Thanks for the review. I think you correctly identified the user group that should buy it. Myself, I'd get the 140 which will do 3/15" and bellow. I did lots of welding for 35 years with a Lincoln SP100 and a Lincoln AC only Tombstone. Thicker than that, use a stick welder. Heck, thicker than 1/8" use a stick welder. I replaced the tombstone with a Titanium 225 DC welder. The Titanium 225 stick welder will handle anything a hobbiest wants to do thicker than 1.8" to 3/16" and provide good strong welds. With patience and practice it's possible to make good welds on 1/2" plate with the Titanium 225. And it works well with 6010 which is good for repairs on weathered and rusty steel.

On Amazon right now the German one is $230 or $130 and the Chinese one is $40. I bought the Chinese one bc this was an unplanned tool purchase mine came with the nut attached to the tool and I have no idea how to get it off to put on a plate. When I try to use the wrench it just spins. Can anyone help me out please?

09:19 you helped me reach a conclusion! I bought a metabo angle grinder that looks exactly like the metabo angle grinder made in Germany, but it said made in china. I returned it for the “made in Germany”( in red letters on the box 😂) flat head 5 inch angle grinder immediately, the only other option. The “made in china” metabo angle grinder did not include the special handle and maybe other features. Thank you! There was a 200.00 dollar difference.

Nice!

Last week, I bought its immediate predecessor a 113-22521 on Offer Up for $35. Did I need it? Well....now I do. It came with 6 belts and a stack of sanding discs, so the sander was essentially free. I was concerned about the drum bearings, but they are dual sealed and they roll smoothly with just the right amount of friction. Switch and motor are fine. It was owned by a shop teacher who kept it in decent shape. 3-76 date of manufacture. Currently in a state of disassembly to clean all of the sawdust out and re-bue some of the fasteners. And yes, these units were NOT designed for easy adjustment or maintenance. But they are IRON! I might make a drilled and tapped back plate for the motor mount screws, as that will eliminate the back side wrench. And a mod to the lower belt cover. They had ONE JOB and they screwed it up. I think I'll cut the back side off and possibly make a QD back side strap so that it will not fall off forward, since only spring clips hold it in place. But heck, it's been in place for FIFTY ONE YEARS! WTH? How has that thing been treating you?

When I plug in my Atmel-ICE, it doesn’t show up in the debugger tab; only the J-Link appears for me! Help! :)

Four years later, I was feeling really badly for a guy that knows how to use all of the tools but couldn't get your hands on them. The end product looked just as good as if you had used a milling machine to make it. It's a shame that the nice cast iron housings of the older tools have given way to soft stamped steel. Still, I'm going to try to make a rest like this for one of my newer grinders. Cheers! BTW- Screw the nine "thumbs down" votes as of May, 2024. You did a great job.

Nice tool, min price UK is £72.00. Outside my pension.

They are now available on the HD website, but for some reason are labeled "2.0 Pro Gear System 22 in. Compact Tool and Small Parts Organizer"

my old school metabo just went down a few days ago, 15 years old and 8 of those years was heavy everyday industrial use when i was a shop mechanic. wow what a tool!

Most helpful and informative video on this subject! Thank you much!

No trigger lock on this thing.......big issue if you intend to use it in an upright position.

I just got the new ridgid 2.0 system with drawers, i keep the drawers as the base unit.

First review I've seen where it's actually shown how a system loads and unloads.👍

I have like 8 metabo(germany) grinders so I cant compare but they are good, you cant go wrong, just make sure its made in germany because they started to make some tools made in china, and we dont support communist states in any way🎉

How do I turn this into a small 12 volt power supply? Is there a way to trick the three sensing wires?

I just got a sander like that. My desk is missing on mine. I’m having trouble setting the tracking on it. You have any hints are you sir? I appreciate it. Thank you.

OK do a review or can you do a review on the CC12Y

Thanks for the video…. Do people often cover up the hole in the center of the transformer w/ a metal cover?… I ask because I have a transformer from an old boombox/cd player that is fully encased in metal (except for where the wires come out of), and there’s a small toroidal core wrapped around the primary side’s 2 black wires, and Im wondering why it is there…. Its a 120v(ac)-to-12v(ac) single phase power transformer… it has 2 blackwires on primary side & 2 red on the secondary. Im wondering… could this actually be the same as the CT transformer u showed, except w/ the hole all covered up.

Love that ridgid kit

At what temperature do you decide to not paint, when is it too cold?

Happens in Aerospace, too. Warren Buffet bought the casting house that makes the titanium compressor intake housings for the Rolls Royce Airbus engines which have been chronically backlogged for the past six or seven years. Buffet inherited the problem, but one would think he had it fixed by now, ehh?

Just carry on with the work at hand we can see what you are doing . And stop talking

Hi Jeff Great video. I really enjoyed our visit

Not bad but is there a better solution for bigger crucibles? got 4x 8kg crucibles I need to heat treat

Why didn't you inset the backside of the bolt?

Is there a way to remove the disc wheel??? Any help. Thanks

The Chinese one is only $40 local to me here in Massachusetts and I just scored one on marketplace brand new with plastic still on the discs and in box for $20. I'm a home improvement contractor and this cheaper metabo htp is just perfect for the price where I'm not worried about burning it up. Last year doing porcelain tile jobs I went through 3 grinders! 2 dewalts and one of harbor freights "top" brands. I was furious with the dewalts! There's no excuse for them to burn up like that on some damn tile! I love Makita and Milwaukee. Now there's a few newer brands and other not new that are very good but those are my favorite for my line of work.

The grinder looks fantastic.

I got mine in August. The blade is no longer included. I bought 2 of the 18 tooth blades at Harbor Freight and they did incredibly well cutting metal fence posts like butter. I made a support out of wood scraps to rest the saw on while cutting the posts. Simply Fabulous!

I'm new to Dremels, but this thing has been great. kzbin.infoUgkxfPgcZ5_Cl0HDUKkMJAKde11YKQZVgMoR The variable speed is awesome and the cordless aspect makes it so easy to work with. I am constantly finding uses for it that make tasks easier. Recently I put in a new deadbolt on one of our doors. I knew I had to enlarge the hold where the deadbolt goes into the door frame. At first I thought I would have to get a big router and figure out how to use it for that, but then I rermembered we have the dremel. I was able to enlarge the hole almost as easy as if I was drawing with a pen. It's also great for grinding our dog's nails done and so many other household tasks.

great video!!! thank you!!

Fyi, Hitachi bought Metabo, not the other way. You should get your facts right...

I hate shit like that. So, so frustrating. I've had similar experiences with really great products.

The reason I clicked on this video is because I was just talking to someone about this exact box two weeks ago. But it’s the dewalt version. We both talked about how we haven’t seen them for a year or two and we both got them around Christmas time. So I’m wondering if dewalt is doing the same thing. Really weird if that’s the case. Atleast have it accessible on the dewalt/ rigid site.

Yes, i thought i was nuts, i haven't been able to find them either, makes sens now.

Really liked this video. Hope to see more hardware mysteries in the future.

Where the Hell have you been? Missed you man. Then I thought you were a fellow Englishman as your car seemed to be right-hand-drive. Was this video really about parts orgnanisers or unicorns from a parallel universe? Don't leave it so long next time Ian, Birmingham, UK

Wow what are the odds I ordered 2 of them yesterday form HD. It is very odd when will they release a draw box? There is so much potential for these boxes.

I have the first gen Rigid tower, and love it for general purpose tool storage. The packout is better if you need specialized storage, and if what they have meets your needs.

very nice job!

Good job

I've seen so many people make these two arrests out of aluminum. 😱 Is considerably more difficult with steel, but there's a lot of time and effort wasted when the aluminum gets all buggered up over time and you decided to do it all over the right way. 👍

finding an example is very good condition is hard to find! for such a machine, you will pay a little extra as they are rare! I was going to get a 4 ft one in great condition such as this one from a co-worker who got it for free from his neighbor but still have not gotten it after almost an yr, I asked twice already, he said he will hold onto it a little longer, so I left it at that, may get it or not, but 2 weeks ago I got lucky and got an older model thats also a 4ft long with quick change gearbox for free on craigslist, I was lucky to be 15 minutes drive away from the owner and he was happy that I was so close and said I could come over and get it. cant complain, it ran fine but have not tested the runout on the spindle or anything yet.

How come you sound like my Physics professor? lol

What is the maximum Amp output? Is it 1.5A? I can repair it, and see one available cheap but I need atleast 5 amps for testing.

I just picked one up today for $40 as well

Does anyone here know how to change the direction of the belt sander? From flat to straight up ??? Any help. Thanks

Nicely done Jeremy. I liked your offset trick. Excellent!

Or just buy a "nice high quality" bandsaw in the first place.