A Brief History of DeWALT Tools (Radial Arm Saws to FlexVolt)

A Brief History of DeWALT Tools (Radial Arm Saws to FlexVolt) - From the inception of the Radial Arm Saw all the way to the Flexvolt system. This is a brief history of DeWALT tools.
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[@denoftools]

What's your favorite DeWALT tool?

[@josephlabranch6595]

Cardboard box it came in cause I can use it for throwing it out and the trash I made using a real tool.

[@WEALRO]

Nothing

[@dwaynecarlin]

I have always like there sanders.

[@dj147champ]

i have to say none, all my power tools are makita, bosch and hitachi

[@josephlabranch6595]

@camjamsdad could be somehow related to CP, Chicago Pneumatic.

[@fredfrederick5607]

As the offspring of a retired Black and Decker engineer, you nailed this story. The only thing I will add is about the B&D professional line. They were excellent tools, made in USA, but suffered from B&D’s poor reputation. The very early DeWalt tools were the B&D professional line painted yellow and they were great also. Slowly the DeWalt tools became made cheaper overseas and morphed into what we have today. I still miss the pro line....

[@davidhamm5626]

Really good stuff, Bear ! Looking forward to the next episode.

[@ricfly52]

Bear I am telling you I am a 40 year carpenter. Not 40 years old, I have been a carpenter for 40 years. I never owned a Dewalt tool other than the dual compound mitre saw, until about three months ago. My old Makita battery tools just were that very old. So I manned up, bit the bullit, and bought Dewalts large 20V max set, with drill & driver, sawsall, jigsaw, circular saw, and I threw in a light and grinder. Man what a pleasure it is to use those tools. I still have my old Skil 77 worm drive, but for quick cutting the Dewalt battery saw is a joy.

[@SurvivalSpec]

I used B&D Industrial Tools when I was doing some industrial construction in the 90's and those tools were phenomenal

[@pjkentucky]

Enjoyed your “look back” at DeWalt video. Well done !

[@brianbehle1620]

I really like this format. Thank you

[@Immolate62]

I'm a DeWalt guy because: yellow. I'm also a Makita guy because: router and sander. In all seriousness, my FlexVolt miter saw that I can use corded or not corded is my favorite tool ever. It is a fine tool, and being able to unplug it and not suffer even a small bit of power loss makes it awesome. I saw recently that their 60v circular saw spanks the Skil Mag 77 corded, hands down. This from the KZbinr who convinced me to buy a Mag 77 in the first place. Same blade. The DeWalt was twice as fast.

[@velthraytor6179]

Apparently DeWalt is working on a cordless orbital sander. A DeWalt rep I was chatting to recently said it's brushless

[@velthraytor6179]

About dam time as well

[@zachtheripper124]

I have the sander and it's great

[@tomkish6921]

Couple of things: One of my customers still has an AMF-era Radial Arm Saw in one the the tool rooms. Nice to know approximately what time frame it was made in. Second thing: AMF is probably the only reason Harley Davidson is here today. They bought them out of bankruptcy in the late '60's, and introduced them to modern manufacturing methods (transmission gears were still hand-fitted, for example). The '70's bikes were not the pinnacle of quality, but the brand lived to see another day. Great history lesson!

[@dukecraig2402]

Absolutely correct, they saved Harley and all anybody has ever done is run their mouth on them.

[@Gold-oj8do]

I believe that to be true....AMF did save Harley.

[@JDLarge]

Wow, whatta ride! I can’t even imagine what I’ve now forgotten making room for all of this info lol. Awesome education here, I’ve officially been “Bear Schooled!” Thanks Red, this is a must share. Shine on brother...

[@MrCloudcroft]

Joe Deveau has

[@CLMcIntyre]

OMG!!! THIS IS GREAT!!! LOVING THE HISTORY! Thank you!!! 😊

[@Thom4123]

Very cool history. My grandfather had the craftsman model and it was the first saw I ever used ( even before a circular saw) I have it now just wish I had space for it. Take care my friend.

[@tchevrier]

radial arm saws are so useful. Sliding mitre saws can do a lot of the same things but not everything. One advantage of the radial arm saw is that the blade is set at a fixed height above the table.

[@rayc.1396]

Great video Red. For many at the 15:00 minute mark pay attention to the voltage required and understand that very few home work shops DO NOT have the required 3 phase electricity some of these saws require.

[@theq4602]

They make easy to set up phase converter kits. Comes with the starting capacitors and such. Just need your own 3 phase motor to generate the third leg. Just make sure your converter motor is as big in horsepower as the largest motor you intend to connect it to.

[@czellner5894]

Hi Red, I vividly remember Black and Decker Industrial Grade power tools. They were the best tools I have ever actually seen/used in the late 1970's. To use an old Timex slogan, they would take a lick and keep on tickin'! The channel is getting much better. Not saying it was bad, just saying I like to new content. Thanks

[@josephlabranch6595]

The Timberwolf, was way fucking better than a hole Hawg, and the trash they rebranded for Dewalt, then TTI makes it way better with advancements in clutch performance, the Chinese must have the best tool engineering and development out there cause the Chinesium just floods our jobsites here in the US of American freedom these days!

[@bigrobbyd.6805]

My dad had a B&D industrial grade drill back in the 70s. Sucker still works!

[@georgedennison3338]

I bought an older (60-70's) Timberwolf in the early '90's, and got have got my moneys worth from it many times over.

[@timothyeldridge6822]

This is a fantastic video! Thank you Mr. Bear for sharing!

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

That is very interesting, and it explains and brings up a number of coincidences and curiosities. Once I got the service life out of the nicad batteries on my Makita 7.2V Driver drill and flashlight kit, and got tired of the limitations of the 3/8" chuck, I bought a Porter Cable cordless. I believe it was 14V, so long ago.... after a few months of VERY happy use, I dropped it 2 feet off a low counter and it was broken. Came back 5 days later from servicenter repaired for free, along with a plastic bag with the replaced parts..... EVERYTHING was new, except for the plastic case, which in fact survived the impact beautifully. It is amazing they would even do the repair, and not just send me a new brown boxed bare (pun ) tool. this was Porter Cable of old that once made the 350lb floor sanders! I used that tool until, again... the batteries were no longer able to hold a charge.... and bought TWO Craftsmen cordless driver-hammer-drill sets at a STOOPID price... that gave me two chargers, two tools and four batteries..... that was a nice, albeit HEAVY drill.... but I just got strong and never noticed the weight. Those tools were supposedly made by Ryobi under contract... awesome tool, you could take out your wrist from the torque. I used those for four+ years, until...well... the batteries. I was not going to burn down my business with improper match-up of charger and LiIon, so I bought a set of Black & Decker Professional Cordless Drills.... ok, they were on closeout.... no-one was buying, figuratively nor literally that B&D could make a quality tool.....so this all-black tool, which became invisible at night in my truck..... which illustrates how the yellow bumblebee color scheme of DeWalt is brilliant in concept and appealing. Bumble-bees, Hornets, and wasps are considered to be badass... so there is a psychological content to the choice of colors, as well as for fast identification against a sea of darkness. The B&D tool was great for a long time...... but alas.... NiCad batteries and bad chucks.... man I hated those keyed chucks..... Next tool set was the all-new to-me... only in market for about 4 years....Makita Impact Driver Drill and 6 other tools kit... All NEW was that it was MADE IN CHINA, at the same price the ones made in the US ( from Japanese parts ) sold for a few weeks earlier.... apparently I purchased just as the old stuff had been sold off.... Everything in the kit has been awesome, except for a badly designed angle grinder. The angle grinder is my second most used tool, right behind the impact-driver-drill. I appealed to the service center, and they replaced chargers, batteries..... everything we had tested as working fine on the other siz tools... they just could not wrap their heads over the fact the angle grinder had a design or manufacturing flaw. Local 60,000 sq ft hardware store ( one off store, not a chain ) had an old "beard of knowledge" kind of guy there... he told me exactly what was wrong and a hack to make the tool work. Unfortunately, I could not risk altering tools employees use by removing a safety feature, so I went out and bought a 6 piece DEWALT cordless 20VMax kits..... I had to be careful.... the impact driver-drill is made in half a dozen variants.... HD sells one cheaper, but the speeds are different and the impact settings are different. This could be early, revised, and newest versions... I do not know. I was advised to only get the kit that included one specific model, and that was NOT in stock at a big box. Murdoch likely also has the better one, as they carried a good chunk of the line. I have been and still are using the DeWalt kit at work, and the Makita one is my tool kit at home, except for a small trimmer that I use to install door hardware.... DeWalt may be king of the cordless angle grinder, the thing is nearly two feet long, and it never cuts out due to overheating like the Makita would, after cutting two or threee NAILS.... but Makita has a very very decent quality cordless compact router. DeWalt makes a real sucky attempt at this format of tool ( laminate trimmer with a small router base ). As your videos illustrate; Dewalt may be trading off their name, but when comparing tools, look at the old version of any new contender against the version released within a year by the one being compared to. Competing even off-brand/house-brands introduced last year, against a product released 9-10 years ago... c'mon.... compare the latest from HF to the LATEST from DeWalt or Milwaukee or whoever.... brand names mean nothing to me. DeWalt may not have reason to reinvest in making an IMPROVEMENT to brushed motors, when they were shifting to brushless motors. Is one better than another? I have NEVER replaced brushes in any motor in my life. I would think brush-less is appealing to a manufacturer for there a fewer potential parts to purchase and assemble, fewer electrical and mechanical failure points, a tiny weight savings, potential improvement on run-time.. etc. If HF is not brushless, sorry, they will have to compete against the state of the art. If HF has a long-term plan to become a QUALITY tool store, they will shed a lot of business, but pick up a whole new customer base. You can not have the best engineering, the best quality control, the best warranty and the best price.... unless the competition is unwilling to respond to the challenge. OMG, I might have to start my own yootoob channel... lol

[@MrKneetoface1]

The smirk in your voice when you said Acura was hilarious.

[@SteelHoarse]

Very interesting! I happen to still have a vintage DeWalt radial arm saw industrial sized. I inherited from my grandfather and then my dad. It’s in excellent condition and works like a champ! I would post a pic if I could….

[@mikecrabtree8200]

Lol, I can really appreciate how you incorporate the brands in to the shirt on these videos, DeWalt and DaBear. Very nice. As for the DeWalt color, I prefer the yellow because it is easy to see when working, I constantly set tools down and forget where i put it, and the yellow is very easy to see.

[@TartanJack]

Very interesting, as always. I still have and use a 14.4v DeWalt 3/8 drill I picked up at least 15 years ago. It's a big ol' heavy thing compared to the new, more powerful drills out now. But it works and has been faithful for a long time now.

[@thatwasfresh1]

I'm from Lancaster and my Pop Pop worked there for 30 years in the paint shop. I remember when it got sold. He got screwed on his retirement too. But, my Dad still has a 1960 DeWalt Radial Arm Saw he got from my Pop for cheap. That thing is still awesome.

[@caspianofnarnia]

That was actually really interesting. Thanks. Glad I subbed and hit da bell. Love to hear the bear tell the Milwaukee story!!

[@josephlabranch6595]

Good company made some tools really good, claimed to be the best sometimes but missing the mark, TTI buys said company and all the ignorants defend Milwaukee for all shitty Chinese made shit they put out, defend it "grasshopper" or the tools will show how good they actually are, and burn up in clouds of smoke and chips of laminates! Milwaukee the only company who's piece of shit cordless impact and two drills did this to me over about 2 years.

[@VioletTorch]

As a new HVAC/R tech in 1999, I purchased the rechargable 18V 5 tool DeWalt set. The set served me well. I replaced the battery packs once and after 16 years, the bearings in the circular saw wore out and the reciprocating saw died. I still occasionally use the hammer drill.

[@danielcobbins9050]

I worked for the Triangle-Pacific lumber company back in the '70s.They had these large DeWalt radial arm saws left behind when Levitt & Sons moved out after building housing developments in the area.Those big beautiful saws were still being used for a long time afterward. That was when I first heard of DeWalt.

[@fredhill3565]

Oh forgot, bought a Black & Decker 20v drive. Great price and for our DIY it fits the bill but watching your KZbin I may have a change of heart. I’m not true to any tool but socket sets I still am true to Craftsman

[@johnnyyuma9326]

crapsman are..................well, CRAP! They used to be good tools back in the day.

[@fredhill3565]

All of my Craftmans tools are over 15 years old.

[@johnnyyuma9326]

Junk, chinese crap. I'm just being honest. I have the last of the good craftsman tools. The original professional series are the best they made and my s-k tools blow them away. Just as good as snap on (maybe better) and 1/4 the price.

[@fredhill3565]

I got my late father’s Craftmans there 50-60 years old. Great tools back then. I have no Chinese junk.

[@johnnyyuma9326]

Did you read all of my comment? 15 years ago they were being made in china. Older ones more than 20 or 21 years ago are still good tools. However, s-k, mac and snap on are better, well they used to be better (snap on)

[@gbwillson]

Back in the 90's I worked at Home Depot. DeWalt had two lines of products, the solid yellow, and the yellow with a black handle. The yellow line was a lower grade than the premium black handle line. About that time Ryobi began selling a Jobsite line of power tools that was identical to the DeWalt black handle tools as it was built by DeWalt, but with a Ryobi Jobsite skin. The Ryobi Jobsite tools cost half the price of the black handled DeWalt tools. The Ryobi tools sold very well. So well, in fact, that after 3 years, DeWalt stopped supplying Ryobi with the Ryobi Jobsite line as it was dramatically cutting into the sale of DeWalt tools.

[@josephlabranch6595]

So default was making spinning reels for Ryobi that sold at homeless despot?

[@josephlabranch6595]

Cause I ain't ever seen Ryobi make a real tool past the home timer game.

[@TrailToughTrailers]

Love the history lesson... keep them coming!!!

[@toolinhand]

Nice video, Red Beard. Good info.

[@stevenski4]

Great video. Just subscribed. I'd like to see a history of Ridgid. I know they originally made plumbing tools before Home Depot teamed up with them.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Steven Pothaczky My dad worked in a plumbing shop. That was the only place I saw Ridgid for a decade or so. It was so odd to see them at Home Depot!

[@jonesconrad1]

I think that's a licensed named

[@aarongreiner5851]

My dad still has a Sears radial arm saw and we both kind of prefer it to a table saw

[@robsdeviceunknown]

What a fun video. I learned a lot. Thanks bro.

[@craighatch3221]

I've had all the major brands and Dewalt is the brand I have chosen for my main tool, hell I have more yellow and black then a beehive. I'm still very fond of Makita.

[@mikeparker556]

That was excellent! Thank you...

[@goodenough1971]

Bear I've got a portable ryobi radial arm saw from the late 80s early 90s. Glad I got my hands on it since don't see them now. I prefer it over the sliding chop saws.. I used to do a lot of Dado cuts making shelves. Kinda grew up on radial arm saws back when the craftsman saws were 1000 or so. I'll say one thing, gotta be carefull and hold them back.. they will over advance and jump threw the wood if nor pulled slowly. But I still prefer them. This video should get a ton of view from those of us in our 40s

[@chadwaldron6329]

I bought a B and D drill when a senior in high school in 1964. It sold for about eight dollars. It finally gave up the ghost in 2004 when I rebuilt my Florida room. Dang good drill.

[@BradsWorkbench]

I love this! I use to be a dewalt guy but recently switched to ryobi because 1) I got their 18v weedeater and blower 2) I don’t do many side jobs anymore so pretty much just a home gamer now. I would love to see the history of STANLEY

[@denoftools]

If you are an average home owner and diy type it's hard not to go with Ryobi considering the huge line of tools and the lawn and garden as well.

[@BradsWorkbench]

Yup I kinda there are times when the Ryobi Drill lacks some balls but 95% i have no issues with it. The sawzall they got now it actually a lot better than I thought it would be

[@markalbitz8509]

Nicely done

[@jasonhart6816]

Love this new series. Can’t wait for the rest of the videos. Keep them coming! Lotta hungry bears out here goblin up your videos.

[@rwdplz1]

I've killed a DeWalt corded drill, but that thing got a LOT of use before it went. My favorite DeWalt tool is the grinder I use when welding.

[@gungadinn]

Red Beard, Black and Decker had a line of tools they labeled as Professional. I owned quite a few B&D Professional drills, jig saws and a Wildcat grinder. I lived in the Towson MD area where B&D was head quartered.

[@tpobrienjr]

Thanks, Bear, for the good lookback at DeWalt. Now DeWalt and Stanley are crossbranding hand tools (sawhorses, for example). Here's a DeWalt story: Back in the early 60s, a well to do South Texas couple decided they would do something different at Christmas. He would give her something he wanted, and she would give him something she wanted. So everybody would be happy. Come Christmas day, he gave her a DeWalt radial arm saw, and she gave him a mink coat. Indeed, everybody was happy.

[@heddingmyway5442]

Awesome video! My new power tools are DeWalt. I did not realize that Raymond DeWalt was from Lancaster, PA (Amish country). I noticed that he died in Mechanicsburg, PA. I just got back from there to watch your video. I had to take a training course there today. BTW Lowes sells DeWalt and not Milwaukee. Home Depot is associated with Milwaukee through Techtronic Industries. Therefore, I had to go to Home Depot for my Milwaukee Fastback knives. We need to do more manufacturing in the US.

[@brotherbrian1]

I like the DeWalt "sawzall" that's out right now. You can mount the blade in all 4 directions, and for the $80 I paid for it, it's great. I have run that thing through hell and back. I even cut up my fire wood with it and a pruning blade.

[@clmcdonald1]

I worked for Northern Hydraulics, now northern tool in the 90's. That was the first place I ever saw them.

[@passiton3801]

Wow, the Bear's the man. I had no idea there was such a complexity for De Walt to have finally arrived at their current power tool brand. Having said all that. De Walt (B&D) make fine tools and their innovations has certainly upped the game when it comes to new tools an their uses. A fascinating insight into the history of De Walt.. Perhaps u could do a vid on how the Chinese became so creative in the design an manufacture of some of the worlds best power tools.

[@Pimpmybeats3371]

Thanks Red Beard! I'd like to see some for Milwaukee, Ryobi, and lots of other brands!

[@drdremd]

thank you. I totally didn't know.

[@kw4690]

I have B&D corded tools from the 80's. They still go real good. made in England.

[@colbybrown2743]

Awesome idea doing the history of powertool brands. I would like to see you do Makita or Milwaukee next.

[@thomassmith9881]

Great ob Love this kind of video keep it up. You have me rethinking DeWalt. I havre always had DeWalt Milwaukee For there reciprecating saw. So what tool is affordable and best Delta, Porta cable......??

[@K0NVICT]

I have owned a lot of saws in my day, but the flexvolt circular saw cuts through things like butter with no stutter. I use a variety of brands. All but Craftsman.

[@fdmackey3666]

Mother of pearl!!!....And to think that when I recently visited, in search of electric hand tools, I was told by employees of the two largest "big box" home improvement stores that neither chain carried Black & Decker products anymore.....

[@denoftools]

What? I know that Lowes has a full line of B&D tools, I was there yesterday.

[@fdmackey3666]

Well hell....Not here in our little corner of hell and the People's Republic of Maryland....Lowe's and Home Depot employees simply shook their heads and said Black & Decker tools had not been carried since the Christmas season 2016-2017 when they were sold off at deep discounts....

[@fdmackey3666]

There is one "Big Orange" and two "Big Blue" stores within easy driving distance of our home. I needed a "cheap" drill to use in the building of a one off, one time use frame. I'm no expert builder and would never pretend to be one, not to mention cheap is me when it comes to most things that will rarely be used but MIGHT come in handy on occasion. I was kind of stunned that people at the "big box hardware and lumber stores" told me that B&D products were no longer carried. They DID/DO carry all the other brands up to and including the high dollar professional brands that you can think of....In the end, because funds were limited and time was of the essence, I visited our local Wally World and found the B&D drill that I needed (and could afford) for the above mentioned project and went from there. In the weeks and months that have passed since then, I have visited two of the three stores on several occasions and found zero B&D products on their shelves. I can only assume that in our area of the East Coast, at least, B&D products were not selling well or that Wally World was undercutting the prices that the big box home improvement stores needed to charge to be profitable. Please don't think I'm trying to pick a fight over the subject as I was lead to assume that the lack of B&D products was a cooperate wide, for both chains, decision and that they were going with the higher end tools. I greatly enjoy, and learn from, your videos and I look forward to each and every one.

[@davevann2925]

I had a 1969 10" craftsman radial arm saw, gr8 tool. Still have the Shop smith mark V.

[@toolinhand]

You're right about zombie tools. I bought a Stanley 20v cordless hammer drill that is not available outside the USA. This hammer drill is the Porter Cable hammer drill sold at Lowes. I have a video on my channel on that.

[@fastsetinthewest]

Beer [sic], thanks for the info. A lot of info I didn't know. Cost is so right. $4500 is a lot for a saw. Teagards...

[@dwaynecarlin]

Bear congrats on hitting 13k. How about tackling a ShopSmith good amount of history and they scare me.

[@oby-1607]

Thank you for your honesty. I used to buy DeWalt when I started, now I won't touch them. Everything in my box is Milwaukee now. The DeWalts now are good for collecting dust. I guess you could say DeWalt tools are like what British Lucas Electronics were.

[@user-gc8pq1om9d]

Bud it’s all the same you’re just paying more for it. Milwaukee is a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries a Hong Kong company, who also makes Ryobi. Generally speaking Dewalt and Milwaukee are both great tool series. I just buy Dewalt because they seem more versatile in the cordless tools they produce and they are better priced for essentially the same tool. You’re just propagating a myth, like the old myth that Home Depot only sells cheaper versions of industrial grade tools....

[@legendarypillow1450]

It isn’t exactly a “bad” zombie brand, a part of old b&d’s quality and soul lives within dewalt

[@jonathanbetenbender307]

Not bad lol they're great; neck to neck with Milwaukee. Personally mostly rock Dewalt and some Hilti.

[@dj147champ]

Great video, can you make a brief history of bosch power tools - thanks

[@Nothingtoya]

The amount of tool companies Stanley owns is crazy, Stanley Craftsman Lenox Irwin Tools Vidmar Black & Decker AeroScout Facom Proto Porter-Cable Mac Tools Lista DeWALT Bostitch CribMaster Powers

[@denoftools]

I was going to do them first but the video is going to be epically long with tons of "And then Stanley bought ______ tools" segments.

[@tylermitchell4407]

Great Information! Could you do a ridgid power tool history?

[@agustinherrera5600]

What do you know about the flex volt miter saw ? The motor on mine burnt after a year and i was told it was from using it with the ac adapter that it comes with . I dont see how thats possible since its designed to be used with batteries or the ac adapter . Any thoughts ?

[@ronhaire5978]

I worked for B&D as a Field Representative for some ten years (Professional Division). One of my fellow colleagues was the Regional Manager for The DeWalt Radial saw division. Your story is has some holes in the narrative of the current DeWalt line. Back then B&D had the Professional power tool division, B&D consumer line (hdwe and big box stores), Air tool division, Automotive Division and Dewalt Division (Radials, Table, panel, and miter saws). The Dewalt line today or better yet, back then was the Professional line with a yellow dress and a couple of new tools added.

[@doncripemc3certifiedsr.med326]

I have a 25 year old Craf6sman RAS. I use it as often as my miter an more than my table for cross-cuts. Love it, but it sure can be messy.

[@frontspring1]

When did u start smoking bear?

[@frankherring6253]

Thanks for the history lesson! Some time around 1960 to 1963 my father bought a new DeWalt model 1400 radial arm saw. I don’t know exactly when because I was only five to seven years old. This saw was probably made by Black &Decker but nowhere on it does it say that and I have noticed the saws that are just a little latter look very similar but say B&D all over them. Do you know whether AMF made any of the early Powershop saws or were they strictly B&D? I intend too restore the old girl to her former glory .thanks!

[@chrischiampo7647]

AMF Also Had There Hands On BMW Too 😲😳😮

[@denoftools]

I once sailed an AMF 30' sailboat.

[@chrischiampo7647]

Red Beard and The Den of Tools I Used To Sail Too I Had a 26’ San Juan 😀

[@julianreverse]

You forgot to metion, that DeWalt bought the German tool manufacturer Elu in 1994 where they got there modern woodworking tool know how from! ELU saws, routers, cordless drills, ... The DeWalt D27107XPS for example is still made and based on the original Elu TGS 271 design, a combined miter / table saw. The orignial Elu TGS models still cost as much today as they did back then ...

[@rcr76]

Julian Knödler elu were great still use a planer by them .i thought they were Swiss but I’ll believe German too

[@ForeverNeverwhere1]

R C all my Elu tools have made in Switzerland on them. I have a 25 year old Elu and a 4 year old dewalt router They are pretty much identical. The quality sadly isn’t.

[@julianreverse]

ELU was founded in 1928 in Mühlacker Germany ;-)

[@5roundsrapid263]

I like how you pointed out that “premium” car brands are mostly hype. The worst is probably the Jaguar S-Type, which is 95% a Ford Taurus!

[@bobbimke82]

OLD "Delta" and "Rockwell-Delta" are still the REAL "heavy iron" in my shop. There's a 1960s vintage "Deluxe 10" and circal 1950 12 inch RAS that'll LONG outlive me. One has plastic knobs screwed onto steel handles. The second has (eeek!) a plastic blade guard. Horrors!

[@OUSWKR]

I remember my high school shop teacher back in the late 80s saying Rockwell can’t build a decent table saw. Why is the government entrusting them to build war planes?

[@davefoc]

By the time I was doing much wood working the age of radial arm saws was mostly over, but my dad had one and I used it to cut some dadoes. Yikes, that was scary. The arm was not solid enough to use a dado stack very far from the base. I thought the thing that killed the demand for radial arm saws off was the demise of the one tool does everything paradigm. The appeal of radial arm saws was that they could be used to replace several other tools, but today tools are inexpensive enough that it's affordable to buy several more specialized tools can perform some specific tasks better than the radial arm saw.

[@raiderzilla3882]

I remember my dads old black&decker it was very good drill

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Back in it's heyday Porter-cable made some seriously good corded tools, as well as Black&Decker, but those days are long gone with these companies using whatever name brand loyalty they may still have to make really bad tools (in B&D's case), porter-cable is OK but nothing what they use to be.

[@MrMaxyield]

Porter cable used to be the woodworker choice... Not so sure anymore...

[@clairelfhs02]

Though I'm not a big tool buyer/user, watching videos hosted by a tool bear is pretty awesome! ;)

[@checkpoint3260]

Do Makita next... It should take about two minutes

[@workingshlub8861]

porter cable has gone downhill...they were the standard for woodworking tools like routers etc..

[@josephlabranch6595]

Porter Cable used to be the best shit, but involve the company # 1 with Chinesium, and # 2 with Dewilt and you're gonna get BlazenSmoker performance.

[@randomperson8695]

That's no joke, Porter-Cable's Tiger Saw (their Sawzall) was simply the best there was for carpenters.

[@gregorylondos534]

After Porter Cable was bought out by Black and Decker they let the DeWalt Engineers take over And Ran Porter Cable from a “Professional’s Tool Company” to the “barley DIY Tool company”... Now that Craftsman is also owned by Stanley/Black and Decker you are going to see Porter Cable laid to rest over in the Tool Graveyard... I only buy old school Porter Cable Routers and Sanders. I was “LIED” To by a DeWalt Tool Rep once and will Never own a Yellow Plug-in too, or Cordless Tool... I wouldn’t be caught dead with a DeWalt in my hands... If I were given a DeWalt Tool it’s going on a Craig’s List Fast... Greg

[@jameshuggins4300]

When I was growing up the radial arm saw was my dream tool that I never got.

[@denoftools]

Me too. I picked one up used on CL about 5 years ago for $90. It was big, heavy as all hell and tricky to use right. I sold it after six months and never looked back.

[@tiger.6509]

That’s some history

[@steveharris4343]

DeWalt drills are brilliant and they look the best by far,black and yellow black and yellow ah ah.

[@55seddel]

Could you do one on Hilti?

[@njdevfan20]

I still have my grandfathers black and decker drill

[@Beee_Ceee]

Flex volt angle grinder my fav...can you do one on Huskey tools

[@craigmonteforte1478]

My Dad had a 1950s Dewalt Radial Arm Saw made by AMF and for many years it was our main saw in our small shop its downside was we didnt really have the best in feed and outfeed tables to rip full sheets of plywood and IMO the motor was a little underpowered for the task and often it would trip its own circuit breaker on the motor during a series of cuts

[@edthompson1727]

Very informative an entertaining video. I sense a tiny bit of duplicity towards dewalt. Nevertheless I enjoyed the history that was shared.👍

[@timmeyer7780]

The AMF built DeWalt radial saws were better built. The decline of the radial arm saw began when Black&Decker took over DeWalt. They bowed to the competition making cheaper quality home owner RAS's. Wally Kunkel wrote a book "How to Master The Radial Saw" He gives a very extensive history of the DeWalt RAS as well as how to rebuild one that will out perform any table or compound miter saw.

[@Russ-od2yy]

Apparently in the United Kingdom they have a rule that you can't market un-faithfully to the customers so Dewalt is forced to call their "20v" tools "18v" out there. Good video though, knew most of it but picked up a couple little tidbits I didn't realize before.

[@markjarman7819]

Russel Barden yes here in the uk it’s 18v why I don’t know. I’m glad you Americans made dewalt tools there the best👍

[@Satchmoeddie]

DeWalt's 3/8" 18 volt cordless Ni Cad was THE jobsite standard that dethroned Makita. I have an early AMF RAZZ, but pre AMF factory, so still DeWalt factory & employees. Some of those avacado green B&D home owner/DIYer drills had a lifespan of less than 10 hours of actual use.

[@Satchmoeddie]

I have a few NICE old B&D Industrial tools from the 1970s & 1980s. An SDS drill, and another SDS drill, and a Timberwolf ripoff of the Millfuckyee Hole Hawg. If they had not used a magnesium gear case it would have been a dominator. Instead they broke all the time.

[@Satchmoeddie]

Even that $400 SnapOn ratchet has Taiwanese & Chinese parts in it, now. Power rating for power tools, especially hand held tools is a JOKE! IT IS LIES! Look how big a 1 HP motor is for a swamp cooler. Do you think that circular saw is really 3 HP, or that vacuum cleaner is 5 HP? Come on! They visegrip the bade stationary, and read locked rotor amps, do some math, and use those fake numbers. All you are doing with 2200 watts is making smoke and garbage.

[@johnecker4217]

Cool Video 👍🤔 Education + Animation = Subscription 🤘😁

[@sladeoriginal]

My prandpa had B&D and Skilsaw brands exclusively. all lasted at least 30 years with heavy use.

[@JoeMarcello123]

What you think about the craftsman revamp with lowes?

[@denoftools]

I think it's weird. Stanley, who now owns them, Already has a budget line (B&D), a middle of the road line (Porter Cable) and a premium line (DeWALT). Not sure where they are going to try and shoehorn Craftsman into.

[@trolling4dollars816]

What is your opinion of HF tool carts, especially the 26" x 22" single bank tool cart (64433/ 64434)

[@denoftools]

I have that cabinet and it's rock solid.

[@trolling4dollars816]

@@denoftools Is there a time during the year when it would go on sale?

[@briankruse3584]

I used the old DeWalt metal box cordless until I Couldn’t replace the batteries. My yellow corded drill is the first new power tool I bought and I will use it until I give it to a grand child. B.K.

[@paulangeli9710]

Great video. Interesting information about Dewalt. Your video reminded me of a question I have for you and your audience. How come I have never seen a table saw with a 12" blade?

[@denoftools]

There are lots of them. However, they are mostly 220v and designed for industrial use. You can see some of the older consumer grade ones pop up on Craigslist from time to time. On many of them the table, rather than the blade, tilt.

[@paulangeli9710]

@@denoftools Thanks again for your valuable input. I appreciate it. Can't wait for the next video!

[@danieleramponi6659]

I love the bear haha

[@ForeverNeverwhere1]

Nice history, but misses an important point, B and D bought a large Swiss power tool manufacturer called Elu, for a few years they continued to sell them as Elu, the resurrected dewalt brand was basically a rebranding of Elu products for markets where Elu were unknown, they continued to sell them as Elu in Europe , eventually they abandoned the Elu name completely, I assume for marketing purposes. Today older pre B and D Elu power tools go for good money as they were built to last decades. I still have 5 despite them being over 20 years old, Elu were generally more cabinet makers tools, the routers and biscuit joiners were the stand out products.

[@griplove]

Working for Parker some years ago and we had purchased a dewalt drill. While charging the battery for the first time it melted to the charger. I have not trusted dewalt since.

[@josephlabranch6595]

Don't Chinesium at it's best, you'd probably be better off getting you're cordless tools from Harbor Freight.

[@ryan11199]

Was that a Electrical megger next to that classic dewalt drill you had?

[@denoftools]

Is this what you mean? lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/d/vintage-utility-tester/6644876795.html

[@jfs1988]

Is Black Friday the best time to buy power tools? I want to save up to buy a DeWalt Cordless 20v Hammer Drill, but I wonder if I should just buy it used from a swap meet.

[@denoftools]

If you can wait, BF is 100% the best time to buy tools.

[@iwantosavemoney]

I have been looking for a good table saw they are not cheap with a good fence I have been looking at the used market at radial arm saws and they are dirt cheap really thinking about going this way instead of a table saw just because of price. Would you like to compare the 2 I really cant think of to many thing the table saw can do over the radial. What are your thoughts my friend?

[@denoftools]

A RAS can do almost anything a table saw can. There are some safety issues but if you are smart you can mitigate those. The used market right now is really weird. I'm trying to sell a table saw and I everyone I get is all talk.