Metabo and festool have the best (corded) orbital sanders, and potentially battery as well but havnt used the battery version.
Backing pads (velcro bits) coming off is relatively common problem. My battery milwaukee one did it 6 months ago. Trying to get a replacement is a bit tricky as i have the older model. Even though they use the same size pads they've changed the hole locations and they dont line up.
This is a common problem. Each manufacturer has their own individual way of doing things and most items are not compatible across brands. Obviously batteries are the obvious ones, but backing pads, vacuum hose fittings, there is a large list.
Pick a brand and hope they are easy to get replacement parts and batteries for otherwise your system is dead before you get going.
I read somewhere that the red Ozito tools in Bunnings are actually manufactured by Milwaukee. I am only a very spasmodic DIYer these days but I have owned a red Ozito drill for many years and it has been very good.
Not by milwaukee, but the company that owns milawuakee owns them and aeg and ryobi....and something else. Its the same as car manufacturers these days, multiple brands owned by 1 parent company.
Ozito stuff is fine for diy-ers and occassional use. My old man got some and was saying how good they were. I put it up against the milwaukee and he was left embarrassed....but for what he needed, it wss perfect.
Same with aeg. Same with ryobi. They all do the job 'good enough' 99% of the time. Its the 1% that tradies pay for.
Its like a commodore vs a bmw vs a ferrari vs a bugatti. Each one is fine in itself, but there is always something a bit better, which is a bit more expensive.
One nation voters seem to be multiplying at an eponential rate in some circles. Could be a somewhat genuine 3rd part alternative to libs and ALP and suprise a few.
Just back to tools for a minute, there is no ideal brand because they have the best tools across the board.
Tool fight showed milwaukee still winning. Good. But did milwaukee make the best sanders? No. Do they make the best hammer drills? No. Do they make the best sabre saws? Maybe.
Even then, technology changes and there is always a new drill (or whatever) out each year by multiple manufacturers so there is a constant game of leapfrog as to who has the best what.
At the end of the day, half the battle with these tools is simply to ensure you have the right battery for the right tool/job.
Most of the brands people know are good enough for most people. Only trades being able to pinpoint the slight dofferences beteeen each brand due to using them every day, across multiple platforms.
For the record, people do switch brands, but its not a decision taken lightly.
When i did my apprenticeship, i actually started with milwaukee. At the time there were 2 other apprentices and 3 other qualified. 3 makita 1 dewalt 1 bosch
After 5 years everyone changed except me. Ended up with... 1 bosch 4 milwaukee
Depends on the use case too. Go through any decent materials and it gets a bit hard.
Green or blue?
Blue is the tradie stuff. Green is the DIY stuff....and even then there is a difference between some blue atuff sold at bunnings and some blue stuff you buy at a tool store. My mate found that out the hard way.
Bosch blue is decent. You want to have 18V stuff as a minimum for power tools, and higher Ah gives higher runtime, but also better peak power over its charge cycle.
There is also some different versions of their batteries....i believe the procore is the newest and best one. They had a a 36 or 40v one for the power tgirsty stuff too.
Essentially if its bogging down youve got the wrong battery.
At Thry....what brand of battery tools do you use? That could be part of the problem.
I've got an embarrassingly large collection of battery tools formerly required as a tradie, now for garden maintenance and hobbies, with the occassional bit of 'hard work' thrown in.
My brand is choice is Milwaukee which are far from cheap. I have everything from 4ah to 12ah. Standard. High Output Forge
Different types for different tools, but all fit in all.
Standard are good for drills, radios, nail guns, multi-tools, lights etc High output are good for grinders, smaller saws etc Forge are best for really high drawing tools that might bog down under load of normal batteries, drop saws, 9" grinder, demo-saws etc
I no longer own any petrol based tools, including lawnmower, whipper snipper, chainsaw etc.....all batteries. I've got some batteries that are still going strong for well over a decade now, but yes, a few have died along the journey too.
For all the things people worry about regarding the internet and AI, this stuff being done in the USA is far more worrisome, it's literally the genesis of the grey goo as they are already working on self-assembling versions.
This stuff will make Drone, Nuclear or Chemical Warfare look like a Sunday Picnic.
For all the good it could potentially do, think about your pepper grinder, sauce on your McBurger, herbs on your focaccia, dust on your carpet, dirt on your shoes, and now think of it in the hands of a Putin, Xi or RedTrump, a failed heart valve, a stroke, pneumonia, blindness, a headache.
Winds farms, 5G, EM, Infrasound, they are a freaking walk in the park by comparison!
What would this guy think, gravy for the mind? Is your arm itching?
Black Mirror did an episode similar to this. "Hated by the Nation"
Bees went extinct, so we made robot bees to do the job. These were ultimately hijacked and used to kill people. Person who was killed was whoever got the most 'votes' on social media. Torch and Pitchforks from the comfort of your own home!
Seems ludicrous when summarised, but watch the episode and tell me where the plot hole is, if you can find one.
It's hardly the new year and far too early to be naming best 23s etc but the memes and ridicule have already started...any CFC supporter who shows the merest sign of optimism is instantly a lightning rod for a pile on. I could, possibly tolerate it, but being on the receiving end of Norf, Tiggers, sniffers or Dees supporters is a bit much. Voss wouldn't want a repeat of losing early to the Tiggers, that would initiate the usual crisis that ****s this club on about a three year cycle. 30+ years of crap, when is this ship going to turn around? I'm with Kruddler - we lack critical depth and foresight for season's down the track and much of what we brought in isn't exactly A-grade clas.
We are more susceptable to injuries this year, than any year in the past. With a large amount of luck, we might be ok. With an average amount of luck, we'll be lucky to match last years efforts.
Long term i think we will be ok.
Now, and unless some things change, the next couple years, it will be lower expectations and cross your fingers.
I'm fine with that. I feel for others who don't follow the same logic as they are the ones who will jump up and down, pitchforks in hand demanding more from the club. That cycle will hurt the club, like it has in the past. Carltons biggest issue is impatient supporters, forcing our hand before it needs to be forced, perpetuating cycle of unending rebuilds.
Weitering is a no brainer. Haynes is the next best. How do you fit both young and dean in the backline as well....and everyone needs to stop with the haynes on the wing nonsense, its not a legitimate position change. ....and there is always a potential for mcgovern as well.
To me, young just cant get in ahead of dean for any length lf time.
It's a shame we don't have tall depth in the backline.
We have Weitering. We have a guy that will retire at the end of the year We have a guy who hasn't played a game. We have a guy who has played 6 games and done his knee We have a guy who was told to look elsewhere, but is still around.
We haven't had this many options for a while, but its hardly what you would call solid depth.
With a bit of luck Dean and HOF turn out as good as we all want and Weitering plays on for another 7 years. Anything short of that we still need to give ourselves options.
It wouldn't surprise to see L Young playing first up. They may use Dean off the bench in the early stages, but I think he'll be somewhere in the Round 1 side.
Weitering is a no brainer. Haynes is the next best. How do you fit both young and dean in the backline as well....and everyone needs to stop with the haynes on the wing nonsense, its not a legitimate position change. ....and there is always a potential for mcgovern as well.
To me, young just cant get in ahead of dean for any length lf time.
Zero Hangar have done one..... https://www.zerohanger.com/selecting-every-afl-teams-best-23-for-2026-carlton-blues-171945/ FB: Harry Dean, Jacob Weitering, Nic Newman HB: Adam Saad, Nick Haynes, Oliver Hollands C: Jagga Smith, George Hewett, Adam Cerra HF: Ben Ainsworth, Harry McKay, Will Hayward FF: Jesse Motlop, Brodie Kemp, Zac Williams FO: Marc Pittonet, Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh I/C: Lachlan Cowan, Oliver Florent, Campbell Chesser, Francis Evans, Hudson O'Keeffe
Stiff to miss: Liam Reidy, Mitch McGovern, Blake Acres, Lachie Fogarty, Matthew Cottrell, Cooper Lord, Ashton Moir
One needs to mediate carefully between the group and the individual. There may be a small element of truth to certain groups conforming to certain behaviors, but that needs to be measured against that fact we are individual minds, and you need to be wary of flattening or erasing any nuance or legitimate difference that exists between members of a group.
In terms of parental pushiness, my experiences were decidedly mixed, with 2 children involved in soccer, cricket, swimming, ballet, fencing, drama, choir, art classes, gymnastics. Pushy parents come in all shapes and skin colors, as do chill parents.
This is wise words.
That being said, our work has put on 2 'indian cultural days' where the goal is to help understand the differences between Indians and 'traditional' clients and how to navigate this without being offensive.
It was run by an indian woman who has been in Melbourne for almost 2 decades now.
Summarised best by explaining India is so big and varied its best thinking about it essentially as different countries. Wealth, education, language, religion, mannerisms all change depending on where you are.
However, take home message is this. As a general rule, "if you don't ask, you don't get" and "You can't say 'no' to indians" put a lot of people offside from our end. Culturally, they are 'pushy' because they need to be. There's a billion other people they are competing with. While as a group/company, we acknowledge this, but its poor form to bow down to such demands in comparison to any other client. Why should they get favouritism simply because they are pushy??
Obviously, within that individual personalities vary, just like other cultures, but they acknowledge themselves its part of theirs. This certainly does show up in sports and with pushy parents.
For those interested in movies, 'Dangal' is an indian movie based of real events of an overbearing parent going against tradition and training his daughters up to be world class wrestlers, competing at commonwealth and olympic games as a result. A great standalone movie in its own right, but gives you a look at 'the other side'.
Re recruits, just because we get them, didn't mean we think they are best 23 starters.
Eg look at the ruck. Tdk left, we needed someone to come in. Obviously we try and get someone with great talent but had we not been able to trade for one, we would've got one another way (draft, ssp)
So with that in mind, a ruck was coming one way or another. So does that make Reidy a starter? I don't think so. Will he play some games? IMO absolutely.
Another way of looking at recruits is this. What did it cost us? What could we get with that same value elsewhere?
Eg chesser. He cost us pick 41. Could we get a ready made player with pick 41 at the draft? Unlikely. So he was recruited as it was better than we could expect to get otherwise. Sure, he would have some desirable attributes and fills a position of need etc (debatable, but i digress). But ultimately, it's simply about value.
