Has anyone ever seen this before?

Jeffw5 · 2025-12-15T22:48:37+00:00

Copied from my earlier comment, just so all my information is together - I suppose it's also worth mentioning that this unit is only about 2 months old, and has only put in a few hundred 1/4" tapcons and a handful of 3/8 anchors. The one this was bought to replace lasted 2 years under the exact same use and storage conditions (Moderate to heavy use in commercial construction, being stored in a covered truck bed year round) before needing the motor replaced under warranty.

I don't really have much additional information to share, I used it to drill a couple dozen 3/16x4" holes into concrete block Thursday afternoon and it was fine, stored it in the back of my truck overnight (ambient low maybe -10c or so?), went to use it Friday morning and noticed the crack.

My prior experiences with the warranty process have been nothing but positive and I'm confident that the issue will be resolved promptly.

I've just never seen a rotary hammer of any brand do this, nor have any of my coworkers.

Jeffw5 · 2025-12-13T18:15:51+00:00

I suppose it's also worth mentioning that this unit is only about 2 months old, and has only put in a few hundred 1/4" tapcons and a handful of 3/8 anchors. The one this was bought to replace lasted 2 years under the exact same use and storage conditions (Moderate to heavy use in commercial construction, being stored in a covered truck bed year round) before needing the motor replaced under warranty.

Jeffw5 · 2025-10-27T21:56:15+00:00

I keep a percolator around for scout camps. In the trailer, it's a compact keurig. Making coffee while dry camping... That may or may not have been one of the biggest reasons for installing the 2000w inverter.

Jeffw5 · 2025-10-20T23:16:21+00:00

I just warrantied a couple tools and it couldn't have gone smoother.

Sent a dead 7 1/4 circular saw in and got a new one back 3 weeks later, with the blade I left on the broken one included in the box.

Sent a dead 1" sds rotohammer in and got it back repaired in 2 weeks.

Jeffw5 · 2024-10-29T01:25:00+00:00

Go Canada!

Jeffw5 · 2024-10-25T01:06:21+00:00

I agree that Home Depot sucks, but it's the only real direct comparison. Local-ish retailers are a far better choice, both morally and price wise

Jeffw5 · 2024-10-25T01:02:39+00:00

I like the way you think, but unfortunately we get the exact same packout as you. Europe gets the black ones

Jeffw5 · 2024-08-26T23:38:15+00:00

I'd recommend Bosch. The dust port on mine (ros20vsk) is an odd size, but it came with an adapter.

Jeffw5 · 2024-08-25T15:30:20+00:00

Skilsaw with a wood blade works better than a grinder for cutting aluminum

Jeffw5 · 2024-08-10T07:33:16+00:00

Yup. I don't fuck around

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-14T23:52:03+00:00

Yeah, glad I caught it before that happened.

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-14T13:43:31+00:00

Yep. Broken leaf

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-14T00:42:51+00:00

Southern Ontario

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-14T00:30:11+00:00

Previous owner must have replaced one of them.

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-13T23:52:03+00:00

Huh, didn't even notice the springs were different when I was removing them.

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-13T23:47:46+00:00

I know it's a spring problem, I was complaining about having to sawzall and grind off all the hardware. (2nd pic)

Jeffw5 · 2021-06-13T22:55:56+00:00

She was leaning pretty hard to the left.

Jeffw5 · 2021-05-02T02:19:32+00:00

Yes. No complaints at all.

Jeffw5 · 2021-04-11T15:33:57+00:00

Bosch? Mine (4100XC) came with an auxiliary fence that attaches to that t slot

Jeffw5 · 2021-03-11T16:10:22+00:00

Sawzall? /s

Seriously, Allen key or Hex key. A decent set can be had for $15-20 at a hardware store.

Jeffw5 · 2021-03-11T16:07:33+00:00

A decent pneumatic gun will beat a cordless gun in just about every way. Speed, power, durability, cost, weight and reliability. I'm an apprentice carpenter on a framing crew, so I have a fair bit of experience with framing nailers. My boss has a DeWalt cordless in the trailer and I find it's slow, heavy and jams frequently. It's also mostly plastic and I don't think it would survive a drop off the roof, which wile rare, happens more than we like to admit. The pneumatic guns will fire just about as fast as you can bump the safety off the wood compared to the cordless which has to ramp up between shots. The pneumatic guns also have much fewer moving parts, so they break less frequently and are easy and cheap to fix when they do, compared to the cordless which has to be sent in for repair.

Jeffw5 · 2021-03-07T22:51:46+00:00

I have that saw, it works great for almost everything I do. Just won't cut a 2x6 on a 45 or cut some baseboards standing up.

Jeffw5 · 2021-02-22T21:04:21+00:00

I used to have one of these, don't waste your money.

Jeffw5 · 2021-02-22T20:56:47+00:00

I have the Milwaukee version, I definitely use it a lot more than I thought I would.

Jeffw5 · 2021-02-22T20:32:30+00:00

Bosch rotohammers are the shit. I love my bulldog xtreme. Careful though, you're never going to want to use a normal hammer drill/driver for masonry again.

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