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Life cycled? I’m not gonna replace a tool until it gives out
Sounds pretty dumb, if you've got the powertool you've got all the manual tools to do the same job
I think he means scheduled maintenance by life cycled. Idk just a guess
@@Burns11112 such as getting the tool’s internals regreased
In a large-volume business, you ultimately save money over the long term by cycling out tools for new ones inside of an expected life span. You gotta realize these tools see more use in a week than a typical non-business consumer would use them in a year. Buying brand new stuff every 3 years actually ends up making sense.
Not to mention you could sell your old tools if they're still working for money toward the new tools
I thought he was writing his name so if someone steals it they know it’s theirs lol
You just wipe it off with a strong cleaner or brake cleaner. Or just paint right over it as your “own” marking.
@FishFind3000 thats why you use a detail grinder on it
Pro tip: etch your drivers licence on your expensive tools. Cops recognise the format and makes it easier to track you down.
Gotta engrave it
Actual pro-tip… keep your tools locked up or within your sight. Easy to wipe off sharpie and grind down etching (most people barely scratch the tool).
I've had my tools for like 16 years and they're still going strong
Same here my batteries and drill from 2004 work just fine, no need to upgrade.
"Buy new stuff and throw out good tools every 3 years "😂😂😂 still got a black and decker firestorm from junior high that screws in screws. Only job it needs to do lmao and I often use my dad's corded drill from the 80s and it's the best drill I've ever used. Enough torque to spin your whole house 😂😂😂
@@codyharney2997Got one old kangoo to tear tiles of the walls. Thing is so old, i'm sure that if i look hard enough i will come across some Swastika's
That means you need to put the current date on it so dewalt will replace it
When I was a carpenter I painted my tools hot pink, the entire tool. The ONLY way to keep them from walking off on a jobsite.
How did you keep your wife from claiming those tools? They are usually clamoring for a decent set for their personal projects. 😂
My friend, who is a contractor, marks everything in either pink, red or hi vis orange. Its a great idea👍
I've been a carpenter for 31 years and I've never painted my tools and I've never had them walk off a job. What's you let someone just walk up on your job and steal your tools some pink paint isn't going to help you
Strategic electrical tape on corded tools or extension cords.
Manufacturing date is on serial number. It’s after the d in a lot of Milwaukee tools. I prefer to brand my tools with my initials. Bend a wire into shape heat it with torch. Markers wear on can be removed
I just use a dremel lol
If you scratch or melt it in and then sharpie it, it's almost impossible to rub off. I worked for a guy who would engrave his phone number and address onto everything and surprisingly stuff would find it's way back to him.
@@georgecroney6168 wd40 takes marker off of anything.
@@jhonsauceda6024 you can't get it out of all the scratches though, you just can't, try it
@@georgecroney6168 challenge accepted.
So in short, Label your tools so you can throw them away while they still work :) nice thanks
Nope this is a very very valid business decision. They definately don't throw them out. Let's say you have 3 employees out on a job. The blower dies. They pack up and head back to the shop 15 mins away... That's 3 employees at minimum $30 each plus the loss of money on the job because heaven forbid overtime🙈. It's NEVER about value of the remaining time it can be used but the cost of downtime if a tool fails
What's with all the snide remarks. Obviously men can be as jealous and petty as women.
🤢🤢🤢 Green with envy.
@@lisat9707 if your jobsite shuts down and everyone leaves because a blower broke that's why you lose money not because of the blower 😂😂😂 the 15$/hr guy can run and grab the blower since that's who was using it anyway. Why would I take all the good guys off the job over a blower 😂😂😂😂
I wouldn't necessarily throw it away yet, but I'd certainly look at getting its replacement lined up to reduce lost time, and if it survives then the new kid has a tool to work with until it inevitably dies. If it never ends up dying, amazing, you don't need a new one lined up til your redundancy is gone.
Don’t throw it away just know when it’s a good time to purchase a back up
My grandma would mark all her electronics and tools with “stolen from(her name)” lmao it was ruthless
😂👍
That’s genius!🧐
Love it!
I started doing this on my cordless tools a few years ago. It definitely helps with the batteries. Some of the older ones are a little weaker so I just use them in lower power draw tools like flashlights or radios. I save the newer stronger batteries for saws and drills and such.
I number my batteries 1, 2, 3 and so on to prevent burnout on any given battery. Best to rotate them to make them last as long as possible
Same, I have 3 five ah batteries, 2 six ah batteries, 2 power stack 5ah and one smaller power stack battery with 3 chargers and 6 tools I rotate them on 3 smaller tools I use the 5ah and small power stack on the other 3 bigger tools I use 6ah and 5ah power stacks. I have a perfect rotating setup and everything is always charged and ready to go. I know this stuff will last me 10 years easy. This generation of the brushless XR 20v stuff from DeWalt along with the few atomic things that have release in the last year or so is so damn good.
@@JoseGonzalez-jd9spThat’s a brilliant idea, I mean I do it a little differently I have one battery for each power tool I have - LIION batteries still have memories imo, so looking after em is a great idea!
@@palmtraveller2177 if you use your drill every day and your leafblowrr 3 times a year you should absolutely use the leafblower battery in your drill. Batteries do way better being cycled versus sitting. Use drill battery in drill, when it's dead, swap to fresh blower battery and charge the drill battery. Now both your batteries are properly cycled and in better shape than one overused and one underused.
I number & date batteries so I know how long the battery lasts or for warranty purposes.
Lmao had Milwaukee and dewalt tools for 2 years and some for 10. You don’t ever need to “life cycle” tools 😂😂😂 if it craps out buy another 🤷🏾♂️ not that hard
Exactly
If it craps out, try to fix it first! I often find tools in the trash where the problem can be fixed in 5 minutes.
Yeah , I think people are too scared to open 'em n see whats wrong.
Obviously under warranty just swap it out. But if not, don't be a sissy, open the clam and learn something lol
@@Nick-be5hh exactly… the previous commenters are probably soft handed generation Zs… too attached to their smart phones and wearing spandex jeans. Reparing things or figuring out shit is pretty therapeutic to me. And it’s very satisfying to know that I fixed something and saved a substantial amount of money… NOT THAT HARD…
@@user2C47 Definitely! I agree..,
If you use it, you know when it needs to be “life cycled”. The magic smoke is quite obvious upon release.
If you buy tools often & work hard well, sometimes its hard to remember things like that. You havent bought very much have you?
@@floridagirl9064
You ever kill a drill? I don’t mean dropped it and something inside came loose, I mean ran that puppy until she was literally smoking. My expected tool life is that it chooches till it’s last chooch. Dating tools means nothing as to how much it was used. Could get two leaf blowers at the same time and put the date of M/YY, one goes “missing” (read forgotten in someone’s truck) and the other is used twice as much because of that. One year on, you find the missing one. Which one is near its end of life, the one dated M/YY or the one dated the exact same?
@@juangonzalez9848 Am also a person that runs tools until they die, fixes them, and runs them some more.
@@user2C47 I've never known anyone who replaces tools after a set amount of time. We brag constantly about how long some tools have kept working after being held together with duct tape and determination.
@@user2C47
Ya kinda can’t fix shorted motor windings. Costs almost as much as the tool for those.
Although we did just get our table saws motor rewound, a lot more people rewinding 240 volt motors then 18volt.
As a mechanic you just replace it when it breaks. And you don't have 1 of each tool. Usually 2 or 3 just in case 1 breaks.
I have absolutely no time perception. So to make things easier I just ignore everything
Me three..
Ever forget what year it is and have to ask someone?
@@jasonmadrigal8 Not yet but have forgotten how old I was before
@@ickess how old are you, if I may ask? It sounds like old age.
@@richardmccann4815 I wouldn’t say I’m old. But have had no time perception as long as I can remember
Same with refrigerators, stoves,water heaters, w/d, microwaves and disposals
If I had a dollar for every time a customer got their purchase date wrong . . . . . . .
Purchase date doesn't matter if it's wrote on it. They need receipt. The model and serial number tells them what date it was made.
@@Chris.Rhodes but it's a great reminder to the owner,
Most will claim that it's only 26 months old when it's actually 40 months old
But you are correct
@@jeanvaljohn3921 i get what you mean, and it's a good idea, but he was saying that for companies with warranty process, when that's just not true. They don't care about your hand written date lol
@@Chris.Rhodes
It's also great for annual maintenance and up keep
I do the same thing on site with others tools. It helps find the right owner especially when I’m placing them in my tool bag at the end of the day. 😜
I work on the road, in construction so I keep a tool list with model, serial, and dates on the front of an envelope with receipts. In my experience, they get stolen more often then crap out, so it helps for insurance purposes.
I have a mini zipper binder for the same reason. I also keep digital copies in Google Drive file as a backup. I can always print a copy of the receipt from there if I need to.
Out in the field ?? What is this a dewalt soldier on the leaf blower 😂😂
That's like putting the date on the bottom of my shoe. You wrote it in the place that will see constant contact with the floor.
That's what i was thinking, that ink won't last a week like that
I'll give it two hours
Gotta do it with a paint marker
🤷🏻♂️🤦
I "engrave" my tools on surfaces that'll never see wear, like the battery interface (no, those surfaces don't touch).
I do the same with sauces and condiments in the fridge, also helps you pick smaller format if it takes you forever to get though it lol
Canned goods too. Hmmm...Wonder how long them baked beans been in the cabinette.
A local sting operation netted about $500,000 in stolen tools. Some were recovered easily because, when the tool was purchased, they kept a spreadsheet of tool, manufacturing, serial number, color, warranty length, and photo within a cell. I'm not savvy enough to know how to do that, but it was brilliant. Great spreadsheet! That company were the first to retrieve their items from police.
I just hide my intitials in places so if they ever get stolen I know where they're at. Sometimes I'll even rip a tool apart and put my name on it. But this is load of crap. All dates are on the tag of things. And models and serial numbers. They know when it was made. You just need to save receipts. I save receipts for anything over $50. Because sometimes it's easier just to replace a new tool than deal with warranty bullshit.
I think the guy does it for easy inventory
I write or do something unique like a groove in certain place or direction on the tool no one would immediately notice but I know that it's mine
For ex I put a strip of green tape on one the handles of my pliers
@@kalibstockton7682 a strip of tape? Why? That's not helping anything lol
@@Chris.Rhodes it's so I know it's mine it's very helpful especially when working with guys who use the same tools it's easy to pick up someone's pliers and not know it. Saves me for replacing them or taking someone else's
For people with bad memories... my tools last until the warranty then break just after
Planned obsolescence in action
You must be a Milwaukee user
When it stops working, it is at the end of the “life cycle”. Odds of it being under warranty are slim to none. Why waste the sharpie ink? I date consumable parts on machines/equipment so that it doesn’t break down in the middle of a job and I can be sure to have replacement parts in stock. When it comes to cordless tools though, I just have 2 or more of everything...
But why waste ink on consumable parts?
Sharpie will wear off 4 months
I have been doing this for all my life been using battery tools for a long time I have been an electrician for 37 yrs
Everyone is on here saying the dates are already in the serial numbers, but that is when it was manufactured, he is writing the date they are being put into use. Those could be several years in difference if the tool sat on a shelf somewhere. 🤷♂️😂
Still unnecessary unless you have a bad memory.
@@dangerous8333 I have 4 identical batteries. They all look alike.
Why???
BECAUSE THEY'RE IDENTICAL.
I noticed when I buy my tools they already have a date on them At least most of the new ones
Already do, it makes it so much easier. I own Busy Bee Renovations Inc. and after getting old batteries mixed with the new ones I started dating every new battery.
I do the same thing! Personally let's me know at quick glance how long I've had the tool/battery so I can better gauge longevity. Too many things going on to try and remember dates of purchases or sift through receipts. Sometimes a feller just likes to be reminded how long (or short) his tools last to justify future purchases! "Buy nice, or pay twice" 👍
For everyone saying, "the date is in the model/serial number", Im sure they are aware of this and the numbers are more for them to use as a quick reference.
Also manufacturing date could be a couple years before purchase date. Especially if you buy from a small mom & pop store that doesn't have high customer volume and fast product flow.
Dewalt just always fail so....
@@dancearoundtheworld5360 No they don’t 💀
Maybe learn how to take care of your crap and it won’t crap out on you
@@dancearoundtheworld5360 My over twenty years of using that brand daily would say otherwise.
@@TGMacro Confidentially, I don’t think she’s ever used a Dewalt..
Do this for fucking everything.
The date you pour concrete. Write that in a corner somewhere.
The date you start raising walls. Write that on a corner stud somewhere.
The date of install on every window and door. Write that in the frame of each of those.
Date you start shingling the roof. Write that in the corner of the roof somewhere.
The date of installation for your water heater, furnace, fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer, dryer, and every other major appliance.
Another thing. To deter Mr sticky fingers on the jobsite use a soldering iron to carve your initials into your tool somewhere. Use nail polish to fill in the initials if you must.
Good thing you have nail polish on hand
@@williamstamper442 & I thought nail polish only went on hand🤣
My neighbors thought I was crazy labeling every.single.last grass seed on a lawn install. Who’s laughing now, *Susan* ? Get your own dang grass seed!
You can notice things by yourself! Sick! Grats!
"I just got this and it already broke?" Thing is actually 5 years old
First sign of gettin' old
I was thinking that was when you listened to someone else's music new or old and thought "this just sounds like noise" or when you get excited to receive more mundane gifts like clothes or tools.
"let's say I look at the date and its been 5 years. I know it had a good run." What a sad world we live in. Planned obsolescence should be illegal.
Anti-repair tactics should be illegal. There are people who have repair businesses with the knowledge/skills to repair stuff but often times companies make it difficult/impossible to buy parts and diagrams to perform said repairs. You should check out Louis Rossman's right to repair videos.
@@Manatee360Phototography I work for an OEM RMA contract repair shop, and holy hell is it so much easier to do your job when you got the parts.
Oh shit, I dropped a screw under the fridge? Well, just pick one from the parts drawer, don't need to fish it out! The pins are corroded on this connector? Just solder on a new header! It really is such a nicer repair experience.
I despise social media experts telling me "I NEED to do this" especially when its entirely useless and redundant.... The date is literally stamped on tbe battery, and you need a recept that shows the purchase date on it...
I've been doing this for years. Helps keep track of the age of the tool or battery.
I run a handyman business and do this to all my tools.
Lmao!! Loved when you said “as I get older if think I have a tool for a short period only to find it’s been a couple years.” That’s my whole life now. Crazy how time just keeps flying
Initials are important if you have employees or work with large number of guys. In a hidden spot is usually best so you always know when someone has your tools
I was working on a large site many years ago. Took my flat battery & charger to the tea room to charge it up, I returned some time latter to see it wasn’t charged then noticed it was a 14.4v not 18v battery. So I went looking for someone with a 14.4v battery and I ask the bloke if I can have look at his drill he passes it to me I unclip the battery and declare this is mine . He then some what confused as to how I knew, so I just point to my name in permanent marker. I didn’t know weather to beat the crap out of him or just walk away and let every one know he was a thief, I choose the later option. I rigged up a locked box with the charger inside with chain to attach to something solid never had the problem again.
Our crews paint their tools and batteries with a smidge of their own color (truck #1 has orange, #2 has pink, etc) and very rarely is a pink tool found in a blue trailer. 7 crews
Great advice! Thank you!
Meh that blower shorted out on me, when I called to troubleshoot it they told me it was under warranty. Called back a week later to figure out the process and they told me to take a hike….my current blower is gas. The shorted blower was my 12th dewilt purchase. Still stings like some one cheated on me, no wait that was where the short discharged in my hand.
You know that every product line will have lemons right? It would be a mistake to assume an edge case is the norm. We beat the shit out of DEWALT cordless stuff on the site. No complaints.
I had to buy a gas blower too, my Husqvarna shorted on me after 4 years. Sad.
Pull your tape out to the very end and write your name on it so when someone says its theirs you can so "Oh yeah, let me see it"
For those who say the date is printed on the battery, you need to check when did you buy it. The battery could sit years on the shelf.
warranty purposes? thats what the serial number is for. Also no normal person will "life cycle" their tools. most contractors wont either. they will use it till it breaks.
I do that but then I spray lacquer over it so none can easily remove the marker pen!
My trick/life hack = I occasionally slap my wife so the sammiches keep comin
My man.
Instructions unclear, wife now pregnagant
Wife hack?
😂😂😂
Knuckle sammiches maybe.
I had Dewalt tools for 5 years they never went bad
Expectations “a couple of years” omg! I have power tools I’ve used for over 25 years! None of them battery powered though (enough said). I know this cos I already date my tools as I agree it’s a good idea. 😊
What also works for me is when I tattoo it on myself I'm like a walking note pad 😋
Tell me you've got expendable income without telling me you've got expendable income.
As a woman in construction....I learn something new every time I encounter something with construction 😅
I date everything. Had a new water heater installed. Dated that in plain sight. Do this on my '65 F100. Fuel pump, starter, voltage regulator, water pump, keep a small pocket note book. (can't date rubber hoses).
Makes a big diff.
I always write the date on the back of my girlfriend's necks. Thats way I know when they're about to be used up, and I get a new one.
Bruh, save some chicks for the rest of us.
@@J_Madison check your girlfriend's neck and see if I had put a date on it. LOL 😆
@@J_Madison LOL! I laughed waaaaay too much at your comment, Thomas!
This might be useful for your own reference, but no service technician is going to use that for determining warranty eligibility. Most DeWalt tools have a manufacture date stamped or printed on them, usually near the battery clip. If you need to establish purchase date for warranty work, the service center will need to see the receipt.
If you buy a tool using store credit (like the rebates at Menards), use a card for part of the transaction. They can often use the card number to look up and reprint the receipt if you lose your copy. If you don't use a card they don't have anything to look up.
Smart.
Save the receipt though...scan and email it to yourself so you'll always have it.
Just take a picture of it, don't even need a scanner anymore.
I even write the date on oil fiters, etc on my vehicles so I know when maintenance is due. Sure beats running around looking for the paperwork date.
Or you can put a sticker in left corner of your windshield. This sticker is soon revolutionary.... you actually put the due date. Wait a second don't call N.AS.A. not yet theres more. Under the Date.3 months 5 months awaytheres mileage. Not just any m mileage. The miles you woukd like to change the oil. You then use some kindof trig. And geometry to find out which comes first. Maybe it's easier to jack your car up and look at the oil filter unless you have a top side oil filter. You have marker. Maybe you don't have a windshield. Oh I bet do. You just don't have a sticker. I'm throw out whats coming to me. If your sticker was big enough you could write the type of oil Maybe the weight.
I see this video because I was recently looking for self-adhesive post-it notes stickers.
Yes, but I'm writing for a very different reason.
To a greater extent I prefer to read rather than write, but seeing such an abundance of irony over the fact that a person considers it necessary for himself not only to inscribe the date on the instrument, but also to share this skill, useful in my opinion I will speak out in support of such a habit. I'm 60+ and I've started doing it too. I use tools for small repairs around the house, preferring to turn to the masters only in those cases when I realize that my qualifications are not enough to achieve a good result. Areas - furniture, plumbing, electrics, home appliances. Almost all the tools accumulated during their gradual acquisition, in working condition. I rarely use them, but I always try to maintain them in time (clean, lubricate, renew storage). And I'll tell you, for a while, at least until about 45, it was easy for me to keep everything in my head without writing anything down. After I bought a set of watch tweezers a few years ago, forgetting that I already had them, I had to resort to taking notes. By the way, if you take notes in handwriting, your head memorizes it four times - dictating, hearing, writing, and reading what you've written. This alone trains the memory and structures memorization. Not all factory nameplates are easy to read, and not all tools has factory subscribes formed as they should be. By writing down the tool for yourself, it is easier to find what you need when eye observing through the rack and drawer. Besides, it gives unification of the record in the logbook of the tool and on the tool itself. Separately about batteries. I have a tool with Ni-Cd batteries that are over 20 years old and they still work. What I have to use now does not live even three years. I put a white plastic label on the batteries, where I write the date of manufacture with a permanent marker and the date of charging with an erasable one. This allows me to address power supply problems before they become operational problems at a bad time to address them.
But I agree, it's not necessary.
You can do things on a whim, with a bit of luck: lucky - it works, unlucky - throw it away, buy a new tool. Why to have good things for a long time and constantly (and it is expensive) if you can always take something, even if not for a long time, but immediately, and in installments. Why memorize something and know exactly what it is called and how it works, if you can always take a picture of what you need, find it and order it by delivery as needed? It all has a right to be the way it is.
And I think let each person determine for themselves what they need more.
Whether to use once every few years cordless drill, which works without fail for 26 years and keep a place for it and write it down in the tool storage log or to take the necessary as needed, immediately getting rid of the thing that has become unnecessary.
I prefer to know and remember exactly and record tool usage without relying on memory. It's more convenient for me too.
Thanks to the author of the video, it's nice to know we are not alone in the universe.
I paint all of my tools. Learned it from my dad. My color is green, my dad is blue another guy uses hot pink but he learned the technique from me. The paint isn't fancy several swipes with a rattle can and I can spot my tools across the job site. And I paint everything down to drill bits and wrenches. No convincing someone to let me look for some obscure set of initials. It has saved a lot of arguing and tool loss.
The marker doesn't last very long for me.
Use a small die grinder. Been done for auto battery date codes for years.
Yeah, Amazon let's you search your purchase history and I found out I had my cordless impact for 6yrs before it took a dump. Worth every penny
Most of the time for dewalt, I just look at the manufacturer date that’s stamped onto the bottom side of where the battery slides in. For the battery’s it’s on the top for the newer ones. I also right my initials in those same areas so I don’t get my tools mixed with my coworkers tools.
I use a wood burning tool (a fine tip soldering iron also works) to carve my name (if there's enough room), initials, and driver's license number on tools, and their parts.
Helps keep track of "who owns what" especially on Job sites with lots of similar tools.
I buy the extended warranty from Home Depot. The batteries have a date code on them from the factory, and I have all of my HD receipts emailed to me through the ProXtra Account, and then the tool receipts go into a Tool Receipt folder, as well as to the accountant (wife). Then, if something happens, I can simply go directly to HD or the local Milwaukee Repair Facility. If the Milwaukee Repair Facility says it is beyond repair, I'll go to HD and they'll give me a new tool. I've only had to return/exchange one Milwaukee tool, and it was the Drill/Driver and 1/4 inch impact set. I had the gen 3 and received the upgraded gen 4.
I've had a lot of people ask me why I buy the extended warranty. Well, when you rely on your tools to make your living, a few extra dollars for a tool is a great investment and peace of mind.
Engrave everything: hand tools, power tools, equipment
Make a list of serial numbers, where and date of purchase, etc.
Keep all receipts in case you need to get it warranty replaced or fixed
I'm mostly makita, I started registering them on their website , had a dual battery sawzall go bad, applied for repairs on the website, they emailed me a shipping label, the shipping was free and within a week or so I had a repaired sawzall shipped black to me for free.
Never had to show proof of purchase.
Was very nice.
I register my dewalt tools with the MyDewalt account. Serial numbers, upload proof of purchase and done. Covers you for warranty claims and you have record of serial numbers if tools are stolen
My great uncle did that to EVERYTHING, no joke, when he moved in with his little brother (my grandpa) and we took over the house he left he had that everywhere. When he passed, then my grandpa passed shortly after (3 months) we had to go through my grandpa's stuff as well and we found the exact same thing 😊. 12 years later, we still have some of that stuff, still with the dates on them. The things that will bring out memories.
I I never had a write my name on tools working residential, once I started working commercial a lot of people there got sticky fingers..... lost my cordless impact gun on the job site, the next day I saw this rookie electrician using it, I said it has my name's written all over it, it's also a good idea to write down the serial number of your tools just in case.
Also helps us to realize that the company is cutting more corners when the tools are lasting time
Been doing that for years. I also write down installations of things like water heater, furnace... also, who installed it.
Then it's good to save manuals and serial numbers, receipts, and place bought.
Dewalt tools and batteries have dates on them already. Unless you saved your receipts, dewalt goes by the date printed on the tool and battery for warranty.
Ridgid's warranty is priceless. Free battery replacement for life. May not be up to par with higher "quality" brands. But I've owned Dewalt, Skil, Milwaukee and Kobalt. Ridgid does what Ineed....just like the pervious brands.
I do this with my Tools and batteries. Batteries especially, not because I have a shop and a lot of tools so I deal with warranty issues, but because I often get new batteries and some tools like drills and impact drivers I have multiple similar ones. Very very very very useful for batteries tho, because I know which ones of my batteries are roughly the newest and thus have the most charge, which can be useful so you don’t throw out good batteries by mistake, or can stop you from grabbing a older battery if you have a newer one that has more charge, which for me is important if I don’t want to make multiple trips back to my basement.
When it needs to be “life cycled” means… if you have a 1yr or 2yr warranty for example… make sure the tool or battery “brakes”… or “stops working” before that last day of warranty so that you can get a free replacement under the warranty.
Nice. Been doing this for every electronic i have since forever. We think a like. 👍😎
Yes all the items have a manufacturer date stamped on them of production, I use that because if it’s marked at all the big box stores won’t accept it for a return if it’s marked up.
I just thought of a completely different application for this tip, in regards to my tools personally.
So thanks a lot for taking the time to share this with everyone buddy.👍🏻🙏🏻
Just went and wrote Jan 2024 on my woodchipper. Thanks for the advice
Whenever I drink a bottle of water, i compress the bottle and put the lid back on to save space in the recycle Barrel.
Its valid for lifesaving tools to be lifecycled but a simple electric tool isn't connecting to the Internet its not endangering anyone when it dies sure you may want to bring a backup tool if you've only got an old one
I keep a record of all my purchases among other duties and regular activities. My friends tease me that I keep a diary but I call it my life log. Has come in handy more times than I can count. Just take 2 seconds a day to jot down what you did, how you did it, what you bought, etc…
I do this with all new tools. I have a spreadsheet with purchase date, location, warranty length, serial number, copy of receipt and pictures of both the tool and the serial number and confirmation that it has been registered. Then I get a notification whenever a tool has 60 days left before warranty expires.
You gotta have all your stuff ready for any warranty claim.
When my electrical tools leak smoke is the only time I replace them. As long as the smoke seals are good I just keep on truckin.
I like to write wrench sizes on or near things. Under the hood of my vehicles I have a growing list of various bolt sizes to things so future me can minimize further frustration. I also have flags in the attic at every fixture or junction box so I don't have to dig around for them when needed.
This is 10x more genius than the video.
I'm on Team Orange (Ridgid) and if you register your power tools and batteries within 90 days of purchase, Ridgid keeps that info online for you and you also get lifetime warranty on parts, labor and batteries!!! And their tools are getting better every year.
The manufactured date is already on both those tools... and most others...
The dates are already on the tool nameplate labels, but if you want something that can't wear/peel off, it's not a bad idea, but you need to engrave it with like a Dremel or something and mark in that engraving. The marker may need periodical touching up, but the writing will never wear off altogether.
I do this with tools at work. When I was having to buy new drills due to the old ones dying, I didn’t feel so bad when I saw that they’d been purchased a bit over 6 yrs prior.
I do that with my water heaters because most water heaters don’t outlast the factory warranties which a lot of people don’t realize
I put my phone number on the tool, thought it was silly at first but i saw a tool once in a guys hand and dialling a number, i asked what he was doing and he said someone left this here ill call em and have them come an pick it up…brilliant.
I work in a manufacturing. This is the particular field that I work in. Part of my duties include ordering and maintaining tooling and equipment. Everything I look at has its own schedule to be maintained.
You should have a booklet where you note down the serial numbers of every piece of kit that you own from computer parts to refrigerators. Keep it up-to-date. If something is ever stolen, you can file a report online with the serial number. It's a long shot, but auction houses and pawn shops do check these databases, and if your item shows up you can get it back.
Holy “5 Minute Crafts”! I’ve had my Milwaukee for two years and just put todays date on it. They honored the warranty. Great hack!
Milwaukee has a 5 year warranty
We engrave our company name on it.
Write the date of purchase and serial numbers on the box. The empty box goes into a locker.
It's mostly for the grinders. Welders are a lot harder on grinders than most folks.
Most of my dewalt tools have the manufacture date stamped on them somewhere
I think the company is gonna wanna show a proof of purchase instead of a hand written date on the tool. Lol
I agree i also do that with batteries. I own a small flooring company. We tend to think we just bought something and its new but really its couple years old. they have been charged every day for 2 years.
IDK about other brands but DeWalt definitely has that info already on the tool or battery.
Done this forever.
Reminds me (and others) that I didn’t buy all my tools overnight.
And makes it easier when lending tools.
Good tip! Simple is always better!
My little trick is to buy nothing battery-powered in the first place! It's corded or gas-powered. I don't have to wait for batteries to charge or worry if I can still get a replacement battery from a company that may or may not be in business anymore or has discontinued a product. More power and reliability are what I'm concerned with more than convenience. The lifespan of the tools used, I believe, gas and electric, would last way longer.