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I don't know about you, but I made the switch to cordless tools a few years back
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And there's a number of reasons why I did it. But one of the problems that I have, and I'll bet you you have with your cordless tools
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is that sometimes you don't get the battery life out of them. In other words, they die halfway through a job
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Well, you know what? Sometimes it's not the fault of the battery. It's not the fault of the tool
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You might have the wrong blade or the wrong drill bit. Let's talk saw blades first
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These three circular saw blades look the same, but there's a big difference
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The first thing to notice is that this blade has fewer teeth than the other two
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We use this particular blade for cutting rough wood. This blade has an ultra-thin body, and it has very sharp teeth
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and that's important because that reduces friction as it cuts through the wood
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And reduced friction means longer battery life. This second blade, notice it, and notice that it has many more
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carbide teeth than the first blade And this is a good saw to use when you cut across the grain of lumber and if you want to use it to go ahead and cut non metals thin pieces of aluminum copper and brass
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This final blade is excellent. Look at how many teeth it has. It has probably well over 100 teeth
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This is a great blade to use for cutting pieces of plywood or finished lumber where you want to minimize splintering and chipping
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Finally, let's talk a little bit about drill bits. It doesn't take much to know about these
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things, but pay attention to the packaging and you'll notice that some of them talk about how
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the twisting of the drill bit and the shape and grinding of the drill bit tip is made so that it
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extends battery life. When you get ready to buy your bits and your saw blades for your
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cordless tools, pay attention to the packages. Sometimes you'll actually see markings on the bits
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or the blades that tell you that they extend the battery life of cordless tools. Make sure you
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do that and you'll get lots of battery life which lets you get more work done. I'm going to
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