Dewalt has recently announced a new FlexVolt 60V Max cordless pipe threader, DCE700, which will be launching in late 2019.
The new Dewalt FlexVolt pipe threader features a brushless motor and is compatible with Ridgid 12R-style die heads. Dewalt will also be launching their own die heads, which will be available separately or as kit.
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The new Dewalt DCE700 cordless pipe threader is designed for fire sprinkler, mechanical, and electrical applications, and can thread black iron pipe, rigid conduit, and more, up to 2 inches.
It has a right-hand thread direction. The dies are made of high speed steel, and the die head materials are made of cast iron.
Features include an E-clutch system, which senses the motion of the tool and shuts down power if necessary, a sealed battery compartment, a low battery LED indicator, and a patent-pending pipe clamp with depth gauge. The clamp and die arm can be used to begin threading without direct contact with the die head.
Dewalt says that the tool is “Tool Connect Tag-Ready,” meaning there’s a convenient spot for their tool inventory/tracking/monitoring accessory.
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Additionally, there is a new FlexVolt battery included in the kits, DCB609G, which features an oil-resistant glass-filled nylon housing. Even though the battery is latched inside a sealed battery compartment box, the enhancements to the FlexVolt battery adds additional protections against corrosive cutting oil.
Pricing
Kits
- DCE700X2 – FlexVolt pipe threader kit: $1699
- DCE700X2K – FlexVolt pipe threader kit with die head kit: $2299
The kits come with (2) DCB609G batteries, a charger, and carrying bag. The kit with die heads comes with a box for the die heads.
Die Heads
- 1/2″, DCE700012: $99
- 3/4″, DCE700034: $99
- 1″, DCE700100: $119
- 1-1/4″, DCE700114: $119
- 1-1/2″, DCE700112: $129
- 2″, DCE700200: $129
ETA: Late 2019
Eric
The batteries are the most interesting part to me, those batteries would work better in an automotive shop environment, like on an impact.
SurvivalSpec
Totally agree with you and that was the first thing I thought too
PHILIP JOHN
Would work for any mechanic… so you can buy it for your high torque gun.
But in pipe threading… there is oil on every job!
Nathan
nifty.
more interested in the battery now. would love to see that move to other dewalt batteries. Especially the 20V line. I could see that useful for the automotive uses. I worry about getting things like brake fluid or transmission oils on mine now.
I dont use anything like that but I especially like that they accept what appears to be a standard die set. really smart there.
Travis
DeWalt batteries are available in a rugged plastic that resists oil/chemicals and has rubberized overmolding on the bottom of the battery. They are MAC Tools branded DeWalt 20v batteries.
Altan
Yes, you are right, Mac tools have them but they are not available everywhere that is why it is not well known.
I call this tool a tool and not a toy, something serious. Congratulations DeWALT!
fred
Pipe threading oil can have sulfur compounds included in the formulation. This helps lubricated the dies and ease the cutting process. I suspect that the formulation would also wreak some havoc on the battery and contacts.
It does not appear that the Milwaukee variant has done anything similar to protect the battery – but I may be wrong
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Plumbing-Installation/Threading/2874-20
Robert watts
Try REMS Spezial. Spray oil or in containers. No sulfur.
david arcand
All battery casing plastics have some sort of nylon reinforced plastics. PRO tools and batteries use PA6-GF30 usually and cheaper tools like RYOBI use PA6-GF15. Maybe the Milwaukee batteries already have the appropriate plastic blends ? ? Or maybe dewalt has a higher percentage of nylon ? like PA6-GF45
JoeM
…I want to say something immensely intelligent, but I can’t get this joke out of my head…
…Now I know what happens when a Chainsaw, and a Grinder make a Baby that goes into the Trades when it grows up… And I will never get that image out of my head…
And, no offence intended to those in the plumbing profession who would use these… but is it truly worth 2 grand for a tool so specific to a single step of the job? Threading is important, and key to a great many jobs, I get that… but isn’t this step a few seconds at a time? The separate case for the heads makes a lot of sense, the new batteries for tools that use lubricants makes a lot of sense, I get all that… I’m just a little unsure what makes up the REST of the $1500 worth of tool for that.
Honestly… Plumbers out there… Fill me in here, please? Where’s that price coming from? I’d be just as confused about paying $20 for a toothpick, or $5000 for a pair of gloves… It just seems astronomically high to me. Where am I wrong here?
Jim P.
Pipe threading is mostly used in commercial fire sprinkler and electrical rigid conduit. Manual pipe threading is an option but very time consuming. If all you are doing is threading pipe all day, an electric threader is well worth it. This is not a tool for everyone and is more common in commercial work.
Wish I had one on a project last year. Had 4 runs of 1.5″ rigid pipe to run 150 feet and it was a job manually threading the few we had to do.
Robert watts
Get real threading is used for gas , hydronic heating and many other applications. When they refer to mechanical, that’s mechanical contracting which occurs in just about every commercial project around the world.
office towers, multi family government, military chemical plants, airports, schools etc. etc.
Dewalt should explain that so people don’t confuse a mechanics job with plumbers and gas fitter., steam fitters.
JMoe grow up.
J
fred
The Milwaukee looks like its a bit cheaper at $1400 for the bare tool and case – but expect that there will be discounts/deals on both from time to time.
In our Plumbing business, we had corded Ridgid versions ( a few different models) that seem to sell in the range of $1200 to $1400 – and we had transportable threading machines from Oster and others – that we’d bring out to big hi-rise jobs.
When I was a helper – some 60 years ago – there were only the hand threader stock and die sets and the bigger machines. I’d sometime spend most of the day cutting and threading pipe by hand – making for aching muscles in places I did not know I had muscles. Learning about the trade was good – but I decided that going to university and then owning a business was a better career goal than threading pipe for a living.
Threaded pipe is not as ubiquitous as it once was – but still finds application. I guess it is in part that limited market for this tool (as opposed to say a cordless drill) that adds to its cost.
fred
I should have said that when I was doing my pipe threading – the old-timers on the job said that we youngsters had it easy – since their old Nye threaders did not have a ratcheting mechanism – but rather looked more like a giant version of a die stock for machine screws or bolts. Two men were needed to swing the beast around on a larger pipe – each pushing or pulling on handles set 180 degrees apart.
Andy
A corded Ridgid power threader such as the Model 700 threader run $1400+. So this isn’t bad at all. We thread 3/4″ conduit up to 2″ rigid pipe where I work, out in the field. One 2″ thread is unpleasant by itself, hence the power units.
Jeremiah a Ducate
I think the corded ridgid version costs about $1200-$1400. And should last a 30 year career with some brush changes if not overly abused. A manual version costs about 500 to 700+with dies. A nice bench type threader can easily Easily 5000+.
IMO a $1200 drywall sander is ridiculous bit im sure pro’s who finish drywall everyday find a festool carvex to be a great investment that pays for itself
JoeM what is your profession so we can find something that you pay too much for, yet saves you time and money in the big picture and makes you money in the long run.
Altan
You should not forget that in the business world when they make a new tool they don’t put the price based on the cost, they calculate everything and they know if you do a lot of specific work on daily basis how much is going to be the labour cost and there is where they start to work on…. at the end a new tool should bring a bit of the profit to the buyer but most of it to the brand… I do treat the brand the same way I would say, I calculate everything and I have to get a good profit out of a newly purchased tool otherwise I am a real Turk and if I feel a bit of abuse I delete the brand so easily from my life. I have already started to think of switching to Festool/Fein from DeWALT, I want Festool quality tools from DeWALT, if Festool makes and sells that means DeWALT can definitely do better than Festool, but I do believe tool market is a negotiated market between the brands and the brands do clarify some borders for each brand this just makes them look like competitors, but behind the doors the story is different, sometimes there would be some exemptions to make it look natural of course, but rarely.
Kent
I work for a general contractor on commercial sites so while I don’t use these I work with the ladies and men who do daily and I see where they would come in handy. The job we are working on now I a complete Reno on a bank and there are very few power sources to plug into, coupled with there is just no room inside to set up the threader the plumbers have to set up outside where there is no close outlets so they have to run 200’ of cord to plug in their threader and now trades are tripping over cords and people are unplugging them to steal the outlet so yeah I see the appeal.
Jay k.
Is it me or does it seem DeWalt lately seems to be a day late and a dollar more…
Eric
Both lines are missing things. Dewalt is missing a hydraulic impact driver, Milwaukee is missing lasers, etc. Both lines go tit for tat often. One will come out with something, and then the other comes out with it pretty quickly after.
Josh Walters
Milwaukee and dewalt prioritized different trades, Milwaukee went for plumbers and made their pex guns, dewalt went for Carpenters with cordless nail guns and the rear handle circular saw. (Something Milwaukee was way too late for) Now each are filling out their line ups.
fred
Here’s a link to Acme’s page fro preordering the Milwaukee:
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/milwaukee-2874-22hd
One of the Milwaukee photos – seems to show one-hand operation – with the pipe clamped in a tripod vise and spray lubricant being used. More often the job is a 2 person operation – one person with 2 hands on the threader – and a helper squirting oil from an oil bucket like this:
https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/reed-mfg-06150r
Corey Moore
Does an earlier release somehow prevent any other manufacturers from ever being able to make a good tool? Since there’s plenty more than Fords to buy, I’m gonna hazard a guess that the answer is, no. Prefer whatever brands you like, but try to reserve sh!t talking for some kind of actual point.
MrWeedley
Ford was 11 years late getting into the automobile game?
fred
First to market may have some value in capturing some early adopters and establishing your brand as an innovator – but it is not the end all and be all.
Those that come later may not just provide copies that pale in comparison to the original – but may also offer incremental or even major improvements on the first designs. In this case, Dewalt seems to have added their special battery housing to prevent cutting fluid intrusion. It looks like introduction of the tools into the market may only be weeks apart in timing – so while “bragging rights” may go to Milwaukee – both tools will likely garner a fair sales volume.
In the case of Karl Benz versus Henry Ford – the auto companies that now bear their names still seem successful in their own rights – even though Benz’s first 4 wheeled gasoline powered car introduced in 1891 was some 17 years earlier to the market than Henry Ford’s Model T.
Corey Moore
Look at that, I learn something new every day lol thanks, guys ?
Jay k.
The point is: if your in the trades and already invested in one brand, it make a huge difference money wise. You must have lots of money and time to use foul language on posts… Just look at dewalts flexvolt mudmixers(plural)…
D.P.Sharma
Nice instruments
Steven
Threading pipe is becoming less and less within our company. We have transitioned to viega/apollo mega press black iron fittings and could not be happier about the end result. Pressing is super fast and with anything, proper prep and tests yield a better result over thread.
We press right up to the gascock and thread precut nipples to appliance.
Uou cannot escape threaded connections, so we prethread longer pieces and cut them down on site. I have pressed 1/2 all the way to 2” @ 2psi gas and not a single failure. May not be for every gasfitter, but is the smartest decision to increase efficiency and reduce labor hours.
fred
From your lips to God’s ears – or at least to the writers/enforcers of local codes.
We grew our business to work in parts of several different states that included counties, towns, municipalities and cities with different codes. We had a subsidiary that was a union-shop working mostly in one city. Per code, we were threading red brass copper water pipe and installing CI bell-and spigot waste lines in that city – long after moving to more modern systems elsewhere. 100 years from now we may look upon threaded pipe as ancient history just as we think about the lead pipe that gave plumbers their name.
Steven
For sure. The use of older methods(not horrible in there right) are becoming incompatible with todays speed/cost requirements.
Labor is always a massive obstacle, get that down, you will offset the material cost and have more time in the day for billable time on other tasks….its a win win.
To anyone who doubts pressed systems do not balk it till you try it.
Robert watts
Get real threading is used for gas , hydronic heating and many other applications. When they refer to mechanical, that’s mechanical contracting which occurs in just about every commercial project around the world.
office towers, multi family government, military chemical plants, airports, schools etc. etc.
Dewalt should explain that so people don’t confuse a mechanics job with plumbers and gas fitter., steam fitters.
JMoe grow up.
J