Home Depot has new tool deals of the day, featuring Milwaukee, Dewalt, Ridgid, Ryobi, with a focus on cordless power tool combos and bundles. There are also some Milwaukee mechanics hand tool deals and power tool accessory sets.
To me, it looks like Home Depot is still trying to clear out some of their holiday season inventory. They have the Milwaukee M18 Fuel hammer drill and impact driver combo kit, plus preselected free tool options at a deeper discount than you’ll find in stores.
There aren’t many surprises, but a lot of the deals do look to be good bargains.
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Home Depot’s deals of the day end at 3am ET 1/27/26 unless supplies sell out sooner.
Lowe’s has a deal of the day where you get the Dewalt DWS780 miter saw with a FREE STAND for $499.
This reflects a seasonal discount on the miter saw, with the DWS780 being Dewalt’s flagship AC-powered 12″ sliding miter saw, and you get a folding miter saw stand at no added cost.
Typically, you can expect a discount on the miter saw or a free stand promo, not both.
Lowe’s says the deal ends 1/26/26 (unless supplies sell out sooner).
KC Tool – Deal of the Day on Wera Diamond Rocko screwdriver set
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Acme Tools – Save 10% on Select Metabo and Metabo HPT
Amazon – misc Tools on Sale from Dewalt, Craftsman, Others – there are some okay tool deals mixed in with a lot of junk brands.
fred
Earlier this morning, I used the Acme promo to buy a pair of Metabo Pig tanks (UA3810ABM) for $170.10 each instead of $189
Alexk
I had to look those up, just for the name. They are in a different league than the very basic tank I had. Curious about reasons to get that rather than something like the Milwaukee that is currently on sale for $312 and can run non stop with batteries.
fred
They are going to 2 different recipients – who both have cordless compressors (a Milwaukee M18 and a Makita XGT respectively). An intermediary tank can help smooth out the performance of a small compressor that otherwise not be able to keep up is the demand of a connected air tool. It can also be filled and used independently as a temporary air source – in places you might want to run a compressor.
Alexk
Does one connect a powered compressor to the tank and work off the tank with the compressor cycling on as needed?
Fred, as many have already said, thank you for sharing your history and knowledge.
fred
The compressor is connected to the tank via a ball-valve shutoff. The hose(s) to the tool(s) plugs into the tank’s pressure gauge regulator valve via quick disconnects. The concept is to prefill the tank and run the tool off of it while the compressor and its tanks cycle to try to keep up. In essence the extra tank serves as a buffer. For air hog tools (I’m thinking about the pneumatic sanders we used in the shop) this setup will not replace a large compressor. But it may give you some additional cycle runtime on multiple nailers being fed from a smallish compressor,
Matt_T
That M18 looks to be intended primarily for finish nailers and staplers. It’s not enough tank, cfm or pressure for applications you’d normally use an air pig for.
Alexk
Thanks, Fred and Matt. Love learning new things!
MM
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I just learned about an interesting new (to me) tool, which looks very useful but also appears difficult to source in the US: the “surface router” aka “surface shaver”.
I first stumbled across the Mafell PF 80 & its cordless cousin PF 80-18. Then I found the Metabo LF850.
These look very useful to me, not so much for removing surface finishes, but rather for acting as a flush-trim or “lip” router. The cordless Mafell is especially interesting because the guard at the front can fold up allowing you to work on tenons or rabbets. The guard on the Metabo is a bit different, it allows you to cut with the sides of the wheel but only to a depth of 0.006″, which means it would be great for removing surface finishes from interior 90 degree corners, but it is less useful as a lip router.
I’m curious if anyone knows more about this category of tool. I tried to call Timberwolf (US Mafell distributor) for more information but the gentleman who answered the phone sounded asleep and only said that they “weren’t available in the US”.
fred
Perhaps Metabo has improved their tool – or we had a fluke – but the one we had did not make it through to finish one side of a house we used ours on. Initially the guys said that it seemed to work stripping paint off cedar shakes -but then started vibrating and gouging – finally breaking itself apart. As I recall, we returned it for credit and bought a different tool – that I see is still sold:
https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Variable-Speed-Paintshaver-Pro/dp/B09DM9YBXK
In my home shop – I’ve used a lipping planer (Lamello Cantex) that would likely do what you want – but sadly is no longer made
razl
As someone with a 1912 wood house with lots of paint, and some of it lead, that Paintshaver looks like it’s worth every, single, F’ing, expensive penny.
Alexk
Is the Milwaukee mower on sale? Are you using it to dig out? If so, how is it doing with this much snow.
Any chance of a post on the snow storm and what blowers people are using?
Stuart
Not that I know of. I’m heading outside shortly, will provide an update as soon as I can.
Andy
Ego 24” 2 stage (SNT2400) snowblower with a pair of 10ah batteries.
Had no problems with ~10” of snow when I cleared my driveway this morning. The plowbank was taller than the snowblower and it chewed thru that no problem.