[TheForge] Cordless drills

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I'll second that low opinion of Milwaukee's (chinese?) cut off saw Ralph.
 I bought  a couple of their overpowered 4 1/2"  angle grinders and 
they've been back to the company 3 times....one of them remains dead 
with a broken motor shaft they wouldn't replace and the second  is  just 
plain loud and vibrates a lot. The bearings  in the front end dissolved 
and when I replaced them it was clear that the originals were miserable 
quality. The whole story is much longer.
My old Milwaukee tools still run fine and are worth repairing...the new 
ones seem to be POS. Too bad, they were a good company before they were 
bought out...same old story.
Here we go, following the Brit Empire down the tubes. Tisk...............PF


alph Sproul wrote:

>Pete,  I've had good luck with screw shooters, drills and sawzalls from
>Milwaulkee.
>
>............But I wouldn't give you ten cents for one of their skill saws.
>They were hard to hold, hard to adjust the height on, and the guards stuck
>open, along with the base not being parrallel to the blade - so you couldn't
>use it with a cutting fence.   Other than that they were great.  :-(
>
>I purposely threw one off the roof one day and when it smashed to pieces on
>the driveway below I was never happier.  I could then go get a saw that
>worked.  So there is a fine product testimonial for their skill saws.
>
>I haven't heard much good about thier abraisive cut off saws either.  Under
>powered piece of ........! is what was heard most.
>
>Ralph
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cordless drills
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>>Milwaukee no longer appears to honor it's "guaranteed for life" claim,
>>and for good reason as their new stuff doesn't stand up, for me anyway.
>>They kept failing long before the brushes were worn and wanted to charge
>>big time for repair. My old ones still work fine.
>>A distinction should be made between consumer grade tools and industrial
>>tools. The former won't last under our dainty mitts for very long..
>>With any tool, how far you drop them onto what surface and what part
>>hits first matters for some reason....i speak from experience
>>unfortunately......Pete F
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>>The Millers wrote:
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>>>Most of the construction tradesmen I work around swear by Milwaukee,
>>>Porter Cable or Metabo.
>>>
>>>I had an old Makita that was semi-indestructable, and currently have a
>>>couple of DeWalts.
>>>
>>>Or if you want to make a habit of being hard on them go the Central
>>>Electric route...........just kidding..
>>>
>>>Ray
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>>>On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at 02:55  PM, Kevin D wrote:
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>>>>Folks,
>>>>
>>>>My cordless Dewalt drill took a three foot fall (on concrete)
>>>>yesterday and
>>>>just pretzelled something bad.  I recall seeing some add for a brand
>>>>that
>>>>was dropped from 12? feet and still useable.  Anybody remembers who
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>that
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>>>>might be, or have some recommendations?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Kevin Donahoe
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