[TheForge] Old Milwaukees

[Ries Niemi]

>
> I did once make a fairly successful RyWaukee chop saw, by putting the 
> motor of the Milwaukee onto the base of the Ryobi which had the cool 
> slide clamp thingy.
>
> Tom Troszak
>
>

Interestingly enough, Ryobi is the company that now owns Milwaukee. 
Ryobi was spun off its Japanese parent company, and is now a Hong Kong 
owned conglomerate. I believe they also own Rigid, but I could be wrong 
about that.
I have some very good older milwaukee tools, but they have been 
slacking off for some years now- I had an old Milwaukee rotohammer that 
served well for over 20 years. About 5 years ago, it broke, and I sent 
it to Milwaukee for repairs- they said parts were no longer available, 
buy a new one.
Which I did, having no choice and needing the tool. And the new 
milwaukee, a Hawk, is a much better tool than the old one, 
functionally. It works better, and quicker, and is lighter. On the 
downside, where the old one was mostly metal, the new one is almost all 
plastic.

ries