[TheForge] Too much late night TV infomercial

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Speaking of this sort of thing;
There was a guy at the spring CBA conference selling a 4 1/2" angle 
grinder with a really flat, low clearance gear box and a swiveling head. 
Looked very useful but still a new product and industrial priced.

Ron Childers wrote:
> Dan, Amen to that. Cheap tools are not really cheap. I've used and abused an
> old Makita chop saw for ten years and it was used when I bought it. I bought
> an almost new, no-name Chinese pos for an extra and cut almost through one
> piece of car spring and it smoked. Ryan Johnson and I smoked a new one at
> Madison a few years ago cutting strips to make Damascus. The HF battery
> powered drills are worse than worthless for anything that requires more
> torque than your fingers for any time at all. The battery will croak when
> you need it to finish a job.
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> If you want a really good hand-held metal cutting saw, talk to Al McClure.
> That thing has paid for itself many times.
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> Ron C
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan Scheid
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:01 AM
> To: 'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Too much late night TV infomercial
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> I missed the first post but I built my house with an airgun and battery
> operated saw, drill. I have one thing to say--- MILLWAULKEE !!!! the
> sawzall, cut even 1 1/2" bolts.  the saw is a real 6 1/2" blade. The drill
> has great torque. So good battery  tools work great. Cheap .... is cheap.
> Dan Scheid
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