Good save there Robatoy! Especially since I blame you personally for showing me the way several years ago with a link to the Domino in Europe. But then I showed Swingman the way and maybe Dave. ;~)
Good deal on 12 V drill at local megastore (USA)
Mar 02, 2012
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I have one of the very first 1617EVS routers, I got it in the summer of
1998. The magnesium body was not a problem for me at all however the motor housing oxidized immediately. I cleaned the motor housing up and put TopCote on it IIRC and it has never been a problem in the past 10 or so years. Was the motor housing magnesium too?On 3/2/2012 7:39 PM, snipped-for-privacy@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: Snip
Did you miss the part where I mentioned that I had them fail 3~4 times in addition to once at a WW show???
Good for you!
Reread what I actually said.
Ahhhh well that all makes sense now. The inside of the outer body seldom gets contaminated with your hands touching it inside and probably why I never realized the problem, so to speak. I knew early on about the complaints. I thought only the outer housing was magnesium as the motor body appeared different in color and did not have the magnesium imprint in it.
That's kinda high for a 3/8" corded drill. If it had a 1/2" chuck, maybe.
Cord-less
You are the same guy that jumped into my last thread to give off-topic advice just to brag about your expensive tool. It's no big deal but it is weird IMO.
Which thread would that be?
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