On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:14:27 -0600, the infamous "Max" scrawled the following:
Corded drills have clutches now? L, I B.
141 or 142, Max? I'm looking at the 141 for the brute force lifetime of its 3AH batts.
I've got/had Makita, Ryobi, and Craftsman. The Craftsman was the best over-all. But my corded drill is the same weight as the heaviest of the 3 and will throw me off the ladder if it gets jammed where none of the battery units is in any danger of affecting my balance or my wrist.
Just bought a new 1'2" Makita - corded.
18V: 1 - BDF452 (1.5AH) 1 - BHP451 (3AH) 1 - BTP 140 (3AH)
Max
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:36:19 -0600, the infamous "Max" scrawled the following:
OH, a wise guy, eh? Muchos Makitas, senior.
Do you find that you run out of battery a lot with the 452?
"Larry Jaques" wrote
Um.....well, the 3AH does tend to spoil me. But if I'm into a fairly big job, I keep the charger handy. {:-) (I have spare batteries for them)
Max
Aww shoot Keith, don't get me wrong I've got plenty-o-craftsman tools and some dandies too. I especially like my wrenches. I also have a 2
1/2" 16 gauge nailer I can't kill. Although pretty, that particular model router in the picture spit out it's bits. I had another one a feller gave me did the same thing too. They might of been overused by the time I got my grubby paws on 'em though. Friend of mine only buys the 3 1/4 horse craftsman routers for his line of work.RP
My brand new Porter-Cable also spit out its bits until I cleaned the collet. Go down to a gunshop and get a pistol rod and .25 and .50 caliber brushes and jags (make sure they fit the rod), and some patches, and give them a good scrub with lacquer thinner. If that doesn't help then get new collets--they're not horribly expensive.
Too late for that, she hit the dumpster a coupla' years ago. Good tip though. I also use a little slice of scotchbrite with mineral spirits every once in awhile to clean things up. Especially the PC 7518 in the router table. Its gets used a lot.
RP
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