Kawasaki drills

[The Masons]

Don't buy the cheap no name brand.  I was given a set with a 3/8" drill, 
5.5" skill saw, reciprocating saw, jig saw, flash light charger and 2 
batteries.  New the entire set was excellent.  But at a year old with fully 
charged batteries, the reciprocating saw would not cut off a 3" diameter 
galvanized pipe and the drill died after pushing in 8 deck screws 2.5" long. 
I got out my Dewalt corded saw and cut off the pipe in less than 40 seconds 
and I used a 35 year old B&D corded 3/8" drill to build a deck 20' x 16'.
If I.m buying cordless it will be Dewalt, Makita, Milwalkee, Craftsman or 
Porter Cable.  It was cheaper to buy a lightly used Honda 2400 watt 
generator and use corded tools.

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <scapco at ecentral.com>
To: <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Kawasaki drills


> Thanks Chuck,
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> I did some research on it after the discussion and the
> reviews are hit and miss.  Some get good ones and some get
> crappy ones, it's either a love it or hate it thing.
> Sounds like I got lucky, but you didn't.  When it dies I'll
> probably go back to Craftsman.  I still have a my nice
> 14.4v Craftsman drill, but the batteries died of old age
> and I can buy a new drill for less than what it costs to
> replace them.
>
> Charles S.
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>>Scaps,
>>Keep an eye on that. I bought 6 of them at Costco, for my
>>shop, and they are all dead now. Two fixed under warranty,
>>the rest not worth it. Causes, overheating on the charger
>>(coulda started a fire!) and bad triggers. Made by
>>Alltrade in China.
>>Chuck Driscoll
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