At 07:09 PM 3/26/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote: >As a tradesman, I couldn't possibly recommend ANYTHING by Ryobi or >Black & Decker. > >You get what you pay for. Go with Porter-Cable, Rockwell, Bosch, >Milwaukee or Makita. Sure -- but you don't necessarily need to get industrial quality to have a good tool, a lot depends on how much you'll use it. Porter-Cable and Black & Decker are made by the same people, incidentally. I've used my Porter-Cable $200 battery drill a good deal for many years and it's in great shape. The bearings on my $35 Black & Decker "skilsaw" I'm pretty sure are rated for an operating life of about one hour, which is about what I've put on it in ten years. I bet I can buy a set of bearings for it for $10. And it's a bunch lighter than a worm-drive Milwaukee, too.
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" |
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