[AT] chop-saw

[charlie hill]

Yes Mattias, I like Makita also.  Don't know about Festool.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mattias Kessén
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 1:02 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] chop-saw

Yes Hitachi is the choice if you don't go for Makita or festool, in
professional tools. But if it is a tool used twice a year go for el cheapo.
It will almost outlast you and if not there is 1-3 years of warranty, no
questions asked and some of it is as good or the same as a professional
tool.

Mattias
Den 30 dec 2012 18:54 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> Mattias,  you make a good point.  I have a garden tiller that has a bad
> carburetor on it.
> I could buy a new carb but I don't like the setup it has with the carb
> attached to the fuel tank.
> I'm going to do one of two things to it.  Take a small engine carb from
> something else and put on
> it and try to get it to run right or, if that doesn't work, I'll buy a
> $99.00, 5 hp engine from Harbor Freight.
>
> As far as Milwaukee tools go,  10 or 15 years ago you couldn't beat their
> professional line of drills, hole shooters
> and screw shooters but they are expensive and so are the repair parts.
> Hitachi makes stuff just as good for less money.
> I've never used their cordless stuff.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mattias Kessén
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:30 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] chop-saw
>
> Charlie,
> Good is good...
> Amen to that.
> We don't have HF but equal.
> I don't know about cord operated Milwaukee machinery but their batteries
> are junk, I'd rather buy the cheapest crap from China then you at least 
> get
> what,you pay for åt minimum. Sometimes much more. A few years ago we 
> bought
> a China gas engine for a vibrator. Third the price of a Honda one. It 
> looks
> like a Honda but in that environment most engines would be dead by now but
> it still works.
>
> Mattias
> Den 30 dec 2012 18:14 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:
>
> > Don I see your point and to some degree I agree with it but when you
> > brother
> > bought the HF
> > saw he didn't have one and he got the HF unit for about one weeks rental
> > bill for one from a
> > rental tool place.  He got 2 years of "a lot" of use out of it.  I'd say
> > it
> > was a bargain.  Now,
> > was he wise to buy the Milwaukee?  Yes but I can't say he was foolish to
> > buy
> > the HF saw.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don Bowen
> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:30 AM
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > Subject: Re: [AT] chop-saw
> >
> > On 12/30/2012 7:06 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> > > Anyone here ever use a metal chop-saw form Harbor Freight? I’m looking
> > > at
> > > buying one so I can do a little better job at fabricating than using a
> > > torch or reciprocating saw. I would definitely use a name brand blade
> in
> > > it. Your thoughts?
> >
> > My brother bought one a couple of years ago.  He used it a lot. building
> > a log arch among other things.  Not long after the warranty expired he
> > picked it up by the top handle and the saw broke at the pivot.  HF said
> > "tough, out of warranty".  He bought a Milwaukee and it is a much better
> > saw.
> >
> > He keeps the broken HF unit on the wall to remind himself to never buy
> > something from HF with a power cord.
> >
> > --
> > Don Bowen           AD0BR
> > "A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without
> > reserve.
> > In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
> > -Michel De Montaigne 1588
> > http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
> >
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