On 14/08/2011 6:22 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
Actually they are Ryobi, i also have the sawsall. I am quite surprised at the job they can do, so far so good. The circular saw does an ok job on 1/2", 5/8" plywood and 2x4 cuts. It will bind easily if the wood does not stay level but minor nit.
I built most of my house with a 12 volt Mastercraft tool set (made by Ryobi). I did kill the stuff, it wasn't up to the extended hard use I was giving it, but while it worked, it worked well. The sawsall was pretty useless, not for lack of trying, but for lack of trying for very long. I think it would run for about 5 minutes on a fresh battery. I never did make any use of the circ saw, though the one I had was a 5 inch, I think it would jut barely cut a 2x board. IIRC, I killed the drill and the batteries just stopped working, but this was after many months of being charged and then killed half a dozen times a day. The problem with these things is that because of the way they price batteries in Canada, once the battery stops working, the tool has pretty much had it as well.
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