Still haven't found a good cordless hammer drill tho. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Discovery of the day: I like battery powered tools > > (It's still early in the day so I might make another discovery or two - > just > be warned.) > > My mother-in-laws (I'm not sure what the correct address is for a lesbian > couple) got me a nice set of battery operated Skil tools as a house > warming. > A (surprisingly, full sized) circular saw, drill (with high-speed and > high-torque setting), spotlight and jigsaw with two batteries. They also > threw in a matching (but corded) sander. > > I'm not sure if I'll give up my manual tools yet (I love my crank drill > and > hand saw) but damn... I needed to cut a 4x4 in half (building a pallet to > keep my comics off the floor) and that circular saw chewed through it. > > Never needed to hunt for an extension cord, worry about cutting through it > or tripping over it and the thing seemed to have all the power it needed. > > I'm sure if I needed to use it for a long period of time that the battery > would fade and annoy but for my purposes (odd jobs around the house) it's > very, very nice. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > >
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