On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:37 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > Those 18 volt batteries are over $100.00 each.
I did read some reviews and it looked like it was a good kit for small jobs, to cut a few 2x4's or a piece of ply wood when needed. Thats all i pretty much do, small jobs. A few said they used it to build a shed, so i figured what the hell. For $130.00 if it gets me through the shed project its worth it. Dave > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
