power tools

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by Frosty, Jun 27, 2011.

  1. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

    *****, ***** . . .

    My flush cutting saw and the pull saw get a lot of use, way cheaper than a Fein and faster. too The flex blades can get in just about anywhere. Don't sand though.

    The problem with multi-use tools is you seem to be forever changing the end tooling. An old friend got one of the early electric drills many years ago, then he added the jigsaw attachment, the circular saw attachment, the sanding kit, the drill press converter etc. He didn't get a lot of work done, spent more time figuring out how to do jobs with the electric gismo and setting it up than I did with my Dad's ancient hand tools once I'd sharpened them up.

    Gotta admit though, power tools are nice to have now I'm getting old and feeble . . .
     
  2. gagepants
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    gagepants Junior Member

    I find that the most useful difference between these saws and other saws is that these can plunge right in to anything. When you need the saw kerf to be right in a place that you can barely access, this tool becomes indispensable, and in the remodeling and restoration business- boats or houses- those moments are pretty common.
     
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  3. ancient kayaker
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    ancient kayaker aka Terry Haines

    Good point.When building something new the parts tend to be cut to size before they are attached, and bench or floor-mounted tools can do the work, but for remodelling or repair they are already in place and access tends to be more of a challenge.
     

  4. Frosty

    Frosty Previous Member

    Well I bought one. I was not impressed with the bosch as it was battery and they didnt have one charged up in the massive power tool shop in Phuket.

    They did have a 220V Worx, I plugged it in and it went Brrrrr but didnt seem like it was doing anything. After driving 400Km from Malaysia to Phuket I didnt feel like going home without one so I shelled out 250 us dollar.

    I tried it a little bit on the hotel bed leg and it looked like it would have done some serious damage had the wife not scolded me for cutting off the bed leg,--- Silly --I wasn't going to cut the whole leg of just a little bit,---women.

    Any way I got it home and whooa what a piece of kit --very impressive ille tell yer.

    It did what I wanted no probs, just seems like it wont when you look at it , but then it bloody well should at 250 dollar.
     
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