In 2001, I purchased a set of DeWalt 18v tools that included the typical
drill, light, "sawzall" (dunno what DeWalt calls them) and a couple other
battery tools.
Outside of the drill, the "sawzall" is probably the handiest and most used
of those tools. I use it frequently to trim palm fronds, cut up windfall
and have even been with a neighbor using it to cut up several old bookcases
so they could be hauled away. It's one of those tools that just keeps going
and going. Especially nice is the lever-action device that secures the
blade in the reciprocating head. One thing I felt that might benefit from
some design work was the swivel foot of the saw. It fastened to the body
with two Phillips screws and required a screwdriver to remove.
My neighbor admired and borrowed my "sawzall" enough that he recently
purchased one for himself. Yesterday, he came over to ask me what the
'button' was on the hand guard. I got my own saw out and sure enough, there
was no button. We looked at the two saws side-by-side and I finally
discovered what it was. DeWalt had installed a release button for the
swivel foot. When depressed you could remove the rod that held the foot.
One additional improvement was several notches in the rod, permitting
adjusting the foot out, away from the saw for depth control.
Nonny
On Jul 28, 10:52=A0pm, "Nonnymus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In 2001, I purchased a set of DeWalt 18v tools that included the typical
> drill, light, "sawzall" (dunno what DeWalt calls them) and a couple other
> battery tools.
>
> Outside of the drill, the "sawzall" is probably the handiest and most use=
d
> of those tools. =A0I use it frequently to trim palm fronds, cut up windfa=
ll
> and have even been with a neighbor using it to cut up several old bookcas=
es
> so they could be hauled away. =A0It's one of those tools that just keeps =
going
> and going. =A0Especially nice is the lever-action device that secures the
> blade in the reciprocating head. =A0One thing I felt that might benefit f=
rom
> some design work was the swivel foot of the saw. =A0It fastened to the bo=
dy
> with two Phillips screws and required a screwdriver to remove.
>
> My neighbor admired and borrowed my "sawzall" enough that he recently
> purchased one for himself. =A0Yesterday, he came over to ask me what the
> 'button' was on the hand guard. I got my own saw out and sure enough, the=
re
> was no button. =A0We looked at the two saws side-by-side and I finally
> discovered what it was. =A0DeWalt had installed a release button for the
> swivel foot. =A0When depressed you could remove the rod that held the foo=
t.
> One additional improvement was several notches in the rod, permitting
> adjusting the foot out, away from the saw for depth control.
Thanks. I've been eyeing one of those for a long time. I have the
circular saw and a couple of drills [*] in that line and was wondering
if that saw was useful.
[*] and radio, work light, vacuum.
On Jul 28, 10:52=A0pm, "Nonnymus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In 2001, I purchased a set of DeWalt 18v tools that included the typical
> drill, light, "sawzall" (dunno what DeWalt calls them) and a couple other
> battery tools.
>
> Outside of the drill, the "sawzall" is probably the handiest and most use=
d
> of those tools. =A0I use it frequently to trim palm fronds, cut up windfa=
ll
> and have even been with a neighbor using it to cut up several old bookcas=
es
> so they could be hauled away. =A0It's one of those tools that just keeps =
going
> and going. =A0Especially nice is the lever-action device that secures the
> blade in the reciprocating head. =A0One thing I felt that might benefit f=
rom
> some design work was the swivel foot of the saw. =A0It fastened to the bo=
dy
> with two Phillips screws and required a screwdriver to remove.
>
> My neighbor admired and borrowed my "sawzall" enough that he recently
> purchased one for himself. =A0Yesterday, he came over to ask me what the
> 'button' was on the hand guard. I got my own saw out and sure enough, the=
re
> was no button. =A0We looked at the two saws side-by-side and I finally
> discovered what it was. =A0DeWalt had installed a release button for the
> swivel foot. =A0When depressed you could remove the rod that held the foo=
t.
> One additional improvement was several notches in the rod, permitting
> adjusting the foot out, away from the saw for depth control.
>
> Nonny
I have a B&D one that came in a tool set. This is a VERY useful
tool. When my last Ranger got nailed I used it to cut away part of
the bumper. Sure glad I had it.
phil
"Nonnymus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In 2001, I purchased a set of DeWalt 18v tools that included the typical
> drill, light, "sawzall" (dunno what DeWalt calls them) and a couple other
> battery tools.
>
> Outside of the drill, the "sawzall" is probably the handiest and most used
> of those tools. I use it frequently to trim palm fronds, cut up windfall
> and have even been with a neighbor using it to cut up several old
> bookcases so they could be hauled away. It's one of those tools that just
> keeps going and going. Especially nice is the lever-action device that
> secures the blade in the reciprocating head. One thing I felt that might
> benefit from some design work was the swivel foot of the saw. It fastened
> to the body with two Phillips screws and required a screwdriver to remove.
>
> My neighbor admired and borrowed my "sawzall" enough that he recently
> purchased one for himself. Yesterday, he came over to ask me what the
> 'button' was on the hand guard. I got my own saw out and sure enough,
> there was no button. We looked at the two saws side-by-side and I finally
> discovered what it was. DeWalt had installed a release button for the
> swivel foot. When depressed you could remove the rod that held the foot.
> One additional improvement was several notches in the rod, permitting
> adjusting the foot out, away from the saw for depth control.
>
> Nonny
I opted for the one that runs all day long with out recharging, it does
however have a long tail.
On Jul 28, 11:52=A0pm, "Nonnymus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In 2001, I purchased a set of DeWalt 18v tools that included the typical
> drill, light, "sawzall" (dunno what DeWalt calls them) and a couple other
> battery tools.
>
> Outside of the drill, the "sawzall" is probably the handiest and most use=
d
> of those tools. =A0I use it frequently to trim palm fronds, cut up windfa=
ll
> and have even been with a neighbor using it to cut up several old bookcas=
es
> so they could be hauled away. =A0It's one of those tools that just keeps =
going
> and going. =A0Especially nice is the lever-action device that secures the
> blade in the reciprocating head. =A0One thing I felt that might benefit f=
rom
> some design work was the swivel foot of the saw. =A0It fastened to the bo=
dy
> with two Phillips screws and required a screwdriver to remove.
>
> My neighbor admired and borrowed my "sawzall" enough that he recently
> purchased one for himself. =A0Yesterday, he came over to ask me what the
> 'button' was on the hand guard. I got my own saw out and sure enough, the=
re
> was no button. =A0We looked at the two saws side-by-side and I finally
> discovered what it was. =A0DeWalt had installed a release button for the
> swivel foot. =A0When depressed you could remove the rod that held the foo=
t.
> One additional improvement was several notches in the rod, permitting
> adjusting the foot out, away from the saw for depth control.
Yeah, it's amazing how much refinement can happen in ten years! ;)
R