Nice upgrade. Looks like a pretty high capacity battery.
It's really great not to have to hassle with a cord. In my youth, I managed to saw right through the cord. The patch job was a constant reminder.
I have a 40 year old Craftsman, with 3 splices in the cord for the same reason. A year ago I found a much newer one for $35 at a garage sale. The old one is now more retired than I am.
yes you are correct, the battery cost more than the saw if you buy the battery straight up. There are ways to get it a bit cheaper by buying combos or with promos. as for run time? this thing goes for days
Top of the toys Tony! Use an older model at work and the High Demand battery (4.0?) lasts. The newer model battery High output is suppose to be better with 9000 more cells allowing more power and cooler running. Depending on your usage 12.0 ah may last you 12 months! :laugh2: Your toy has a lot more metal and the dust port is a big plus. Enjoy!
Good on you, Tony, you are going to like that saw. Good brand too, I hope you kept the other one too for the small jobs. Now you can do some serious framing.
Herb
I got the 6 1/2" one for "free" when I bought a drill/driver combo about 3 years ago. I had a choice between it, a sawzall, or a jigsaw I think. I didn't think I'd use it that much but it is handy not dragging the cord around and where power isn't handy. You do need bigger batteries for one. I got a couple of 4 Ah ones off ebay for $29 plus change each.
It has a bit to do with which battery you have on it. With a really large battery it gets up there close to corded models I'd say. With a small battery they're fairly light. One of the big issues with using a corded model, at least with me, it that it seems like I'm constantly getting the cord bound up in something half way through a panel or if I'm trying to drag one around with me.
At $449, a serious investment but with such great performance well worth it among many other lackluster battery powered carpentry tools. If you get a full day out of it a spare batt isn’t needed...nice.
Left over from the "I work for a living" days, I have two full cordless sets (Makita and Panasonic), a cordless Dewalt drill [with the best tool-less chuck of them all] and about seven corded drills, including a couple Bosch impacts, a couple Milwaukee angle drills, a monster Porter Cable (a paint and drywall mud stirring beast) and at least three small drills.
Every one of them has their place. The cordless drills and drivers get used nearly every day. However, on the matter of drills, for jobs where there is power and the drill is going to be working all day, like you would a Milwaukee hole saw for pipes and wires, I'll take the corded any day, nuisance that their cords be.
Too, if you are doing a lot of pocket holes, you'll get cleaner cuts with the higher speed corded drills than with even the best cordless.
It's a bit like my corded Makita chain saw for working within range of an outlet - it starts every time I pull the trigger, unlike even the Sthils I've had over the years (thanks idiots who pretend changes to gas are good and for the environment).
Regarding pocket holes , I wasn’t aware that a higher speed drill would provide a better outcome .
Dang I hate to buy a corded drill at this point
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