Comments on: Makita’s Unshakable Saw http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dave http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-291058 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:46:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-291058 For me, a bit more weight for much less vibration is a great trade off. The saw is much faster because it does not seem to jump around in my hands as much, along with the orbital sawing motion in the saw. _Fine Homebuilding_ did a test of every saw on the market (including Hilti) around January 2006 and the 2 Makita saws tested came out best saw and best value. I saw a sales rep at a demonstration take the blade out of the saw, turn it on and stand it on a table and it did not hop around. Home Depot has these saws now so you can compare things easily. For me, a bit more weight for much less vibration is a great trade off. The saw is much faster because it does not seem to jump around in my hands as much, along with the orbital sawing motion in the saw.
_Fine Homebuilding_ did a test of every saw on the market (including Hilti) around January 2006 and the 2 Makita saws tested came out best saw and best value. I saw a sales rep at a demonstration take the blade out of the saw, turn it on and stand it on a table and it did not hop around. Home Depot has these saws now so you can compare things easily.

]]> by: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283874 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:11:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283874 Re: Greg Says: Its better than any sawzall I’ve ever used. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How so? And what sawzalls have you used? Re:
Greg Says:
Its better than any sawzall I’ve ever used.
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How so?

And what sawzalls have you used?

]]> by: Greg http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283664 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:46:35 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283664 Its better than any sawzall I've ever used. Its better than any sawzall I’ve ever used.

]]> by: Fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283247 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:51:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/18/makitas-unshakable-saw/#comment-283247 While we have not replaced any of our Milwaukee Sawzalls with this model - I recall that I saw very good reviews of it in Fine Homebuilding - some time back. The only negative things I've seen is that its a bit heavy - and theere have been some users who complain about blade breakage. I had thought to buy a few when our Sawzalls get too long in the tooth - and would be interested in hearing about on-the-job performance. While we have not replaced any of our Milwaukee Sawzalls with this model - I recall that I saw very good reviews of it in Fine Homebuilding - some time back. The only negative things I’ve seen is that its a bit heavy - and theere have been some users who complain about blade breakage. I had thought to buy a few when our Sawzalls get too long in the tooth - and would be interested in hearing about on-the-job performance.

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