Every so often, a manufacturer releases a product that’s so on-point that their brand name becomes synonymous with the tool itself. Here in the South, lots of people call any soda a Coke. But all around the U.S., people call their reciprocating saw a Sawzall.
The Sawzall name belongs to Milwaukee, however, and they recently announced their latest update to the classic multi-purpose saw in the form of two new versions: one with a 3/4″ stroke for cutting in tight spaces and another with a 1-1/8″ stroke for heavy demolition.
Both models will feature a 12-amp motor, clutch to protect gears and motor life (when the blade sticks on something nasty), and Milwaukee’s Quik-Lok tool-free blade clamp. And for those of you tired of numb hands and elbows, the new Sawzalls include a counter-weighted mechanism to reduce vibration — important when it’s pushing out 3,000 strokes per minute.
Street pricing starts around $120 for both the short-stroke model (the 6509-31) and the long-stroke (the 6519-31), and both weigh in right at 7.3 pounds. These are, of course, corded models.
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My sawzall is so old that it has lock on switch. Other than replacing the cap screw that holds the blade, it is the most reliable corded tool I own. Hands down this far outperforms any similar cordless.The only way anyone gets this away from me is from “my cold dead hands”. What amazes me is the price is pretty much the same as it was 30 years ago
One of the reasons tools get get a name sake, is that they last. Like SKil saw…….Crescent Wrench…..and a Sawzall…. good tools that last and make a name, become the industry standards….
ShopMonger
I have a old one too and I will never give it up.I bet the new model is made in China??.I recently bought a angle drill from them,good old red colour but I was a bit dissapointed it was made in China.Do they make anything in the USA now??
@Mickey Rat
We buy quite a bit of the Milwaukee product line. I’ve noticed that a few of their circular saws (10-1/2 inch sidewinder) carried “assembled in Mexico” labels on the box. Their M12 line – which we like a lot – all seems to hail from China. We bought a couple of their cordless caulking guns – that said made in USA. We bought some6394-21 7-1/4 SAWS – that said China. I think their sawzall blades, bandsaw blades and abrarasives are still made in the USA — and so it goes. TTI (Milwaukee’s parent) like many others farm their work out – looks like more and more of it to Chinese manufacturing.
Does anybody know if the older models can be retrofitted with the Quik-Lok tool-free blade clamp?
Yes, contact Milwaukee tool, they sell as a spare part, the newer quik type clamp or you can buy the good ol’ fashion allen key clamp. Any of their sawzalls can interchange with this part.
The only news worthy update would be if they were made in the USA again.
The blades are good except that they dip them in paint and its so thick that I have to scrap it of the shank for it to slide into my mexican made DeWalt recip saw.
Johnnyp, I still use the one I bought in 1980. I had to fix the switch about 20 years ago, and even now it growls a little as long as it’s plugged in, and the blade guard’s pretty chewed up, but it cuts just fine. Milwaukee used to sell a cheap flush-cutting adapter for them, and I’ve still got mine somewhere.
Some of the things I have used my zawsaw for the last ten years, I should be ashamed of. But, except for a few broken blades, it never failed me.