I'll agree with that Max..... tools are often listed as "dispensable" when
crews are involved. Private craftsmen will use the more expensive tools. For
99% of the amateur back-yard carpenters... a DeWalt or a Porter Cable is not
only overkill but many tools have adjustments and features that will never
be used by someone building a doghouse or bird feeder.

Bob strikes me as the type of person to have a Hilti gun and no clue as to
how to use it.... for the sole purpose to claim he has professional grade
tools. Next he'll claim he only buys Milwaukee Tools!

BTW: DeWalt has bought B&D. I go to their store and they have it divided
up..... the orange B&Ds are on the right. The yellow DeWalts are on the
left. I buy the Dewalt refurbished tools at half the price of a new model
and buy all the bits and blades from the B&D side since they are
interchangeable. I saw two router bit kits... both identical in size, shape
and type of bits... one in a yellow case [DeWalt] was $80 and the one in the
orange case [B&D] was $50. I asked the clerk what the difference was between
the two.... he said the colour of the case and the price. Bob would have
bought the yellow case.... I bought the orange one. ;-D

CM



"Maxprop" wrote in message

| The group that just installed my new soffits and fascia all used Ryobis.
I
| asked the company owner about them. His reponse was that he had used
DeWalt
| (made by Black and Decker, for the most part) and Porter Cable
| driver/drills, and the workers kept dropping them and destroying them. So
| he switched to Ryobis to cut his losses. And he said they've actually
| worked just as well. No problems of any nature that he hadn't already
| incurred with the more expensive drills. Of course his workers drop them,
| too, so how long he uses them before replacing 'em is anyone's guess.
|
| Dewalt, Makita, Porter Cable and Some B&D are good products
|
| I'm no fan of B&D, but I think you get what you pay for. If your duty
cycle
| is consumer, not professional, a B&D drill or whatever may last for
decades.
| If you use 'em everyday, all day, they won't hold up.
|
| Max
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