‘Sawzall’ is one of those names that has become the de facto word describing an item made by lots of companies, namely the reciprocating saw. And when you use one, you want it to be nimble, but tougher than a CMU thunder shack.
‘Hey, get the Sawzall’—no matter what brand of recip saw the carpenter is asking for—is about as common a phrase on a job site as ‘get me a Band-Aid’ is around the house when someone actually needs a ‘plastic adhesive strip’ or ‘pop-sicle’ when the person really wants an ‘ice cream novelty’.
At any rate, Milwaukee Tool invented the Sawzall and still calls their long line of recips ‘Sawzall’ to this day. And, not surprisingly, they make a cordless Sawzall that kicks serious butt: The 18-volt battery powered 2630-20, which I have put through paces from deep freezes to every day remodeling.
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[…] it together, you can make the edits (take thing apart) without losing wood or fasteners to the recip saw. Nevermind the time and energy required to take things apart. (It’s so nice, ‘cuz we do […]
George—The photos and model number got mixed up in the editing process. The saw I wrote about above is the Milwaukee 2620-21 Sawzall. The image shown is for the Milwaukee 2630-20 circ saw, which is also a powerhouse tool. The review for that, is right here — http://myfixituplife.com/DIY/cordless-circular-saw-milwaukee/ — We appreciate you checking our work. We’ll do our best to update the images.
You have an article about the Milwaukee M18 sawzall yet show a pic of a circular saw. I could wonder if you know the difference! Might want to change that.
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