hi there all –
so I was in the Hilti store today buying some core bits and one of the customers brought in his 20 Year old Hilti for repair. I asked what he did for maintence, etc and he told me he opens it up every 200 holes drilled and cleans it up, etc and it’s lasted 20 years with no issues.
Just curious to see if any of ya’ll have tools that just won’t die. I’ve spent quite a bit money on Hilti tools over the last year (small & big hammer drills), 2 PAT guns and I’ve got my eyes on their Diamond Core Rig Sytems.
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My makita 12v cordless drill (the first generation of the new design). Anyway, can't even remember how many times it has taken a fall.... more than 15 or so and some from significant heights (more than 10 feet). Great tool. Been really anal about my batteries and I'm still on the originals.
Love that tool.
Rob Kress
I'd love to get a description of how you maintain your battery. My Dewalt 18V died after a year.
Makita 9.6. 6 years. One of the three batteries is original and still takes a charge. Was flashing vents on a steel roof last weekend. DW on the ladder handing tools. Didn't want to slide the drill down to her so threw it out into the driveway knowing that it would survive, since it has already survived similar falls. Still runs great.
Does a 1954 Porter-Cable Model 100 router that I picked up used for $7, put new bearings in, and use regularly, count?
Bill Houghton
I've got a 1/2" Black & Decker drill that I can't kill. Pisses me off. It slips out of gear while you're using it, but still works, so I can't throw it away. I drill into concrete with it and throw some gloves on so I can stand the heat generated from the motor, dust collecting in the casing, thrown it off the roof a couple of times. Won't die. I hate this tool.
Scott
A Black and Decker mod 3102 HD Sabre Saw. All aluminum body, seperate speed switch. Don't know the age (old) but the service center phone numbers have letters for the first 2 digits.
Today it would be called a reciprocating saw ala Sawzall.
I like using it as it can do real accurate work or it can EAT UP some wood.
SamT
Sleepless in Columbia.
Diurnal rhythm? What songs did they do?
Edited 6/27/2003 11:58:06 PM ET by SamT
About twenty years ago Makita had a "free labor on repairs" deal. I had just seen the offer and happened into a pawn shop. I bought a very trashed looking Makita sheetrock screw gun for $20 that didn't work. Sent it in for a free repair. Still works fine.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Hilti TE5 hammer drill. Looks like death warmed over and runs like new. Two large Craftsman vacs. Dirt, concrete, plaster, whatever. One of thems going on about 16 years now. Replaced a caster last year.
"The child is grown / The dream is gone / And I have become / Comfortably numb " lyrics by Roger Waters
Delta Unisaw -- It did need a new motor after 62 years, though. And we changed the belts every 20 - 25 years whether they needed it or not.
-- J.S.
My Unisaw is a 1946 according to the serial number. Had an air compressor from 1950 until recently, but sold it because I was moving to a building that had 2 compressors there. 3 phase too, so no good at home.
Joe H
ATD 1/2" drive deep impacts sockets. They've been used 5-6 days a week for about 15yrs now, most of that time on a Snap-On 600lb-ft gun.
Can't kill 'em.
Mike
7" Milwaukee circular saw. Barely any paint left but still runs great. I don't ask it to do things a 7" saw shouldn't do.
My PC router(3 1/4 hp) used the heck outta it building kitchens (one was out of hickory) along with the doors and drawers for them as well as other things molding ect and it wont die. It did run rough so I had the bearings replaced and its the bomb again running like new. Much like my delta 12 1/2" planer I ran alot of wood through that thing over the last 5 years or so Ive owned it and its just keeps working. i do wish it would die so I can get the 13" but man I would buy another inna heart beat.
Darkworks: No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.
So Ron, what's wrong with having two planers?
Joe H
Hmmm now that you mentioned it ..:>)
Darkworks: No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.
I've got several old aluminum bodied Black and Decker tools (before they went to the dogs) handed down from my grandfather (built in the 40's I imagine). Straight shaft grinder, 1/2" drills (deadly torque), weird designed recip saw, jig/sabre saw. I got them after my father punished them for 30 years. No maintenance aside from replacing the cord every few hundred hours.....
Of more recent vintage, Paslode 15 ga finish nailer. I got one used 18 years ago and a 'new' one 15 years ago. I only replace the O rings every time the driver snaps. ITheir days are numbered though, Paslode realized they didn't plan it's obsolescence very well and stopped producing drivers about 3 years ago. When I heard the news I bought out 2 local tool shops worth of driver stock (9 in all). Once they are gone I'll have to recycle the bodies for aluminum and buy a new trim nailer....
MG
Longest owned tool that I use on regular basis is my 3 HP Maita plunge router- bought it in '83 and still runs strong (it's a bear to lug at the jobsite- you give and you take !!)
8" Black & Decker circular saw. My mom bought it for my dad in 1959 as an anniversery present. I started using it daily in '91, still pull it out every so often when the guys start complaining about how heavy my DW saw is.
Chicago Pneumatic 1/2" impact wrench dad bought in '67. I love running lag bolts into P.T. lumber with that thing. Takes me back to rebuilding engines with the "old man" when I was a kid.
EARTH FIRST, We'll Log The Other Planets Later.