Gloat.......

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

I was at the DIY place, they were having a sale......

I picked up this cordless drill, National Panasonic 12V, 30 min charger, two batteries, clutch, two speed, regular $180, on sale for................ $80!!

Yep, one followed me home!

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Life is good!

[Christian Aufreiter]

Yep, one followed me home!

Only one? What's wrong here, Stu?!
Congrats ...

Christian

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Hey Christian, how you doing, long time no see!

Yeah, only one, I'm thinking I should have bought another one....

With two, I'd be set.

My POS Bosch greenie is dying, one battery is dead, dead, dead, the other lasts about 15 minutes......

My good old Ryobi has a battery problem as well........

One stinking battery costs like $100!

I swear the do that so you DON'T buy new batteries, but a new drill.

Maybe I should wander back there tomorrow......

Cheers!

[Brad Townsend]

Thanks for the heads-up Stu. My daughter-in-law is from Kanagawa and her parents are coming over in a couple of weeks. Maybe they could pick one up for me.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Thanks for the heads-up Stu. My daughter-in-law is from Kanagawa and her parents are coming over in a couple of weeks. Maybe they could pick one up for me.

Or two.......

[Julio Navarro]

Was that at the Joyfull Honda DIY store?

I sure wish we had a store like that around here

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Actually no, a place in town that is usually high priced, but I "NEEDED" some sharp 6mm router bits, as the one I was using was tearin up my plywood, closest place I could go, lucky me

Cheers!

[Alan DuBoff]

Nice Stu! Please report back how it works after you use it for a while. I hear good things about the national/panasonic drivers, matsushita seems to have done their homework on that one.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Seems like a good drill, but time will tell.

Got it unpacked, and I used it a bit tonight



The set, I guess I have another case to store somewhere..... :


A neat thing here, there is a bit holder inside the handle, you have access to it when you take the battery out.

Seems to work fine, lots of power, smooth too, but it is new.

For $80, I'm happy!

[Aaron Beaver]

Stu, what the black bar/handle on the side near the base?

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Stu, what the black bar/handle on the side near the base?

Aaron, that is a belt clip, it is in the closed, don't use position.

You unscrew the other side, flip it up, and then screw it back into place, the black bar hooks over your beld.



Only pic I could find.

Works very well!

Cheers!

[Julio Navarro]

Stu:

I noticed on your picture the router has an arrow marked on it, is this the direction the bit turns in, or the direction you push the router in? Or both?

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Stu:

I noticed on your picture the router has an arrow marked on it, is this the direction the bit turns in, or the direction you push the router in? Or both?

Ah............. neither, I think it is the direction I push the wrench to loosen the &%$#"'=$# thing to get the bit out........

[Hugh Jaskok]

Stu:

I noticed on your picture the router has an arrow marked on it, is this the direction the bit turns in, or the direction you push the router in? Or both?

I think it is pointing to the ajustment knob.

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Hey Christian, how you doing, long time no see!

Yeah, only one, I'm thinking I should have bought another one....

With two, I'd be set.

My POS Bosch greenie is dying, one battery is dead, dead, dead, the other lasts about 15 minutes......

My good old Ryobi has a battery problem as well........

One stinking battery costs like $100!

I swear the do that so you DON'T buy new batteries, but a new drill.

Maybe I should wander back there tomorrow......

Cheers!

Stu, check out the battery rebuilders... I don't know how much shipping would kill you but you could get your batteries rebuilt to better than new!