On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:42:37 -0700, the renowned John Larkin
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:37:39 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:07:38 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:50:31 GMT, Jan Panteltje
wrote:

On a sunny day (Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:16:12 -0700) it happened John Larkin
wrote in
:

I avoid battery-powered tools. They are wimpy, and the batteries will die in a
year or two.

You have a cellphone?

Sure, a simple one. I charge it about every other week, and I've
replaced the battery once. But it's not a power tool.

You're not going to get a horsepower or so out of a battery for long,
especially when the battery is two years old.

You're not going to get a "horsepower or so" out of a hand tool.
You're in the stationary tool realm at a HP (Craftsman HPs don't
count).

120 volts, 15 amps is 1800 watts. Lots of circular saws pull 13 amps,
1560 watts.

Cordless circular saws (even small 6.5" ones) are close to useless.

I've got a Hitachi one that came in a kit- cut up few ~2" branches
that were felled by an ice storm and it was already dying.


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