"RichardS" noaccess@invalid wrote in message
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Quick company recap (from memory)....

Atlas Copco are a very large industrial tool group - they do huge
compressors, mining tools, big pneumatic stuff, etc.

They're a group, and have a number of brands and operating companies, the
ones of interest to us are Milwaukee (predominantly USA), Atlas Copco &
AEG
Electric Tools.

They used to be mostly sold as Atlas Copco tools in the UK, D&M sell them
but don't now have the AC branded tools on their website
(www.dm-tools.co.uk), Milwaukee are there, though. The identical tools
were
sold as Milwaukee in the States, but it seems that in the last two years
they have launched the brand over here & they're to be seen cropping up on
the various DIY tv makeover programs now. AEG is their "trade" brand, ie
lighter duty than AC and Milwaukee.

The Wolf brand is owned by Atlas Copco, which has been re-launched.

I speak to the folks at dm relatively frequently (whenever I pop into the
shop) & a conversation I had with them ages ago revealed that they liked
the
tools because they had very few problems with returns on their mail-order
sales with them, & the tools seemed to be v. reliable.

I've got two of the tools & they're the kipper's tits (as I read somewhere
recently...) - a small 9.6v drill/driver (that came with a 13mm chuck &
actually has the torque to cope with it) and a 240v jigsaw - BSPE100XL or
something like that. I love 'em both. No nonsense, beautifully built,
accurate.

I really wish I'd bought the AC circular saw instead of the
slightly-cheaper
DW that I bought. Had to repair thatjust out of warranty - fan assembly
came adrift from the armature & would have been a £70 fix. JBWeld sorted
it
out though. (but the baseplate & saw accuracy is still pants).

As you can tell, I like them!

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Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk