The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store carries
but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm looking at a
120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good power and good
reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not Milwaukees) about
every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:01:08 -0700, Fred wrote:
The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store carries
but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm looking at a
120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good power and good
reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not Milwaukees) about
every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

I don't use mine all the time, but my Milwaukee Super-sawzall has been
in use for my entire home construction project, and other than the cord
needing to be re-terminated twice, has been rock solid. The longer
stroke can be hard on blades for the novice user, but sounds like you're
past the "bend blades all the time" stage. If this one ever goes out,
I'll probably replace it with the same thing, I'm quite happy with it.

Dave:

Milwaukee just introduced a new, more powerful SawzAll, the 6523-21 Super
SawzAll. It is now 12Amps instead of 7, has a 1-1/4" stroke, and orbital
action at up to 3000 strokes per minute. If my old SawzAll wasn't doing as
well as it is, I'd jump on this in a heartbeat!

Jim Ray, President
McFeely's Square Drive Screws
www.mcfeelys.com

(We do not carry Milwaukee tools, BTW. But if you are looking for Festool,
come see us)

"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:01:08 -0700, Fred wrote:
The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store
carries
but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm looking at
a
120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good power and good
reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not Milwaukees) about
every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

I don't use mine all the time, but my Milwaukee Super-sawzall has been
in use for my entire home construction project, and other than the cord
needing to be re-terminated twice, has been rock solid. The longer
stroke can be hard on blades for the novice user, but sounds like you're
past the "bend blades all the time" stage. If this one ever goes out,
I'll probably replace it with the same thing, I'm quite happy with it.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:59:54 -0400, jimbo wrote:
Dave:

Milwaukee just introduced a new, more powerful SawzAll, the 6523-21 Super
SawzAll. It is now 12Amps instead of 7, has a 1-1/4" stroke, and orbital
action at up to 3000 strokes per minute. If my old SawzAll wasn't doing as
well as it is, I'd jump on this in a heartbeat!

If mine ever breaks, I'll consider upgrading, but in all reality I'll
probably just replace-in-kind. More Power, usually equals "heavier and
less manouverable".

Hi Fred,
I own a a heavy duty sawzall model 6507 that I got second hand. It's
corded. It sure has come in handy. I usually buy 3rd party blades 'cause
they're cheaper and I've only broken one so far. I use mine for pruning
and hack sawing. I would buy another.
You'll be happy too.
Cheers.
Joe_Stein


Fred wrote:
The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store carries
but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm looking at a
120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good power and good
reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not Milwaukees) about
every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

If it can help you... I spoke with the Milwaukee representative in
Quebec and he told me there is no need at all to go for the orbital
action or a more powerful model.

Milwaukee do make more powerful models but it has a lot more to do with
catching up with the competition on the specs side than genuine
technical requirement. Just claiming that you've got the "most
powerful" reciprocating saw on the market is usually enough to gain
substancial market shares... so Milwaukee don't want to be left behind.

I have the Super Sawzall 6537-22 and I've been very satisfied with it.
I would buy the same model again tomorrow in a blink of an eye.


Cyberben

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:01:08 -0700, "Fred" wrote:

The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store carries
but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm looking at a
120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good power and good
reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not Milwaukees) about
every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.


The brand you mention is called the best, and I know of no better.
Even the Sazall has some vibration, and not as smooth of a cut as a
jigsaw. I really like the way the blade is held in place with the
Milwaulkee brands. My Sawzall has been used for 15 years and still
going strong.

"Fred" wrote in message
...
The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store
carries but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm
looking at a 120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good
power and good reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not
Milwaukees) about every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

I would go with the Milwaukee but the orbital action is only good for fast
and "rough" cutting. If you want a smooth cut you want to defeat the
orbital action.

Fred wrote:

The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store
carries but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm
looking at a 120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good
power and good reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not
Milwaukees) about every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.


The trick IMHO, is the blade, not the saw.

Stick with bi-metal blades or carbide if you cut fiberglass like I do.

Stick a good blade in almost any the the "SawZall" products out there
and you will be happy.

Lew

There is a reason they are called sawzalls. My kid once went to an old
hardware store in Boston and asked if the Sawzall would cut cast iron pipe.
The grizzled old yankee fart said; "Kid, it ain't a Sawzsomething. It
ain't a Sawzmostthings. It's a SawzALL, now get to work." The kid was
house manager at his frat and now owns his own.
Wilson
"Fred" wrote in message
...
The Milwaukee Super Sawzall 6537-22 is what my local hardware store
carries but is there a better one? Would orbital action be better? I'm
looking at a 120V corded unit with smooth cuts, minimal vibration, good
power and good reliability. I burn up about 2 reciprocating saws (not
Milwaukees) about every 5 years so heavy duty and reliability is a must.

On one of my early assignements as a Westinghouse field maintenance
engineer, we discovered an electric utility generator that had been
installed incorrectly. This was not your garden variety generator. It
was 500 megawatt capacity and supplied the city of Corpus Christi,
Texas. the fix was to cut three holes through 4" thick steel plate.
We put a crew on it with a Milwaukee sawzall running round the clock
for most of the weekend. In the end the generator was fixed and the
sawzall was still running strong. The name has stuck with me ever
since.

Bob

wrote:
On one of my early assignements as a Westinghouse field maintenance
engineer, we discovered an electric utility generator that had been
installed incorrectly.

Just curious, is circle W still in the electrical apparatus business?


Lew

I don't know authoritatively what businesses they are in and out of
today. They certainly still have a strong presence in nuclear power
and large generators.

wrote:

I don't know authoritatively what businesses they are in and out of
today. They certainly still have a strong presence in nuclear power
and large generators.

But it isn't the same Circle-W--in mid-90s the Nuclear Division was sold
to BNFL plc and although they use the Westinghouse name, what was
Westinghouse has morphed into CBS...there's a timeline at
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/A1a.asp# which documents the demise.
As I recall, somewhere in the early 90s was when all the other
components not associated w/ the nuclear division were parceled off...

While always a competitor, in a way sad to see the loss of a straight
line from George's babies to the present...

I've had the Milwaukee Super Sawzall for around 5 years and cut down
everything from walls to small trees. I used the regular Milwaukee
sawzall in construction work years ago and we demolished anything with
it and a sledgehammer.

Top notch and will last forever.

RonT