Paulus,
Welcome to ECN, mate!. [Linked Image]
I see that you are in Christchurch, NZ.
Hi from down the road. [Linked Image]
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Well I wouldn't give it to a tradesman to use at work (it would have a depressingly short lifetime
Fact of the matter here, is they put vents on power tools here to let the smoke out, not the air in.
Mark (e57), is darn right in his post, pretty much the world over, there is a market for these throw-away tools.
I, as an Electrician, used to attempt to repair tools like this (only on a very slow day), but 90% of the time, you'd open the case up (once you'd got the Security bits) and find components you couldn't even work with.
Solution, close it back up and send it back to the owner.
Problem is these days, there is a ready market for "disposable" power tools, mainly the weekend DIYer.
Also, there are people that give a note on the tool "Do not repair if price over $XX, please advise"
I was taught as an Apprentice Electrician, to Buy Once, Buy Well
Problem is the DIY market is bigger than us Tradesmen buying power tools, it's only a matter of time before the same manufacturing processes are used, for our tools. [Linked Image]