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HAve you considered a cordless hammer drill?
I just replaced a Black & Decker with a 1/2" Porter Cable. (about $190.00. )
If you are doing more service type work than construction, a cordless is great.
BTW,
I would avoid 3/8".
[This message has been edited by Redsy (edited 08-23-2002).]
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Rotary hammer drills are great for dealing with masonry and concrete. Most of them also have a chisel option so they can be used for channeling in walls. I bought a cheap one (O.K. brand, made somewhere in Asia, 40 Euro ($40),12 lbs, metal casing) After several weeks of working the switch went bad and couldn't be replaced. It hadn't worked too good before.
Then I bought a Bosch hammer for 149 Euro which is absolutely perfect.
Hilti is also known as everlasting here in Austria.
Our AEG drill has survived 30 years of hard use and is still in perfect order.
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pauluk, I've been in institutional and industrial maintenance for 15 years and we have always used Milwaukee tools. They are tough as iron, trust me, we abuse them daily and they last forever. Very good choice.
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Redsy,
I've never been that keen on cordless tools. Just a personal preference thing I guess, but I prefer AC powered tools, even if it does sometimes mean dragging an extension cord into an awkward place!
Cost always seems an issue as well, when you figure in extra battery packs so that you won't be out of juice at an inopportune moment.
Thanks to all anyway -- It does seem the consensus that Milwaukee tools are a good choice.
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