Milwaukee 6519-31 12 Amp Sawzall Reciprocating Saw Kit

Product Description

, DEWALT DC385K 18-Volt Ni-Cad Cordless Reciprocating Saw Kit ,Milwaukee 6391-21 15 Amp 7-1/4-Inch Circular Saw ,Skil 5680-01 14 Amp 7-1/4-Inch Circular Saw ,Milwaukee 6190-20 15 Amp 14-Inch Metal Cutoff Machine ,Milwaukee 6190-20 15 Amp 14-Inch Metal Cutoff Machine From the Manufacturer The 6519-31 Sawzall Recip Saw delivers best in class cut speed, durability and power with 0-3,000 strokes per minute, a 1-1/8-Inch stroke length and a 12 Amp motor. The gear protecting clutch extends gear and motor life by absorbing high impact forces and a QUIK-LOK blade clamp offers fast tool-free blade changes. To provide greater user comfort, a counter weighted mechanism reduces vibration for smoother operation and a redesigned front grip area provides best in class ergonomics.


This review is from: Milwaukee 6519-31 12 Amp Sawzall Reciprocating Saw Kit (Tools & Home Improvement)
This is the best reciprocating saw on the market and I would like to have given 4.9 out of 5. It is compact and not a monster. I find that Milwaukee is very conservative in their designs and I hate it. Some tools look like they were made in the 1980's even though they are from 2010. This tools actually looks sleek and kinda modern (finally).

Now to the bad...the pivoting shoe is not adjustable! That is the only complaint I have about this saw. Why would you not include an adjustable shoe Milwaukee... I mean was it that hard to incorporate a small stupid, cheap mechanism that allows the shoe to be adjusted. It would have cost a few more pennies and IF you had done that, I would have bought 2 of these saws.

I have used reciprocating saws before and I always find the shoe adjustment to be very necessary, you see when cuting a pipe the shoe keeps the blade perfectly perpendicular to the pipe so the cut is perfect... everytime. Now when you got a wall behind the pipe you want to adjust the shoe so that it only cuts the pipe and not the wall.

I am a bit angry and sad at the same time that Milwaukee missed this, I would have gladly paid 10 bucks more for this feature.