Got a new drill for pin removal over the summer. I promised myself the "mother of all drills" so I went to Home Depot with every intention of putting a stop to the "disposable drill syndrome", by purchasing a Milwaukee,....but ended up getting the Rigid for about $130.00. It had 9 amps and 2 settings for variable speed : 0-1000 and 0-3000. Tough to resist an orange tool too (especially after you`ve seen Tom Silva use it). My Bosch has held up for about 10 years now, but is only about 6 amps and I didn`t want to see the cute little thing fall by the wayside like the Skil, Black & Decker, and the Chicago (egads) Electrics of this world. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <PIANOTECH@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: drill for pin removal > Just bought a new "Milwaukee Magnum" 1/2" reversible drill for tuning pin > removal, mainly. It's quite outstanding with 8 amps of power, vs the typical > 5-6 range. Keyed chuck and 0-850 rpm. Price: About $140.00. Model is: > 0299-20. This is a lifetime quality industrial strength drill that replaces > my not-so-old "Chicago" brand POS fromHarbor Freight Tools. That one much > burned up after less than 1/3 of the way through the last upright pin > removal. So the Milwaukee gets my 4 star rating! > > Terry Peterson > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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