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Was just browsing some new DeWALT brochures from a few European countries and the Italian version showed a new cordless reciprocating saw. Similar to their latest corded model, but now cordless.
Available from October in Italy (and presumably other EU countries as well). No word on US yet.
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It looks like the cordless take on corded compact reciprocating saw. I though my local Lowes stopped carrying the corded model, but they might have been just getting rid of one for some reason they still stock it. Now its online only through Home Depot. Maybe the cordless model will be more popular than the corded. For some reason the corded version didn’t take off even with a big marketing push. Its one of those things people resist change and they are used to the typical recip saw shape. I wouldn’t be against having this saw if I had the 20vmax/xr platform.
That looks like sweet looking recip saw. Have not heard of any in the us yet.
It’s a nice short design. I have the corded version, DWE357. Only thing I hope is that they’ve changed the lever from the blade clamp from plastic to metal.
But I dislike reciprocating saws in general. Wobbly blades, too much vibration.
I agree with Mr. Yellow they are bad for vibration and the blades do wobble around something awful especially when they get bent!!
But they are handy to have on rip outs!! and I would say there are a few jobs I would use nothing else for. Like ripping out windows and doors. Getting the blade in-between the frame and reveal and just cutting through the fixings makes things so much quicker and easier!!
I cant say that I have even tried the new shape versions corded or cordless. My question is with having a cranked body instead of a inline body would that or does that take away any of its strength? is there a trade off in strength for reduced dimensions??
Any word on a brushless version yet?
Dont looks like it..
A brushless version would b nice!
Yeah, I guess if they wanted to compete with Big Red, this would seem to be a logical step! Yukka Yukka Yukka!
Just kidding….I actually got the new Dewalt DCE995 Brushless Hammer on eBay. It should be here Tuesday and I paid $175 for the whole kit…new… 4.0 batteries…..I’m looking forward to this. Especially when I put my new basement window and storage shelves in the basement for my Festool Systainers!
We all know the best place to leave Festool Systainers is in the store!
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What the duce Chrisk has joined team yeller? This is new news to me 🙂
No DR….Team Green Baaaaaaby! But….til Festool gets their heads out of their hineys I still need a hammer drill for some heavy work and after watching the TiA review, I figured hey…..I bash me all the time, let’s give me a go. So I am hopeful this will work great but I still have my trusty M12s and a XC battery and work light in case I decide to piece meal a few of Big Reds line back.
I will say when I go back to a cordless recip….Fuel baby…..Fuel!
I had to do some light ribbing as that is the TIA way. Heck I’m even considering putting my Red tools in Yellow cases because Milwaukee does not have a modular stacking system yet, and I’m just fed up waiting. I know Festool has that beast of a 4 speed drill they are selling in Europe but not here yet. I also noticed they have dropped the Protool brand in the Uk its all being marketed as Festool now. https://www.festool.co.uk/Products/Pages/Product-Detail.aspx?pid=769191&name=QUADRIVE-DRC-cordless-drill-DRC-18-4-Li-4-2-Plus-GB
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Yeah, I guess if they wanted to compete with Big Red, this would seem to be a logical step! Yukka Yukka Yukka!
Just kidding….I actually got the new Dewalt DCE995 Brushless Hammer on eBay. It should be here Tuesday and I paid $175 for the whole kit…new… 4.0 batteries…..I’m looking forward to this. Especially when I put my new basement window and storage shelves in the basement for my Festool Systainers!
I assume you mean a DCD995 (Dewalt-cordless-drill), I know you enjoy it. All of the customers I’ve sold one to have been really pleased with it.
DR99 wrote:
What the duce Chrisk has joined team yeller? This is new news to me 🙂
Funny .. that’s also what I read in between the lines
ChrisK1970 wrote:
I will say when I go back to a cordless recip….Fuel baby…..Fuel!
Milwaukee has a good deal on the M12 Hackzall right now with a 4.0ah xc pack $149 for the kit with battery verses $139 for the bare tool. Its not a hard call the xc 4.0 battery is 80 dollars. I need to go through and find all of my m12 chargers and either have a sale, or just give a few away on the forum all I would ask is the person cover my shipping costs. I think I have around 6 of them. And I want to get that new M12/M18 six pack rapid charger when it gets released.http://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M12-Fuel-12-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Hackzall-Reciprocating-Saw-Kit-2520-21XC/205145430
Dude Chris really??!! 175$ for the kit!! I bought mine for a lil under $100 but it was for bare tool only and I was looking for the kit and couldn’t find any deals lower than 230$ so u did good man and enjoy cus it is a awesome drill.
Yeah BigMike….I found it for 230 new and put and offer in for $175 thinking he he’d tell me to blow. I closed the eBay app and my iPhone chirped like two minutes later telling me to pay for it! Well there you go. I had to shuffle money from one account to another but for the brushless hammer, 101 charger and two 4.0 batteries brand new…..well that’s a deal any way you cut it!
Hell yea it is!!! Let us know how u like it man.
awesome deal Chris!ChrisK1970 wrote:
Yeah BigMike….I found it for 230 new and put and offer in for $175 thinking he he’d tell me to blow. I closed the eBay app and my iPhone chirped like two minutes later telling me to pay for it! Well there you go. I had to shuffle money from one account to another but for the brushless hammer, 101 charger and two 4.0 batteries brand new…..well that’s a deal any way you cut it!
I’ve always liked this compact recip saw. Maybe one day it will be a desired form factor just like what they did with rotary hammers. I would rather have the compact drop motor style hammers any day versus the long in line d-handle styles.
And making this recip saw cordless is awesome- I just hope compact doesn’t equal less power
That’s what did me in on the Dewalt corded rotary hammer deal. First problem is was corded I would prefer cordless the second was the fact it was the long D-handler style. I know some guys prefer the handle I think it makes the tool too long for what I would use a Rotary hammer for. To be honest I don’t do enough masonry or concrete to even justify a rotary hammer. A plain ole percussion hammer is good enough for what I do the occasional tapcon or anchor here or there.
I’ll let you know for sure! Plus I was down in my shop looking at the bulk head when I saw one of my stair aprons was cracked. I’m going to buy five, screw two sets of two and have one run down the middle. I’ll be using my Festool TI15 impactor to do this but my hammer drill will be used to drive some tapcons into the foundation with a piece of PT as an anchor point for my new stairs. I am going to buying four tons of pellets for this winter and need a strong set of stairs to support me and my new pellets…..all 160, 50lb bags of them going to down there! This’ll be a great test for this Dewalt! I’m actually stoked!
Oh hell no you might want to make a board that goes over your stairs so you can slide the bags down the stairs ChristK. My backaches just even thinking about moving that many bags. I did 2 1/2 pallets of topsoil one time and that was brutal. I actually want to put in another raised bed and that means bringing in even more dirt.
Yeah I’m with you Jason, last winter was a real be-hotch. I ended up putting a three foot wide plank of 3/4 plywood but…. My back was killing me. I’m 44 I’m supposed to have somebody do this for me!
You you could have like the old coal shoot except for pellets. Build a container as big as you think would hold all the pellets and make a shoot you could dump in from the outside. You have an indoor pellet stove right? I would build a shed it it was one of the outdoor units. Still anyway you cut it your going to have to do some form of manual labor it seems like with the wood pellets. Propane used to be nice but as you saw with the extreme winter prices can skyrocket if demand is too high. At least with all the fracking natural gas is the cheapest its been in decades and new furnaces are way more efficient now. The next two appliances I want to swap out is the central ac unit I’m pretty sure the one I have is a low seer unit. It would help a lot even going to the lowest level 13 Seer unit. I also want to get more efficient water heater I don’t know what the best options are for gas. You have all sorts now for electric water heating. I will say this topic kinda drifted from a Dewalt reciprocating saw though 🙂
I wouldn’t mind pellets as a fuel for my garage as it would only be heated as needed. Heating a home is a whole different beast as ChrisK has mentioned 4 tons of pellets is nothing to sneeze at. Where as for me a 5-10 50 pound bags would get me through heating my garage depending on how much time I spend out there.
I have this saw corded and it is not a bad saw. It gets in to tight spaces but it is a little under powered. It does a good job on fairly new lumber but when you get in to the older and harder stuff it could use some more power.