drill for pin removal

[Thos Carpenter]

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
>
>
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