went and bought a harbor frieght sawzall to cut up the 72 chevelle shell I posted in bench racing, I got as far as removing the roof and one quarter and the darn thing wont hold the blade anymore! blade keeps tipping up and causes the blade to jam and bend, I know you get what you pay for, but I figured if I could just get through this one shell I could toss the darn thing away but I guess Im going to exchange it tommorrow and see how far it goes before I need to exchange it again, fortunately it's on the way home from work. by the way if anyone wants this thing for the floors and frame and roof it's yours for the taking in tucson Jim

Was this a real Sawzall (Milwaukee) or an off-brand?

Reid

I guess I should have said chicago electric reciprocating saw, I just used the term genericly, nothing like the real thing I imagine Jim

Porter Cable $100 on sale at Home Depot. I beat the CRAP out of it for the last 2 years - still works great. My rule is always buy good tools. You may not think you will ever use it again after doing what you bought it to do, but I've surprised myself in that respect more than once.

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I agree! Pay for it once you can always sell a good tool when your done. Not so good kind are never worth much day one or after. Just my 2 cents

Porter Cable $100 on sale at Home Depot. I beat the CRAP out of it for the last 2 years - still works great. My rule is always buy good tools. You may not think you will ever use it again after doing what you bought it to do, but I've surprised myself in that respect more than once.

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porter cable here too
3years old and cut up many bodies and frames and other stuff
it's been dropped a bunch of times too
takes a bunch of abuse and still works like new:thumbsup:
just doesn't look like new anymore

Jim: You can borrow my genuine sawzall if you like and maybe I could use a bit of that metal. Let me know how soon you need it. Would this weekend work?
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thanks for the offer Jeff what part were you looking for? I'm just complaining about not being able to finish this thing up in a hurry, by the way what part are you looking for? If its here your more than welcome to it as I don't need it, I'm just going to exchange the cheapo tommorrow I think I know what I did wrong so I can probably get it done ith this thing thanks though. Jim