Portable compressor specs

[luvrbus]

Dave I have 18v Dewalt that the forward reverse quit it's about 8 years old I took it into a factory store when we were in Vegas and they charged me $1.47 for the switch installed while I waited

[6805eagleguy]

Milwaulkee, now that is another story. I got one of the fuel 18 drills and like it with the brush-less motor except for the sound. Worked well for 6 months and then it started not working. took it back and got another one and it started doing the same thing. I took it apart and found that the switch forward and reverse has a piece of metal that has a bend in it and thats what changes the F & R settings. It stopped sliding. Tried super gluing it and 1 month later it was doing it again. It works if i pound it on my hand in forward but reverse 1/2 the time. I got one of their sawzalls that was not the fuel one and its a pice of junk too. Going back to dewalt.

Well I like Milwaukee...

Really, though, Milwaukee brushless tools have replaced almost all the corded tools in the shop,  lights, drills, drivers, sawzalls, Impacts,   however i still use corded grinders.  Why, I am not sure...

And yes, I repair small tools, and the 2nd generation milwaukee fuel drills had problems with the chuck and the directional switch, however I have not had those problems with the new models.

But here we are back to chevy ford dodge and cat cummins detroit.  But let me just say all the brands will get the job done.

Even HF!

[chessie4905]

I have the 4 1/2" dewalt. Works well. If it ever craps out, I'll buy a hf Hercules blue 11amp.
I've replaced two of my Makita drills with Hercules and really like them. The impace drive one is great at removing and installing deck screws. I dismantled a wood deck around an above ground swimming pool with it and worked flawlessly. Had to remove several hundred screws. It is a brush style, not like the latest brushless competitors, but I had those Makitas for more than 20 years without brush issues, so that is not a concern.

[Iceni John]

Yes, certainly a lot of HF stuff is just crap, but there are a few diamonds in the rough there.   My rule for their electrical items is very simple  -  only buy their best quality (i.e. most expensive) of whatever tool you need, only buy it on sale or with a coupon, and (this is important) before you even use it the first time take it apart and add lots of good grease or oil to the gears.   Chinese grease looks and smells like poop and doesn't do much in the parsimonious quantities that you usually find it.   I do this without fail, and guess what, the drills or angle grinders or whatnots run quiet and smooth and keep working reliably.

So far my cheapo HF 1/2" single-speed corded "magnesium" drill has outlasted my expensive made-in-USA Craftsman drill.   My HF Dremeloid has outlasted my genuine Dremel (which actually spat its brushes out in a puff of acrid smoke one day!), and because it cost a quarter of the real one's price I don't care if it dies the next time I use it.   Buying a brand-name item only guarantees that you've spent more  -  they all can (and do) die without warning.   Would I buy a Harbor Freight pacemaker or Scuba gear or parachute or DIY bomb defusing kit  -  no, of course not, but for life's less critical things HF can be OK, sometimes.

John