Archives: Reciprocating Saw

DEWALT 20 Volt XR Reciprocating Saw With Power Detect

DEWALT 20V  XT Reciprocating Saw with POWER DETECT DCS368W1 Review Recently we completed a rotten sill repair project on a 300-year-old timber frame house. The original sill plate was a 10 x 10 old growth piece of oak. In order to remove the rotted sections of this sill plate, we used a combination of reciprocating saws, […]

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Makita 18V LXT Sub-Compact Recip Saw Review

Makita XRJ07 18V LXT Sub-Compact Brushless Recip Saw Review Makita is a company that combines form with function and this tool review will take a look at how the Model #XRJ07 18V LXT Sub-Compact Recip Saw lives up to that legacy. Makita’s Sub-Compact line of cordless lithium-ion brushless tools offers the compact size of a […]

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Cordless Reciprocating Saw (High Capacity) – Head to Head

High Capacity Cordless Reciprocating Saws – Head-to-Head Testing We recently did a cordless reciprocating saw head-to-head where we tested 10 different tools that all use a single battery in the 18V-22V range. We felt it was important to keep the lineup of models in the same voltage range to give a fair side by side […]

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RIDGID Gen5x R8643 Reciprocating Saw Review

Gen5x Reciprocating Saw – Model R8643 RIDGID is releasing a new 18V Cordless Reciprocating Saw in 2018 and we recently got our hands on it to use in our cordless reciprocating saw head to head where it did very well against the competition. Since that testing we’ve been further evaluating this new saw on the job […]

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Makita 18V X2 LXT Brushless Recipro Saw

Makita 18V X2 LXT Lithium Ion (36V) Brushless Cordless Recipro Saw Our friends at Makita sent us their new Makita 18V X2 LXT Brushless Recipro Saw to review here in the shop. This brushless reciprocating saw combined with Makita’s latest 6.0Ah battery was the perfect storm for an endurance test. With this reveiw we hope to give […]

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DEWALT DCS387 20V Compact Reciprocating Saw

DEWALT DCS387 20V Compact Reciprocating Saw Since DEWALT announced the 20 volt platform in June of 2011, it has certainly proven to all of us that it is worth it’s weight in gold. With the addition of cordless compact tools such as the DCS387 Compact Reciprocating Saw, DEWALT in my opinion is clearly the front runner for […]

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Bostitch 8.5 Amp Orbital Reciprocating Saw Kit Review

Bostitch 8.5 Amp Orbital Reciprocating Saw Kit [BTE360K] Review Reciprocating Saws may not be precise tools, but they are often precisely what you need to get the job done in almost any trade on almost any job-site. There are few rough cutting applications that the Reciprocating Saw CAN’T handle, so having a reliable, portable, and […]

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