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What? Kawasaki making drills now?

rez | Posted in Tools for Home Building on September 18, 2005 07:14am

Got this blurb in the mail from Tractor Supply Co. but the can’t find the drill anywhere on their web page.

Can’t believe Kawasaki would put a 19.2 drill out there with 2 batteries, 2 year warranty and a built in bubble level for $38.83 but there it is. Roar!

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sleeps till noon but before it’s dark…


 

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  1. User avater
    MarkH | Sep 18, 2005 10:16pm | #1

    Looks like Harbor Freight drill, just with a different name.

  2. DougU | Sep 18, 2005 11:43pm | #2

    $38.83 with a two year warranty!!!

    Holy smokes, what are we waiting for?

    I think I'll have to pass

  3. JeffSmallwood | Sep 18, 2005 11:57pm | #3

    $38.83 with a built in bubble level!!

    Holy smokes, what are we waiting for?

    <g>
    would't touch it with a 10' stick

    1. rez | Sep 19, 2005 01:07am | #4

      heh heh

      You bettin' it's a cow?

      and it's pole, not stick. :o)

       

      be a mooooving experience

       

      sleeps till noon but before it's dark...

       

      Edited 9/18/2005 6:08 pm ET by rez

      1. JeffSmallwood | Sep 19, 2005 01:39am | #5

        OH! I never was good at those old-people sayings, anyway. 8)

        1. rez | Sep 19, 2005 08:37pm | #16

          Smallwood?

          Dang, bet you got teased going thru school. Roar!

          Show up on site with a tool like that and you'd have to get creative with the term 19.2. :o)

           

           

          sleeps till noon but before it's dark...

           

          1. JeffSmallwood | Sep 21, 2005 10:39pm | #21

            Arrrrrrrrr! You got me <g>

  4. gregb | Sep 19, 2005 02:17am | #6

    Meebe they wanna go head to head with the Hemi tools...http://www.dodgehemipowertools.com/

    1. rez | Sep 19, 2005 02:21am | #7

      man, this is getting crazy.

      Now if SherwinWilliams and Moen gets into the act, then then then...

       

       

      sleeps till noon but before it's dark...

       

      1. User avater
        intrepidcat | Sep 19, 2005 07:45am | #13

        I'm waiting on the Jeff Buck Designer Series of 14.4 v Power Tools.

         We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.

        1. MisterT | Sep 19, 2005 12:43pm | #14

          You get those at fredericks of holly wood or The Xandria collection 

          Mr. T.  MOTOL

          "I think natural selection must have greatly rewarded the ability to reassure oneself in a crisis with complete bull$hit."

          I'm Swiss!

           

          1. emaxxman | Sep 19, 2005 07:24pm | #15

            I've been looking for a new drill...I think I'll wait for the designer green Martha Stewart 18volt set at KMart.

  5. Mitremike | Sep 19, 2005 04:21am | #8

    Compare at 49.99?

    Compare to what---

    A Harbor Frieght screwdriver?

    Mike

    " I reject your reality and substitute my own"
    Adam Savage---Mythbusters

  6. Mitremike | Sep 19, 2005 04:23am | #9

    I would hate to be the first carp. to show up with one of these--

    Problely right next to his flicker hammer--

    Which I saw on a HO workbench---just had to pick it up---and set it right back down---WOW--what a piece of engineering---

    Mike

    " I reject your reality and substitute my own"
    Adam Savage---Mythbusters

    1. DougU | Sep 19, 2005 06:42am | #10

       

      I would hate to be the first carp. to show up with one of these--

      NO KIDDING. LOL

    2. 4Lorn1 | Sep 19, 2005 06:44am | #11

      What is a "flicker hammer"? Ran the term through Google and got nada.

      1. Mitremike | Sep 21, 2005 10:35am | #18

        Not sure what the real name is--it is this goofy HO hammer that you load finish nails into the handle and by holding the grip and flicking the wrist it dropps a nail onto the head---They were out in infomertiols a while back--never acually saw one till just then--You aren't going to ask me to pick it up again and get the name are you?Mike" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
        Adam Savage---Mythbusters

        1. 4Lorn1 | Sep 21, 2005 01:13pm | #19

          "You aren't going to ask me to pick it up again and get the name are you?"Perish the thought.I was thinking it might be one of those brass headed and handled hammers. About 6 ounces and about 8" long with little brass claws that bend if you actually try to pull a nail bigger than a thumb tack. The steel handle is mild steel and tends to bend if used for actual work. The handle contains a set of two nested screwdrivers. These too are useless as the steel of their blades is so soft they twist before the screws move and even if used very gently loose their edge quickly.These units are a step above the Romper Room plastic toys. They have the general shape of tools but no actual function. Only use I have ever seen one of these put to was opening nuts. Whack the nut with the hammer and use the screwdrivers to pry out the meat. Might make a decent fishing sinker. At least until the handle and screwdriver shafts rusted away.Googled "tool, automatic, hammer, finish nail"About two entries down I find:
          http://www.jlryan.com/Main/product.asp?ProdCode=THAH-20&Source=OVER&OVRAW=%7CShopping%7CHome%20%26%20Garden%7CTools%20%26%20Hardware%7CAll%20Hammers%7CAuto%20Hammer%7Chammer%20auto&OVKEY=auto%20hammer&OVMTC=standardCame up with this yellow handled monstrosity. Look like what your talking about?You want like I should get you one?Edited to add all after "Googled".

          Edited 9/21/2005 6:21 am ET by 4Lorn1

          1. ward121 | Sep 21, 2005 09:58pm | #20

            Saw one of those hammers on a table at an aution. I watched as guys picked it up..tried to make it work, some laughed,  some shook thier heads.  Everbody left it where the found it.  Damn thing weighed a ton!

             

            Ward 

          2. Mitremike | Sep 23, 2005 07:46am | #22

            that be the thing---I was gonna pass on your offer but now that I see you can save 8.90 I think I may have to rethink my thinking--I have on of those hammer with the drivers in the handle--cept mine is a ball peen--Found it under the sink at my Grandmothers when she pass a while back--Older than me I am sure, nice for knocking in nails for the massive art work collection I have---from my children ( fridge is full, On The Outside)--Thank God there were no nails in it--I may have been tempted to try it--You be sure to submit your field trial results to the head office so they can use it for filler when it is a slow news month--<G>Mike" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
            Adam Savage---Mythbusters

  7. custombuilt | Sep 19, 2005 07:09am | #12

    Hey-----don't be making fun of my favorite drill now!!

    LOL-----panasonic makes a descent one though......

     

     

    When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!
  8. Shoeman | Sep 21, 2005 01:28am | #17

    Rez, you might want to snap up one of those Kawasaki drills. 

    No one will tease you. 

    If they do you can qoute page 17 of the September/October 2005 issue of Tools of the Trade magazine. 

    They list Worx, Hemi, Kawasaki and Rockwell as the "Latest Pro Brands" being launched.

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