The Milwaukee Sawzall is one great power tool.  Just in case you haven’t heard of this power tool, it a reciprocating saw.  A reciprocating saw is designed  for demolition.  Yes, you can cut pipe and other non related demo items, but it is more fun to destroy with this tool.

The Milwaukee Sawzall is known by all professional contractors and home users.  In fact it is so popular and well known, that the name Sawzall is a generic term for reciprocating saws.  Just as Band-aid is to bandages and Kleenex is to tissue paper.  The sawzall has gained much popularity over the years as a quality tool and friendly to the users.

Milwaukee offers 17 different models with this saw.  So it is easy to find the one that suits your needs.  If you need something for the occassional users, Milwaukee has one.  If you need for everyday use, Milwaukee has that too. 

Now if you’re a home owner, you might only buy one of these in a life time as it will last you.  I have seen Sawzalls over 20 years old that still pack a powerful punch to get the job done. 

As a professional contractor, its nice to know Milwaukee backs up this saw with a 5 year warranty.  They also offer 5 main cordless Sawzalls and three super Sawzalls.  The main difference is the amps, plus some other important features, but we can get into that later.  If you would like to see the full line up, plus a description of each tool, take a look at our Sawzall page and learn more about the cordless and corded version.  Milwaukee Sawzall

We have to remember that the Sawzall provides the power to move the blade back and forth, but the blade is what does the cutting.  One important thing to remember is to match the blade to the application.  Milwaukee offers a bunch of different blades, but the three main blades are wood, metal and all purpose.

If your going to be cutting strictly wood, use the Milwaukee wood blade.  Obviously if your cutting metal pipes or something along that line, use the Milwaukee metal blades.  If your going to be cutting wood with nails or any other combination, take a look at the all purpose blades.

The main difference between the blades are the number of teeth and the size of the teeth.  Reading a blade is easy to do.  All you have to remember is the basic layout of the blades.  Wood blades have longer teeth and fewer of them.  A metal blade has smaller teeth and more of them.

You can visit our page on Sawzall blades to learn more about the different types of blades Milwaukee offers - Sawzall blades.

Milwaukee offers a full line of power tool accessories.  Since our website is dedicated to the Sawzall, we will cover the most common accessories for the Sawzall.  You can see all of Milwaukee accessories at Milwaukeetool.com Remember to always wear eye, ear and head protection when using this reciprocating saw.

 One item you should consider is safety gloves or work gloves.  Your hands are the closet part of your body to your work, so it is only natural that you need to protect them.  You want to protect them against slivers or metal shavings getting lodged in your hands.  Remember, skin is soft and can be pierced very easily.

One item we would recommend is getting an extra power cord, called the Quik-Lok.  As we noted, this saw is designed mostly for demo jobs.  It is natural that items will be falling to the ground and its only a matter of time before they pierce the power cord.  If you have another power cord on hand, you can keep going.  You don’t have to worry about stopping work, going to the store etc. etc.  With the Quik-Lok feature, you just turn the power cord about half a turn and insert the new cord, its that easy.  Don’t get us wrong, the cord will stay in place until the user decides to take it out.  The Quik-Lok features holds the power cord in place even through some of the most trying times.

Milwaukee has other accessories related to this saw and we cover them in our pages.  You can learn more about some of the basic Milwaukee accessories at our accessory page - Milwaukee Accessories.