Cordless drills, opinions?

[SteveA]

Na that's a sissy bolt

 

I meen like these Turbo Coach Screws Yellow Zinc-Plated 10 x 160mm Pk50 | Turbo Coach Screws | Screwfix.com

 

Whacked in a fair few of these over the years but they do make my little Dewalt impact driver grunt.

 

Haha!

[ally]

Sounds like a good job for an impact driver . I bought one recently and have been very impressed with it. Putting 100mm coach screws into sleepers , I used to chap them half in with a club hammer then tighten them with a ratchet wrench . Now just drive them straight in with a 17mm impact socket - effortless ! . I bought a 1/2" to hex socket adaptor with it , so can take screwdriver bits etc , as it's the impact wrench model rather than impact driver .

[william127]

Is this turning into a Milwaukee vs Makita thread?

Mines Ferrari red

 

Not by me, it's by chance that I have makita not Milwaukee, I was about to buy the Milwaukee then I found my makitas on a great deal so got them. My dad has the Milwaukee stuff and it's just as good, except the grinder feels very clunky compared to the makita.

[gensetsteve]

I did a test to see how long a single Milwaukee Fuel 4amp battery would last whilst fitting 0.7mm thick metal roof sheets onto a timber deck....

 

I drilled a total of 198 0.4mm holes through 0.7mm thick steel sheets.

I screwed a total of 171 chunky roof fixings through the metal sheets and into the timber deck.

 

Unfortunately my experiment fell short because I finished the job before the battery ran out... the battery was still showing one bar!

 

Cheers, Steve

 

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That's good going I remember getting good results with the new Panasonic not that good though. These days we are down to 50 wood screws on a fresh charge. Leave the battery a week and it's flat.

[ally]

Coach Screws A2 Stainless Steel x 100mm Pack of 10 | A2 Coach Screws | Screwfix.com That's the sort of coach screw I've been using .

[ally]

That's good going I remember getting good results with the new Panasonic not that good though. These days we are down to 50 wood screws on a fresh charge. Leave the battery a week and it's flat.

 

Would you not consider just getting new batteries then , Steve (assuming they would fit) ? Or is the drill showing its age a bit ? .

[Swampster]

Power Tools Online UK, DIY Corded, Cordless & Hand Power Tools From Anglia Tool Centre

 

Maybe worth a look ?

 

Makita 18v 3ah on offer .

[gensetsteve]

Would you not consider just getting new batteries then , Steve (assuming they would fit) ? Or is the drill showing its age a bit ? .

 

Drill feels hardly run in. I had two drills and four batteries the other drill is as new but stuck on hammer. So my drill has seen of four 18 volt 3.4 amp batteries. It always seems like for an extra tenner you can have a new drill as well and now it's lithium technology. Pattern Chinese batteries are £44 ea . I bought 20 drills with charger and 2 batteries for £95 a piece. But they were reduced from £200 each.

[ally]

Yes the drills seem cheap compared to batteries . I noticed a helluva difference going from my old 14v 1.3ah ni-cad drill to 18v 4ah li-ion .

[scbk]

I guess i am ok then!!

 

My chinese made drill still says "Hitatchi, Tokyo, Japan" on the casing!