On 2/11/2023 1:45 PM, knuttle wrote:
On 2/11/2023 9:34 AM, Leon wrote:
On 2/10/2023 6:27 PM, knuttle wrote:
My drill is on its last legs and I have been looking at a battery
powered drill as a replacement. My main drilling tool is a small
drill press so I very rarely use the hand drill and then only for
simple things like drilling a hole for a shelf, a piece of light
metal, etc.. It would be nice to take it into the Field so to speak.
Harbor Freight has an attractive price on their Warrior brand drills.
Since it is an off brand battery replacement would become a problem
it the Warrior brand disappeared.
Are there any other established manufactures batteries that would be
interchangeable with the Warrior batteries.
Food for thought. It may be cheaper to simply replace the $18.00
drill instead of buying a replacement battery.
https://www.harborfreight.com/12v-cordless-38-in-drilldriver-kit-57366.html >>
More food for thought. It is highly likely that this brand drill
will likely need to be recharged often and possibly before every use.
Corded is always ready providing there is a power source.
And a battery operated drill is very handy to have around. Read that
as so much easier to grab and go to where ever and not have to deal
with an extension cord.
IMHO the battery operated drill is about the only hand tool that I
would consider buying with a battery. I want corded for everything
else. The less you use a tool the more you want it to be corded for
the reasons you have stated. Since about 1992 I have owned a
Panasonic drill, that was a really good drill back 30 years ago, 2
DeWalt's, 2 because the whole drill, charger, and 2 batteries were
cheaper than 2 batteries alone. And a Makita, the most disappointing,
and my last is the current Festool that I bought in 2011. Its LIon
batteries are still running strong although they have discontinued the
15 volt version, which I have, and gone 18 bolt in the series that I own.
An $18 drill, you get what you pay for.
FWIW I have owned a Makita impact, that is a good tool, and was
awarded a Bosch impact a few years later. I use the Makita all the
time as the Makita drill was almost useless as far as power goes.
Since getting the 15 volt Festool I very seldom have need for an
impact driver at all. It is just that good.
OP: I understand what you are saying about the $18 dollar drill.
As for battery vs corded, right now the only battery tool I have is my battery powered screw driver. It is one of the most used tools I have
and it will not be a question of should, but it will be replace. I
realized it value when removing a screw in the head liner of an old car.
Turns out the screw was about 2" long the battery screw drive worked
much better that a lot of wrist action.
I think I would give up my table saw before the battery powered screw
driver.
Glad you mentioned the battery powered screwdriver. My first of its
kind was an Diston. It was about 12~14 inches long. The battery
unplugged from the tool and plugged straight into the wall socket for recharging. It was weak but out lasted me. ;~) Then a Skil screw
driver that looked like a miniature drill.
I finally began using the battery operated drill for driving screws with
the Panasonic mentioned above.
Driving screws is easy with a quality battery operated drill. But I
don't mean any drill.
The Panasonic drill had wonderful circuitry and I had great control of
the speed. It beat the pants off of the DeWalt's and the Makita.
The Festool set the standard. Perhaps the better name brands offer the
type electronics that Festool does, now.
The T15 Festool drill that I own now, as mentioned above, has pretty
much replaced my impact drivers too.
Unlike most corded drills that have little control over the speed other
than the variable speed, which can be worthless, the Festool drill
recognizes the position of the trigger and will increase or decrease the
chuck speed to match the unloaded speed.
What this means is that if you pull the trigger just enough to spin the
chuck with out a load, you can pretty much expect the drill to turn the
chuck at the same trigger location and at the same unloaded speed under
a load. With most corded you continue to pull the VS trigger until the
chuck finally turns. Impact drivers are good at driving screws but
with less fineness than the Festool drill that I own.
About 8 years ago I was adding shelving to our shed. 3" deck screws and
2x4's. I could slow start driving a screw, speed up, and slow down
with expected speed, depending on how far I had pulled the trigger. With
the screw halfway in I could stop driving it, slightly pull the trigger
and the drill would begin driving the screw again at a slow speed. If
you have ever done this with a corded drill you likely experienced
having to pull the trigger quite a bit and then the drill zooms up to a
fast speed and likely camed out the screw. FWIW I drive many more
screws with my Festool drill than drill holes.
I am not suggesting that you go out to buy a Festool drill but take a
look at what is available. Battery operated drills have come long way
as far as efficiency goes. But check out the Festool drill. Most
suppliers will let you try before you buy. You might find that you use
it more than you would think when you know how well it works.
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