Cordless Drill

pugh-the-special-one said:
As a Carpenter by trade Martyn I always used Pro tools and fare play my old Milwaukee served me well more than 15 years of useage the drill still looks in great condition I even took it apart for the first time last week to have a good look at the internal mechanism and gearing looked like new really, I'm looking at this as a replacement. http://www.uktoolmart.com/gb/makita-power-tools/30282-makita-btd146-lxt-18v-impact-driver-and-bl1830-30ah-battery.html
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As I said, very well made and reliable without a doubt. The makita ones are excellent too. I got the brushless one, body only from Jewsons for £80 special offer about 18 months ago. Great bit of kit, claims to last 20% longer on a fully charged battery. Wont b/s about that, but I'm happy with its performance.
 
I have this set:
http://www.uktoolmart.com/gb/makita-power-tools/30468-makita-dk1493wx-108-hp330-combi-dill-td090-impact-driver-2-piece-kit.html
After dicking about with NiCad for years, stumped up for these. They are truly awesome!
Impact Drill is good for up 10mm up block, (less in dense brick) the Impact driver is superb for wood screws, bolts etc... Best drill set I've ever had!
(although my old mans 18v LiIon Makita is pretty sweet)
 
I picked this one up It's the cheapest I could find with the 2.0ah battery, I will pick up another battery off Ebay in the week.
http://www.buyaparcel.com/p/bosch-10-8v-lithium-ion-gsr-drill-driver-gsr10-82-li-1-x-2-0ah-battery-charger-and-lboxx-inlay/?gclid=CKnH5aOm3cQCFQrJtAodJjQAdQ



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I have had a Makita 18v nicad combi drill for a few years now. As everyone seems to 'need' the newer li-ion batteries, the nicad ones are always on very good sales. I think I got mine for 85 quid inc 2 batts. I also picked up a 2nd hand cordless jigsaw that uses the same batts. You would not believe how much more convenient a cordless jigsaw is until you get one.
I've never noticed my nicad batteries being dead when I went to use them. I guess I have just been lucky with them.

Now as for drilling and screwing. Don't scrimp. Spend money on your drill bits and driver bits.
I only use Wera driver bits in a quick change holder. Well worth the money, never chipped or twisted one yet, compared to dozens of broken cheapo's. You can use them in power tools or hand tools. Can be found quite cheaply in Toolstation.
Same with screws, as someone said above, you can get some decent screws now, and spending pence more really does make a difference.
 
pugh-the-special-one said:
I picked this one up It's the cheapest I could find with the 2.0ah battery, I will pick up another battery off Ebay in the week.
http://www.buyaparcel.com/p/bosch-10-8v-lithium-ion-gsr-drill-driver-gsr10-82-li-1-x-2-0ah-battery-charger-and-lboxx-inlay/?gclid=CKnH5aOm3cQCFQrJtAodJjQAdQ



[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/vx2qaZstfAQ[/video]
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I have picked one of these up and it was delivered today. Seems a good buy for the price. However I need a case for it and really do not want to fork out C£30 for an Lboxx102. Does anybody know a better/cheaper solution.
The drill did come in a Lboxx shaped liner
 
ollie9091 said:
However I need a case for it and really do not want to fork out C£30 for an Lboxx102. Does anybody know a better/cheaper solution.
The drill did come in a Lboxx shaped liner
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Power tool bags and purpose built hard cases are pretty high spec nowadays especially branded ones. If you're on a budget probably best to go for a padded, hard-bottomed lesser branded tool bag.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-hard-bottom-tool-bag-12/49324#product_additional_details_container
 
I have a bosch 12v for little jobs and a 18v fuel for larger jobs. It is awesome . The impact driver is pretty impressive. Pay once is what I'm hoping.
 
Some impact drivers don't have a clutch, which means you need to be very careful if you're driving something that could be over-tightened or broken by the high torque, on the other hand Drill drivers apply a constant torque and tend to have good control across a range of speeds and clutch settings. They're good for work that requires care or precision, like drilling a hole or driving a a smaller screw lots of fiddly Kitchen units and putting flatpacks together I would always opt for the finess of a drill driver over the impact driver if on the other hand you are doing a lot of decking drilling into concrete much heavier kind of work then opt for the impact driver.
 
No impact drivers have clutches but some of the better ones do have speed/torque settings that allow for more delicate work and with an appropriate hex bit or drill chuck they also make an efficient and accurate drill.
 
There is no torque control on the Fuel 12v, just two speed. The trigger is smooth enough to allow for fine control. But care is needed. I knocked up a paling fence last week & my youngest wanted a go with the ID...... Lo & behold the first 60mm screw got buried thru two 12mm palings lol.
 
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