Cordless drills

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Re: Cordless drills

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rjb wrote:So what would you recommend for drilling into "Acrrington Brick". :?:

It's got to be a corded SDS drill on low speed,fitted as Kwackers says,with a good quality tungsten tipped bit fitted,with a couple of spares just incase :? :shock: :wink:
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Honestly if you are just making one hole to put a screw plug in or something, it can be done with a normal corded drill that has moderate to high torque, and a masonry drill bit. It does require some care, and it will take a while.

If you are doing multiple ones, or expect to do a similar job more than once, use an SDS drill. Otherwise you will ruin your drill.
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Hi,
Having to finish the decking with my corded 850 w variable speed drill.

The first you notice is its heavier, I know you can buy ultralight window fitters pistol drill.
Second the torque which does not cut off when head hits wood means that after several screws my wrist now hurts :(
Never with a cordless torque limited drill driver.
I have to fiddle with the thumbscrew, up to drill and down to drive.

No contest I am afraid.

I will probably go for a bosch with two batts.
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reohn2 wrote:
Flinders wrote:Ah, Accrington brick! We even have a neighbour whose bungalow was built with engineering brick. He found out when he tried to drill into the wall. :shock:
W.r.t. power tools, I used to use them a lot at work, still do a bit, and we still do a lot of DIY at home. We found that for continuous use, anything other than the best tools would burn out or just couldn't hack heavy or continuous jobs. A B&D chap once said at an engineering conference my OH was at that their tools were designed down to a price, as most drills sold to the general public got used for only a few hours in their entire lifetime. We pretty much stick to the top range Makita stuff. It costs a lot, but can do the needful when more welly is required, and we've never had to replace one yet; I reckon in the end they are cheaper as well as better (and often lighter). A cheapo router we got lasted less than 20 minutes before the carbon brushes started to crumble to bits. :mrgreen:


Dewalt(which are B&D)aren't much better either I'm assured.
Makita are good tools :)

My Makita has easily accessible brushes that were claimed to be quick and easy to replace should you need to, but I've never had to. It is a lovely robust piece of kit so I will probably get some new batteries for it. Like other brands (Bosch, De Walt etc) Makita also do so-called DIY standard stuff, and I wouldn't expect that to last as long.
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pwa wrote:My Makita has easily accessible brushes that were claimed to be quick and easy to replace should you need to, but I've never had to. It is a lovely robust piece of kit so I will probably get some new batteries for it. Like other brands (Bosch, De Walt etc) Makita also do so-called DIY standard stuff, and I wouldn't expect that to last as long.

The new Makita brushless stuff is very good. Not only are there no brushes but they're significantly more efficient which means more power/longer running time.

Not cheap though, but if mine blows up anytime soon...
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Re: Cordless drills

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Hi,
Just bought a new bosch combi.

Something I did not consider was that my old bosch had a lowish number 1 torque setting ideal for small screws into wood.
Number one setting on the tool I just bought I would say is higher.
Worth considering if you intend to drive a lot of smaller screws?
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Re: Cordless drills

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NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
Having to finish the decking with my corded 850 w variable speed drill.

The first you notice is its heavier, I know you can buy ultralight window fitters pistol drill.
Second the torque which does not cut off when head hits wood means that after several screws my wrist now hurts :(
Never with a cordless torque limited drill driver.
I have to fiddle with the thumbscrew, up to drill and down to drive.

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You need an impact driver. They put in and take out screws that an ordinary driver can't. They do so without any of the wrist-twisting (or even breaking) of an ordinary driver. Nor do they chew the screw. I have some like these: marvellous!

https://www.axminster.co.uk/makita-clx2 ... -8v-102101

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