Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 21Sep 05, 2009 8:47 pm Shearing and snapping is definately a problem I agree, especially with stainless decking screws into hardwood joists. If the hardwood is seasoned, 10g screws are almost essential as the 7g and 8g snap quite easily. Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 22Sep 07, 2009 12:45 pm Dukekamaya Shearing and snapping is definately a problem I agree, especially with stainless decking screws into hardwood joists. If the hardwood is seasoned, 10g screws are almost essential as the 7g and 8g snap quite easily. when I was on the tools we used to charge a plusage for any hardwood work, wrecks and blunts all your tools, some of it's as tough as concrete but lovely to work with Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 23Sep 07, 2009 1:22 pm Yeah you should hear the noise from the cutters at work when we have to machine old dry ironbark Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 24Mar 07, 2012 5:02 pm Hi all, I'm dragging up a somewhat (OK, very) aged thread to see if anyone has anything else to add? I need a cordless drill simply to do some general stuff around the house (at present attaching bookshelves to a wall and attaching a message board and a mirror to other walls/doors). Being a "helpless" female (and I mean that in jest ) I don't know much about these things and don't want to spend a s#*tload on something I will use only occasionally. I've heard that 18V drill/drivers with a lithium-ion battery are the ones to go for; is that what I should go into the hardware store and ask for? Or is it better/easier to order online these days? If so where should I go? Are there any brands that are better than others? Thanks in advance Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 25Mar 07, 2012 5:16 pm Hey Grom, Makita's are still decent for DIY home stuff that isn't too intensive. Should pick something up from Bunnings relatively fair priced. If you start getting into the more intensive jobs look into getting a Panasonic. I had a Milwaukee (made in Germany) and when I needed a new one I was about to buy it only to realise they had started making them in China using the same AEG drives. I bit the bullet and got a Panasonic set for $700 (quite cheap actually) and got two chargers, two batteries and a hammer, impact and drill driver. please don't look at Ozito's Oct 10 - Council Approval Oct 23 - Site scrape Oct 29 - Footings and Prelay OCT 30 - Slabbed Nov 6 - Bricks Delivered Nov 13 - Brickwork started Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 26Mar 08, 2012 10:57 am Thanks for that Daedalus. I thought the prices for the Ozito's were too good to be true (one drill was only $30!) so will definitely stay away from them. I was actually looking at a Milwaukee but they seem to come with the (older) Nickel Cadmium batteries instead of the Lithium Ion ones so I had crossed them off my list. I had a look at Bunnings online and they have limited brand choice (only brands they stock are their own (Ozito), Bosch, Dewalt, Makita and Ryobi). Maybe I'll go into Total Tools and see what they can offer me. Thinking I may get the Makita BDF452SHE (as it's apparently relatively lightweight ) Thanks again Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 27Dec 03, 2012 7:17 pm I have a cordless drill or two. I also have the Black and Decker drill my mate and I used to build our 50 foot trimaran back in 1970. It still goes well and is more reliable, in a sense, than the battery ones. Just food for thought. cheers Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 28Jan 09, 2013 1:14 pm I went a bit crazy on Milwaukee M18 and M12 gear and I swear by them and hence a bit biased. Yes they are now made in China but what isn't? Very generally speaking I have spoken to tradies who acknowledge that Milwaukee is a great range. You might want to consider AEG considering they use the same technology as Milwaukee, just repackaged differently and priced lower. Ryobi is also made by the same chaps as Milwaukee and AEG. Ryobi's range is handy and priced reasonably especially for the 18v lithium range and sounds like the range you are looking at. I have a box of quality drill bits that seem to be new but their engraved sizes covered by rust ,,,,I tried to sand them to see their sizes but still I am finding… 0 1433 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7223 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14262 |