Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 2Jun 18, 2009 10:11 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 4Jun 19, 2009 1:07 am 2nd-Fix | Blog Building with Desyn Homes previously with the insolvent [url=https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/videos/1162546323776021/]Endeavour Homes[/url] Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 5Jun 19, 2009 1:26 am Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 7Jun 19, 2009 7:21 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 11Jun 19, 2009 9:25 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 14Jun 21, 2009 11:12 pm FireFox if you can get a hitachi you wont look back, we have lots of them at w0rk and cop plenty of abuse. I second that! As are Makita but Hitachi would easily take the cake DeWalt are made by Black and Decker. It is their quality brand. Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 15Jul 02, 2009 12:13 am Thanks for the tips all. I have been looking at the Makita range at Bunnings mainly cause I already have a Makita power drill as well as a Makita grinder, and I've been quite happy with both of them. Again, I was having trouble deciding between a 14.4v and 18v model, but I think I'll go for the 14.4v model. I am assuming that will be sufficient to drive tek screws into steel without too much hassle. That is my most immediate need for the drill, otherwise, it'll be minor maintenance around the house. Thanks again, Chris Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 16Jul 02, 2009 2:16 am My mates who do fixings generally use 18volt drills. Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 17Jul 02, 2009 6:21 am I'd look toward the 18V. Remember if your main task is driving screws your looking at the wrong tool. A drill is primarily for 'd'rilling'' You should be looking at an Impact Driver - they are specifically for 'driving'screws Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 18Jul 12, 2009 5:46 pm We have mainly Hitachi gear. That said many of the commercial boys are oing Ozito now, and i have to admit i find them reat value. 2 year REPLACEMENT warranty that means, if it is stuffed they GIVE you a NEW one All Bugjlklk, Bjdcej, oh jeez the big green buildings, they stock them all over Australia The clincher- i have Hitachi, Dewalt, Ozito, Metabo, and Ramset hammer drills (Tool Junkie ) The Ozito will chew corn quickerthan all of the rest hands down, and only cost $100.The other tools stay at home now hehe Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 19Sep 02, 2009 7:32 am I picked up the last of the cordless impact drill heavily discounted to $14.99 at ALDi Anyway just Chinese cheap stuff much like the rest of the under $100 tools all made in China regardless of the brand. I was surprised at the proliferation of cheap store brand tools targetting the DIY market these days Thrifty's own brand is Icon, Bunnings is Ozito, Ryobi, AEG(HK based) and Bosch(green), Trade Tools Direct is TTD and the list goes on. There are very few tools these days made in Germany or Switzerland most of them sell at premium prices just check out large tool dealers like Justools,Total Tools or Ebay and http://www.oztion.com.au Re: Tips for a new cordless drill 20Sep 05, 2009 7:06 pm Dukekamaya that is using them for driving screws which is the job of an impact driver, not a drill. A cordless drill is for 'drilling' essentially, not driving Most of the larger brands tend to offer cordless drill/drivers which are meant for both, along with cordless drills which are simply for drilling and are usually easily identified by their 'hammer' action option. Impact drivers are indeed excellent tools for driving fasteners as this is their primary design role, they provide so much torque that this is actually proving a problem for some fasteners whose heads are not designed to take this amount of immediate load and often result in shearing. They should also be used with a new or well fitting correct size drive bit as this is the No1 source of faults, loads of driving force and a worn out or wrong size/type bit is just asking for the head to rip up, we have some info on bit types in our blog which might be useful. We use Dewalt and Makita 14v for demos and testing, the Makitas are excellent, I'd choose a Lithium Ion model if possible as the battery is a lot smaller and they last a lot longer, bit pricey but worth it. 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 1539 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 7699 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 14935 |