While I LOVE cordless tools and I have several myself, you have to learn to treat your cordless tools as a rental tool. You rent it for 2 years and then its often cheaper to buy a new tool instead of
Author: shochschild at att.net (shochschild at att.net)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:41:07 -0600
I agree. I am done with battery tools. In my case, I already owned the corded versions, so I instead made the investment (aka the opportunity to spend money on my shop) in three good contractor grade
Well, I have both corded and cordless drills; plus a wide variety of extension cords both coiled and reeled. Still, when I need to drill just a few holes in the backyard, or up on a ladder somewhere,
Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:22:38 -0500
OK, before you all throw away your tools, I have an idea... First, I got rid of all my corded tools when I first used cordless stuff. They do rock. Then, I think I saw a brand that had this idea, but
http://dewaltownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=327.0 Half way down the page. Such a good idea they discontinued it. OK, before you all throw away your tools, I have an idea... First, I got rid of all m
Author: eric at megageek.com (eric at megageek.com)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:22:03 -0500
Sniff, sniff. If they made it for the 18V, I'd buy it in a heartbeat! OK, so to the electronic engineers out there, how hard would it be to make one? If someone could make up the plans, I'd build on
For one that "is not small but it works" look at the top of the page. Have to change the components to get to 18v but the basics are there. Sniff, sniff. If they made it for the 18V, I'd buy it in a
Well, sure. Even a cheap corded drill has a better motor (more powerful, better duty cycle) than most cordless drills. The 24V dewalt stuff might have been an exception, but the people who bought tha
I'd be REEAL careful building that, though. For one thing, the schematic clearly has some errors, as it shows a direct short across the battery pack. -- Randall
For years I would leave a cordless drill on my boat just so I would have it handy while underway. Every time I ever needed it either the battery was not charged or in need of replacement. Finally one
I will retract the "it works" and simply go with "is not small" then ;-} I'd be REEAL careful building that, though. For one thing, the schematic clearly has some errors, as it shows a direct short a
Oh I don't doubt the author built it and it works for him. Just somehow the schematic didn't quite capture what he built. What I envisioned was something more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch
I've heard good and bad about a lot of the brands. I think with some brands it will be a crap shoot. About 20 years ago I bought a Sears cordless drill. I read good reviews about it, but my batteries
Author: scott.hall.personal at gmail.com (Scott Hall)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:56:32 -0500
Dewalt makes them. Haven't ever seen one for Milwaukee. I like the idea enough that I actually considered changing to Dewalt, but I already had the Milwaukee stuff, and I like the Milwaukee Sawzall h
Gentlemen, Yes, I have had battery-powered hand tools, but resorted to not buying the replacement batteries as they generally were more than the original tool and I hate the thought of all the lithiu
Author: markmiller at threeboysfarm.com (Mark Miller)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:21:46 -0800
I have had some 12 and 14.4V dewalt tools and they were very useable. I had the batteries rebuilt once and by the time they needed a second rebuild they (the batteries) were getting mechanically slop