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I've blown through 2 Dewalt 20V Driver/Drills in the last 2 years, looking for reccomendations. Don't need hammer, and I'm hitting the torque limiter all day everyday. Cordless electric. This isn't for drilling the holes its for installing the screws. Yeah what y'all think?
Not even joking tbh I never once stripped the threads when I used to use one of these, would drill the holes with it too. A lot easier to get consistent pressure/torque on the screw than a ratchet screwdriver.
When i wus sommar jobbing last summer i was cleaning a bunch of construction tools including a bunch of drills, i mostly just aired duster blowed them off with a blowing machine, and then i Wiped them With industrial baby wipes.
my father has milwaukee drills at home and hes had it as long as i remember, i do a have a complaint about the drills case, as when i was building a pvc rail last summer i accidentally sat on it it got destroyed.
a_burgerNot even joking tbh I never once stripped the threads when I used to use one of these, would drill the holes with it too. A lot easier to get consistent pressure/torque on the screw than a ratchet screwdriver.
good point but too wobbly in my opinion. i think this style of hand drill is preferable
a_burgerNot even joking tbh I never once stripped the threads when I used to use one of these, would drill the holes with it too. A lot easier to get consistent pressure/torque on the screw than a ratchet screwdriver.
This is true but my shop sees a lot of volume in the winter and I just can't take that much time per screw
using a drill with a clutch to drive screws is sub optimal, especially if youre depending on the clutch non stop. the clutch just gets chewed up. next thing is a brushed motor only lasts for about 500hrs of continuous run. In our production environment a brushed impact only lasts 1.5 months driving ~1000 #10 screws a day.
i would suggest to stick with dewalt since you already have the batteries
compared to the cheapest one, its only $60 more but will easily outlive it.
It has a "speed" setting that essentially limits the torque. if you need to be more accurate with the torque applied, get a 1/2" impact driver and some torque sticks/extensions with 1/4" drive adapter for different bits.
if you need to be able to drill, there are entire sets of 1/4' drive drill bits available too. they are not metric, but the are close enough for mounting skis. just make sure to put a bottoming collar at the right depth for your jigs
using a drill with a clutch to drive screws is sub optimal, especially if youre depending on the clutch non stop. the clutch just gets chewed up. next thing is a brushed motor only lasts for about 500hrs of continuous run. In our production environment a brushed impact only lasts 1.5 months driving ~1000 #10 screws a day.
i would suggest to stick with dewalt since you already have the batteries
compared to the cheapest one, its only $60 more but will easily outlive it.
It has a "speed" setting that essentially limits the torque. if you need to be more accurate with the torque applied, get a 1/2" impact driver and some torque sticks/extensions with 1/4" drive adapter for different bits.
if you need to be able to drill, there are entire sets of 1/4' drive drill bits available too. they are not metric, but the are close enough for mounting skis. just make sure to put a bottoming collar at the right depth for your jigs
Thank you this is what I'm after. I've been using a Dewalt DCD771 20V. Don't think it's brushless. I'm hitting the clutch all the time more just as the technique I've developed to be efficient with that specific drill. The shop has been using the same model for a long time but its time to get something proper. Really my only requirements are that there's some way to limit the power to avoid stripping holes
