battery drill
Re: battery drill
My Bosch corded drill ,i've had it... no, abused it for 20 years.. made a dreadful noise today and locked up . 
No problem, i can fix anything, i brought it home and the armature shaft has worn,and the dear little needle roller bearing it runs in is all floppy allowing the arm to hit the field . Armature is listed as P.O.A.. so i suppose i've got to buy another drill . What am i looking for? Bosch,Makita,or Metabo 
? Need 550w 2 speed and variable motor speed ,hammer and 1/2 keyed chuck.
No problem, i can fix anything, i brought it home and the armature shaft has worn,and the dear little needle roller bearing it runs in is all floppy allowing the arm to hit the field . Armature is listed as P.O.A.. so i suppose i've got to buy another drill . What am i looking for? Bosch,Makita,or Metabo ? Need 550w 2 speed and variable motor speed ,hammer and 1/2 keyed chuck.Re: battery drill
Bosch still good. My 20 year old Bosch drill is still going, but I bought a new one two years ago for the "rough", so as to preserve the original for the "fine".
P45.
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: battery drill
On experience I would not purchase another Dewalt corded drill again - I have had nothing but hassle with the clutch on my larger Dewalt drill / breaker and although fixed under warranty 2 weeks after the warranty expired it went again - I paid £100 + to have it fixed only for it fail again and the company that did the repair had then closed - I just use it has a heavy duty breaker now and have a lighter duty corded Bosch for drilling - there is a lot of good brands out in the market now and its hard to recommend apart from advising to not bother with the unknown branded far eastern market stuff. I can however recommend a fantastic and very competitive supplier of tools & equipment - link below
http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/
- link below http://www.dm-tools.co.uk/
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1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
Re: battery drill
All the drills in the factory here are Makita. The factory manager swears by them, personally I have a black and decker that is 10+ years old and still going strong.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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tractorman
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Re: battery drill
I was talking to my heating friend the other day and we reckon the days of cheap power tools have passed (though I think B&Q do some!).
I have a selection of drills ranging from a 40 year old B&D (1/2" 2-speed) to a 10 yo B&D cordless swivel headed affair. There are three Bosch drills and a McKeller SDS in the mix too!
The original B&D (an orange//grey affair) has had the gearbox rebuilt two or three times (using parts from the first B&D I bought - which didn't last long!). The second B&D is a 31yo variable speed + reverse and sounds really rough. I was mixing tile cement with it the other day and the smell was horrendous, so I suspect it won't last much longer (I have plaster to mix soon!) - it doesn't get a lot of use since I bought the Bosch drills. I don't rate modern B&D stuff very highly - I fear they went to the cheap end of the market when they bought Dewalt (and I don't rate those very highly either!).
My Bosch drills (a 1988 850W mains one with all the bells and whistles and 2 cordless ones) were all bought before the prices fell (about 15 years ago) and have all been superb drills. The "big one" has a keyed chuck that I replaced a while ago and has had a lot of use over the years, but is still taking a lot of punishment without complaint. The two cordless ones are also working well. There were all the "Domestic" (ie green bodied) ones. However, I have a few friends that say the newer domestic stuff isn't all that great and, to get a good Bosch, you have to go for the blue bodied ones.
If you come across Skil tools, they are a Bosch company and seem to use "old" Bosch tools as the base for their own stuff. I have a Skil circular saw that has had loads of hard work and has never been any trouble. I bought a Skill drill where I last worked and it was a little numb compared to the Bosch, but was able to take the punishment that kids dish out, so can't be bad for a reasonably priced tool!
Makita have a good reputation and my friend has recently bought a pair from B&Q for domestic use (he's reworking his bathroom at the moment) and reckons they are good enough for that sort of job, but his (blue) Bosch cordless is a lot better (though the batteries are ready for changing).
Someone told me Wickes tools are pretty good - they lie somewhere between the cheap B&Q stuff and the slightly better B&D
I have a selection of drills ranging from a 40 year old B&D (1/2" 2-speed) to a 10 yo B&D cordless swivel headed affair. There are three Bosch drills and a McKeller SDS in the mix too!
The original B&D (an orange//grey affair) has had the gearbox rebuilt two or three times (using parts from the first B&D I bought - which didn't last long!). The second B&D is a 31yo variable speed + reverse and sounds really rough. I was mixing tile cement with it the other day and the smell was horrendous, so I suspect it won't last much longer (I have plaster to mix soon!) - it doesn't get a lot of use since I bought the Bosch drills. I don't rate modern B&D stuff very highly - I fear they went to the cheap end of the market when they bought Dewalt (and I don't rate those very highly either!).
My Bosch drills (a 1988 850W mains one with all the bells and whistles and 2 cordless ones) were all bought before the prices fell (about 15 years ago) and have all been superb drills. The "big one" has a keyed chuck that I replaced a while ago and has had a lot of use over the years, but is still taking a lot of punishment without complaint. The two cordless ones are also working well. There were all the "Domestic" (ie green bodied) ones. However, I have a few friends that say the newer domestic stuff isn't all that great and, to get a good Bosch, you have to go for the blue bodied ones.
If you come across Skil tools, they are a Bosch company and seem to use "old" Bosch tools as the base for their own stuff. I have a Skil circular saw that has had loads of hard work and has never been any trouble. I bought a Skill drill where I last worked and it was a little numb compared to the Bosch, but was able to take the punishment that kids dish out, so can't be bad for a reasonably priced tool!
Makita have a good reputation and my friend has recently bought a pair from B&Q for domestic use (he's reworking his bathroom at the moment) and reckons they are good enough for that sort of job, but his (blue) Bosch cordless is a lot better (though the batteries are ready for changing).
Someone told me Wickes tools are pretty good - they lie somewhere between the cheap B&Q stuff and the slightly better B&D
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ive got a lot of drills, my bosch sds 4kg hammer is 15 years old & i have changed the motor & i can still get parts for it. ive got a lot of makita kit & love it although im not impressed with the battery kit as its a bit fragile, fell 6 foot & was knackered & ive changed 3 batteries in less than 2 years.. ive had aeg/milwaukee battery drills & they are good ive had ryobi drills & they are pretty good, the battery is still pretty good although i dont use the hammer function any more as the motor moves & wires break off.. borrowed a dewalt drill it dropped 4/5 metres & not a mark on it 
my makita would have exploded.. if you do buy a corded drill get an sds... they can make holes in anything, make sure you have breaker.. not much use for drilling holes in panels on the car but great for making holes in the house
my makita would have exploded.. if you do buy a corded drill get an sds... they can make holes in anything, make sure you have breaker.. not much use for drilling holes in panels on the car but great for making holes in the house Re: battery drill
Rich....It's all the drills you've got that keep you poor 
I bet you keep them in their original cases, all neat and tidy.
I bet you keep them in their original cases, all neat and tidy.
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zipgun wrote:Rich....It's all the drills you've got that keep you poor
Yeah! What he said. And I bet that they all have names, that you celebrate their birthdays with special, drill-shaped cakes and that you always give them a bedtime story when it's time to put them away for the night.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Well i didn't have to buy one after all ! Having a rummage through my treasures i'd forgotten , i had an AEG with a knackered chuck and perished cord and a busted plug . So i pinched some orange flex from the leaf blower and the worn out Bosch's chuck fits it , so i'm back with a working drill !! I also found a 1000watt AEG but the motor revver up and downer doesn't seem to work , and it's too heavy and i'm a weakling so i re hid it for another day...