man if that impact stick does sound good!? How in fact does the impact mechanism do the job?
On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote: > You can run drill bits in an impact driver. They have to have a quarter inch > hex shank on them though. > > A big difference is the size. An impact driver will be smaller and lighter > than a hammer drill. Also a hammer drill, unless set up for SDS bits can > accept anything up to the max size of the chuck. The impact driver must have > a hex shank on it. > > Performance wise an impact driver can do a lot more for the money. You can > put a Phillips bit in the driver and when the screw tightens up too much it > will start impacting and it will drive the screw home without having to feel > like you are bench pressing the screw into the wood. I have an impact screw > driver from Makita that also does this but at a much lower torque. > > I run the spade or paddle bits in mine and it takes a lot less effort to bore > a big hole. And when I like most is the impact driver is much less stress on > the wrists. If it binds, it starts impacting and keeps running. If a drill > binds it can hurt you. > > The only problem I've had with mine is it will keep going and you can strip a > screw if not careful. But that's not much to complain about as far as I'm > concerned. > > BTW, mine is from Dewalt and runs on 18 volts. I might have gone with the > Makita but couldn't find the bare tool only at the time and I have a lot of > 18 volt Dewalt tools already. > > I think the difference in weight between my drill and impact is about 2 > pounds. And it's shorter from front to back so it drives screws in tighter > places. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jewel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Impact Drivers > > > How does an impact driver differ from a hammer drill? To me, they seem the > same. > > Jewel > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
