Again, when buying any cordless tool, it makes sense to look at the other
cordless tools from the same company. Dewalt and Ryobi both use the same
battery on their entire line. Makita makes a lot of 18 volt tools but they use
different styles of batteries and they aren't all interchangeable. They have
the pod style which I have in a drill from Makita. But then they might decide
to build a line of 18 volt tools that use a slide on style battery.
Sense we are talking inch pounds of torque, the numbers are big in difference,
but in operation I don't think it is that great. The impact driver works just
like the tire gun you see in the tire shops. When it starts driving a screw or
fastener, there is a clutch inside that is set for when it calls for help. At
that point it will start impacting and it will bring it or ring it as they say
down here...
I use mine for everything because it is smaller and lighter than a full blown
18 volt drill. And they make all kinds of attachments with a quarter inch hex
on it now. You have to have that if you use the impact driver.
If you are putting in the bolts to cement, any impact gun will do that for you.
The only thing to worry about is if it will ring off the head because the hole
was too small or tight.
But you'll run into that with a drill too.
I started out with an 18 volt Makita drill and still love it. Then I got a
steel on a Dewalt drill and found all the other tools that same set of
batteries would fit and went a bit crazy collecting afterwards. But you can
pick up a tool only and that is the bargain. A replacement battery is about
$60 and the lithiums are even more. Each time you buy a kit from any brand it
comes with one and usually 2 batteries, the tool, some little extras and a box
or bag. I have 4 batteries, but about 7 or 8 tools for them.
So now that you are really confused, I'll go get some coffee.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How much is enough?
OK, I know that bigger is typically better. More power. rah! Rah!
I am considering purchasing an impact driver. They seem to come in 800
inch pound and 1280 inch pound models. Do I really need 1280 inch pounds?
What if I want to drive a 2 3/4 TapCon into concrete, can 800 inch pounds
pull it off?:
Thanks.
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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