The Milwaukee line of cordless tools has served me very well for the last two years. The 12v small drill is exceptional and fits well in tool bags.
Rich > On Nov 8, 2013, at 13:16, "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I got soured on Dewalt cordless products years ago. Got tired of the > batteries dying. Now use Makita products and love them. Still like Dewalt > corded tools, however. > > If you want the best, get a Metabo. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > > On Friday, November 8, 2013 10:48 AM, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Another point. I've always liked battery powered Drill/drivers. Started w > 9V, then 12V, then 14V, then 18V. > > Work bought me a DeWalt Kit that has little 12V drill/drivers w lithium-ion > batteries. Even though they are smaller, they have more torque than my > older, bigger, bulkier 18V Ryobi. The newer batteries last longer and hold a > charge for months riding in my truck. Amazingly reliable. Now I keep a > driver, a set of bits and set of tips and small sockets in my car, and they > make jobs so-o easy, I think everyone should have one. > > Removing all the floorboards of a 30 footer with a battery powered driver and > the right tip would take less than 15 minutes. > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > From: "Chuck S" <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 11:24:34 AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Anchoring floorboards - was Re: floorboards > > Home Depot and Lowes stock square drive (Robertson) fasteners here in the US. > > I have several assorted tip kits that fit a battery powered drill/driver or a > common 4 in 1 hand driver. The kits include straight, phillips, square, > torx, allen. Harbor Freight sells tools cheap enough, you can setup a > "common driver" and keep one on the boat, one in the car and one at home. > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > From: "Steve Thomas" <sthom...@sympatico.ca> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 11:07:50 AM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Anchoring floorboards - was Re: floorboards > > "common driver" > > Robertson head screws are common here. > Don't know why they never caught on in the States. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of Indigo > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:52 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Anchoring floorboards - was Re: floorboards > > If the objective is to be able to get the floorboards up quickly, I would be > very reluctant to use any fastening that can't be undone with a common > driver ( kept in my case in the top drawer of the chart table) or with no > tools at all > > My 2cents fwiw > > Jonathan > Indigo > > -- > Jonathan > Indigo C&C 35III > SOUTHPORT CT > > On Nov 8, 2013, at 8:05, Steve Thomas <sthom...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Robertson head screws are much less likely to deform so that you can't remove > them, so long as you don't use an undersize screwdriver. You are less likely > to have to resort to some sort of alternate extraction device with Robertson > head screws. They are way better than Phillips or slot heads in transferring > torque from the screwdriver to the screw. In my opinion they are better in > all applications except for assembly line work, where speed of assembly is > the overriding concern, and where the engineers don't care if it is later > difficult to remove them. The only thing I would do is make sure that they > are stainless or bronze, and check them once in a while if you are concerned > that they will fill up with dirt. That is not something that is likely to > happen quickly. > > Virtually every screw used to fasten anything that is connected to the hull > of my boat has required re-tightening at some time. There must be a lot of > flexing going on that is not obvious when actually sailing the boat. > > Steve Thomas > 1978 C&C MKIII > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of M Bod > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 7:11 AM > To: C&C list > Subject: Stus-List Anchoring floorboards - was Re: floorboards > > This discussion leads me to a question. > > Looking at the CS 30 I had a really tough time getting under the floorboards > - the Robertson head screws were full of dirt an it was very difficult to get > many of the screws out. > I had to use a little dental tool I'd brought with me to gouge the dirt out > of each hole to make space for the screwdriver head. > I'd hate to be trying to do that if I was in an emergency that necessitated > access! > > Any better suggestions? Would you just go with a slot screw? Any better > ideas - still seems to me you might be frantically trying to find a problem > and the sheer number of screws could be overwhelming. > > Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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