Re: (OT) Drill Cord or Battery

["Vee Dubb" <Scirious@hotmail.com>]

A good cordless should do fine.  As for which one:

I don't trust anything with the word Craftsman on it anymore.  My Dad and I
have gone through way too many Craftsman drills in way too little time.

Bosch:  Wore out the bearings the first time I used it.  I bought it because
it looked like it's specs were slightly better than the DeWalt.  I had to
drill three 1/2" holes in masonary, and the drill just couldn't do it.  I
didn't even drain one battery in that thing.  The bearings were totally
trashed (I mean if the motor burned up or something maybe you could call it
my fault, but the bearings were just not good enough (or maybe not sealed
well enough for all the dust, whatever).  Who cares, it was a piece of crap.

DeWalt.  I've been using my DeWalt with a 12VoltXR battery pretty heavily
over the past year.  I've never broken any DeWalt tool.  I have put numerous
3" screws through solid oak, and it never complains.  It's well designed
ergonomically, I think, and just generally works well.  Lately it seems to
drain the batteries if I leave it alone for a week or two, but that's no big
deal.  I haven't yet had to stop working to wait on a battery to recharge,
which was my biggest fear with a cordless.  I have also used it like an air
ratchet as someone else here mentioned, and it does a great job for that.

If corded:

Good corded drills are much cheaper than good cordlesses.  I was sure that I
would need one by now, but the DeWalt is more capable than I thought.  Check
out the Milwaulkee Hole Shooter, preferably with the 1/2" chuck.  Friend of
mine has one and loves it.  I found it well balanced and super torquey.
I've logged some long hours (and high duty cycles) on Milwaulkee stuff (once
built a tube frame for a car almost entirely with a sawzall, and a 6"
grinder), and haven't broken any of their stuff either.  The corded will do
much better with large bits and long jobs.

I also buy everything I can from Home Depot because they don't give you crap
when you return ANYTHING.  I love those guys.

Sincerely;

Brian Haygood

----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Getty <marc@getty.net>
To: Scirocco <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <scirocco@powerlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:17 PM
Subject: (OT) Drill Cord or Battery


> John C. Worden [mailto:scirocco@powerlink.net] wrote:
> *SNIP*
> > But if you have to have a cordless I would by a Craftsman personally.
> > I say that because I've used a lot of different ones(I work at
HomeDepot)
> > and still prefer my Craftsman, at least as far as value goes(Dewalts are
> > nice, but overpriced).
>
> Craftsman? Blasphemy! And you drive a Scirocco? Mother Bosch is the *ONLY*
way
> to go!
>
> -Marc
>
> '74 VW Thing Finally Sold in 5/01 - '81 VW Jetta Diesel Scraped 12/97
> '84 VW Jetta GLi Sold to NJ 10/99 - '84 VW GTI 8v Sold to Peter in 4/01
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