[DeTomaso] NPC - Cordless Drill needed

[Will Kooiman]

I had bad luck with Makitas.  2 of the stripped out.  It wasn't a battery
problem.

I don't know if I overtorqued them or what.  I sometimes don’t know my own
strength.  ;-)

The sound they made was spine tingling.

I tried 2 because I broke mine first, and at about the same time my father
dropped his and broke the handle.  I made a good one out of the 2 broken
drills.  About a year later, the frankendrill stripped out, with the same
failure mode.

I haven't tried any other brands.

BTW, I recently inherited a very old Craftsman drill - non cordless.  It's
pretty cool using these old tools made back when everything was made with
quality.  This drill is pretty small, perhaps smaller than 3/8" chuck.  It
has an all metal case.  It looks like a small impact wrench.  I don't use it
very much.  The Smithsonian might get upset if I break it.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:22 PM
To: lotus0005 at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Cordless Drill needed

In a message dated 7/27/11 7:31:45 AM, lotus0005 at hotmail.com writes:

> The cordless drill that I have had about 5 years has finally quit.  Don't 
> know if it is the batteries or the drill - but figure it's probably just 
> as cheap to buy a new one as to buy new batteries.
> 

Not always. If there's nothing mechanically wrong its almost always better 
to get the batteries replaced on a known- good drill. I have an ancient 
'80s-version 1/4" cordless in which 2 small ni-cads are SOLDERED inside. I
took 
the powerpack to my local Batteries-Plus store and they replaced them for 
$8. Works fine; I like it 'cause it weighs amost nothing. I routinely take 
inop batteries from my old Ryobis etc to them and they rebuild those also-
with 
a 90 day guarantee. All a new drill will do is give you more torque from a 
more powerful powrpack (6, then 12 then 18 and now 24V). If you have lots of

extra money, buy the highest voltage unit you actually need; but more 
power/torque=   will be heavier to hold at arms-length & too bulky to fit in
some 
spaces. I drywalled a whole shop with a 12V Ryobi used as a power 
screwdriver and 2 extra power-packs. It still works fine 10 trs later but
none of the 
batteries are original.....   But chemical batteries don't last but a few 
years anyway- in cars or drills. Good luck- J DeRyke
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