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Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the
list. Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of things missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real deal at this time. Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very sure. -- Hog '96 Bastard B12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
Hog wrote: > Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the > list. Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of > things missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real > deal at this time. > > Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. > > A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've > borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very > sure. > > -- > Hog > '96 Bastard B12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 Look on Ebay...........last week bought a DeWalt die grinder, lists at £284 for £58............brand new and perfect! Would never buy any sort of bike from there, but things like this can be real bargains! k |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
On or around Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:25:44 -0000, "Hog"
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> enlightened us thusly: >Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the >list. Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of >things missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real >deal at this time. > >Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. > >A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've >borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very >sure. Axminster do some nice ones. http://www.axminster.co.uk -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink; Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by; Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710) |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
Hog wrote:
> Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the > list. Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of > things missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real > deal at this time. > > Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. > > A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've > borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very > sure. > Some bargains here ATM http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...0Combi%2014.4V -- Nick Brooks 2001 SV650 replace numerals with words to email me |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
"Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> wrote in message news:482qk0Fi458qU1@individual.net... > Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the list. > Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of things > missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real deal at > this time. > > Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. > > A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've > borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very sure. > > -- > Hog > '96 Bastard B12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 > 18 volt is far better but it comes in around £280.00 Have a look at the Makita range as well they do some good gear |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:45:03 +0000, Nicknoxx <Nick@6&7.net>
wrote: >> >Some bargains here ATM >http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...0Combi%2014.4V > Whilst talking of bargains, I was shopping in Lidl this morning (the place to shop for those too pikey for Iceland). I picked up the list of next weeks offers. There's some half decent bike stuff on there, take a look here... http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060320.index The boots look worth a punt for thirteen quid! Nick |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
In article <482qk0Fi458qU1@individual.net>, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes >Have decided that a top quality cordless drill/driver is next on the >list. Getting the Dremel 300C kit convinced me there were a couple of >things missing in the kit. I can't accommodate a compressor for the real >deal at this time. > >Needs to have a wide speed and torque range, probably 14.4v or more. > >A pro fitter I know is using something like a DeWalt DC757KA 14.4V. I've >borrowed it and it's excellent but at £160 one would have to be very >sure. Don't understand all this >12V malarkey: more volts = more cells = worse energy density in the battery. It may be that it's easier to design torquey motors at higher volts, but I'm unconvinced. We're doing major work on the house at the moment, and I've seen in use and discussed cordless drills with various contractors (sad or wot?), and the consensus seems to be that above 7.2V quality is far more important than voltage. Can't say myself, as my Bosch is only 7.2V, but it will happily drive several dozen 2"10s into pine without pilot holes, before needing a charge, and it's about 10 years old. BTW, went to ToolStation today for the first time: www.toolstation.com. It's set up by the chap who started Screwfix (and then sold it to B+Q for multo-uckkers). Prices look good and they do DeWalt... Regards, Simonm. -- simonm|at|muircom|dot|demon|.|c|oh|dot|u|kay SIMON MUIR, BRISTOL UK www.ukip.org EUROPEANS AGAINST THE EU www.members.aol.com/eurofaq GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/ |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember SpamTrapSeeSig <no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> saying something like: >We're doing major work on the house at the moment, and I've seen in use >and discussed cordless drills with various contractors (sad or wot?), >and the consensus seems to be that above 7.2V quality is far more >important than voltage. Can't say myself, as my Bosch is only 7.2V, but >it will happily drive several dozen 2"10s into pine without pilot holes, >before needing a charge, and it's about 10 years old. I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two batteries that are needing re-celled now. When I got it ex-Telecom, it was capable of drilling 1/2" holes in concrete for quite a time or driving umpteen screws into floors between charges/swaps. The current equivalent model is 18 or 24V, but I don't see any real advantages. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me. Folding@Home Team UKRM http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/m...&teamnum=47957 |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:29:32 +0000 (UTC),
Frinton Boy <nospamthanks_nickb@iceni-networks.co.uk> wrote in <441c6de1.3285890@news.btinternet.com>: > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:45:03 +0000, Nicknoxx <Nick@6&7.net> wrote: >>Some bargains here ATM >>http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...0Combi%2014.4V > Whilst talking of bargains, I was shopping in Lidl this > morning (the place to shop for those too pikey for Iceland). > I picked up the list of next weeks offers. There's some half > decent bike stuff on there, take a look here... > http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060320.index > The boots look worth a punt for thirteen quid! Aldi have some biking stuff next week too; some of it may be identical to the Lidl gear... www.aldi.co.uk -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember SpamTrapSeeSig > <no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> saying something like: > >> We're doing major work on the house at the moment, and I've seen in >> use and discussed cordless drills with various contractors (sad or >> wot?), and the consensus seems to be that above 7.2V quality is far >> more important than voltage. Can't say myself, as my Bosch is only >> 7.2V, but it will happily drive several dozen 2"10s into pine >> without pilot holes, before needing a charge, and it's about 10 >> years old. > > I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two > batteries that are needing re-celled now. When I got it ex-Telecom, it > was capable of drilling 1/2" holes in concrete for quite a time or > driving umpteen screws into floors between charges/swaps. > The current equivalent model is 18 or 24V, but I don't see any real > advantages. Thanks, you boys have cured me of any desire to buy expensive kit. I do need to find something with ~50NM of torque, a good range of torque and speed settings and probly electronic brake. Monster battery life isn't so important and having two will do nicely. -- Hog '96 Bastard B12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
Frinton Boy wrote:
> > > Whilst talking of bargains, I was shopping in Lidl this > morning (the place to shop for those too pikey for Iceland). > > I picked up the list of next weeks offers. There's some half > decent bike stuff on there, take a look here... > > http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...20060320.index > > The boots look worth a punt for thirteen quid! > .... but they will probably only have one pair in each size, so you need to be quick. Aldi are doing a very, very similar range of motor cycling stuff on Thursday (well, there's a surprise), if you don't get to Lidl early enough on Monday. Aldi stocks more than one of each item so there's a better chance of actually buying something. -- Andrew |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
In article <pg7r12584411ugbuvd8rk1set6e5dvr065@4ax.com>, Grimly
Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683REMOVE@hotmail.com> writes >We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >drugs began to take hold. I remember SpamTrapSeeSig ><no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> saying something like: > >>We're doing major work on the house at the moment, and I've seen in use >>and discussed cordless drills with various contractors (sad or wot?), >>and the consensus seems to be that above 7.2V quality is far more >>important than voltage. Can't say myself, as my Bosch is only 7.2V, but >>it will happily drive several dozen 2"10s into pine without pilot holes, >>before needing a charge, and it's about 10 years old. > >I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two >batteries that are needing re-celled now. Manbat in Bristol used to do a re-celling service. They can certainly get the correct (weird) sizes of cell, with tags on, for a DIY effort, and rather cheaper than either Maplins or RS. I'll be doing mine soon, or getting it done if I can. Regards, Simonm. -- simonm|at|muircom|dot|demon|.|c|oh|dot|u|kay SIMON MUIR, BRISTOL UK www.ukip.org EUROPEANS AGAINST THE EU www.members.aol.com/eurofaq GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/ |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
In message <V$TnCCFIxcHEFwzV@tigger.muircom.demon.co.uk>, SpamTrapSeeSig
<no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <pg7r12584411ugbuvd8rk1set6e5dvr065@4ax.com>, Grimly >Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683REMOVE@hotmail.com> writes >>We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >>drugs began to take hold. I remember SpamTrapSeeSig >><no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> saying something like: >> >>>We're doing major work on the house at the moment, and I've seen in use >>>and discussed cordless drills with various contractors (sad or wot?), >>>and the consensus seems to be that above 7.2V quality is far more >>>important than voltage. Can't say myself, as my Bosch is only 7.2V, but >>>it will happily drive several dozen 2"10s into pine without pilot holes, >>>before needing a charge, and it's about 10 years old. >> >>I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two >>batteries that are needing re-celled now. > >Manbat in Bristol used to do a re-celling service. They can certainly >get the correct (weird) sizes of cell, with tags on, for a DIY effort, >and rather cheaper than either Maplins or RS. I'll be doing mine soon, >or getting it done if I can. > So do AllBatteries in Watford -- geoff |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:05 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig
<no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two >>batteries that are needing re-celled now. > >Manbat in Bristol used to do a re-celling service. They can certainly >get the correct (weird) sizes of cell, with tags on, for a DIY effort, >and rather cheaper than either Maplins or RS. I'll be doing mine soon, >or getting it done if I can. That's handy, ta. I'll have a look for them if it's a weird size - I'd assumed that CPC would be able to supply them. -- Dave |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Grimly Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683@notmail.com> saying something like: >On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:05 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig ><no-one@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>>I'd agree. I have a ten year old 12V Bosch cordless SDS with two >>>batteries that are needing re-celled now. >> >>Manbat in Bristol used to do a re-celling service. They can certainly >>get the correct (weird) sizes of cell, with tags on, for a DIY effort, >>and rather cheaper than either Maplins or RS. I'll be doing mine soon, >>or getting it done if I can. > >That's handy, ta. I'll have a look for them if it's a weird size - I'd >assumed that CPC would be able to supply them. Hmm.. found a website but it seems to be fubared. http://www.manbatbatteries.co.uk/bristol.cfm -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me. Folding@Home Team UKRM http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/m...&teamnum=47957 |
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Re: Cordless Drill Driver recommendation
In article <giur12pfjm1lv5u0d45onr4p6bgq9drddf@4ax.com>, Grimly
Curmudgeon <grimlycurmudgeon683REMOVE@hotmail.com> writes >Hmm.. found a website but it seems to be fubared. > >http://www.manbatbatteries.co.uk/bristol.cfm Could be - I don't think it worked properly when I last looked either. I think they're still there: Manbat Ltd Tel: 0117 9776477 40 Albert Rd, St Philips, Bristol BS2 0XA Fax: 0117 9778481 (from dir enq.). If you know Bristol, they're just along from the dogs' home nearer the Feeder. Trade suppliers for bike/car batteries too - got the present Beemer battery from them and saved about 40 squids (Varta so pukka). Regards, Simonm. -- simonm|at|muircom|dot|demon|.|c|oh|dot|u|kay SIMON MUIR, BRISTOL UK www.ukip.org EUROPEANS AGAINST THE EU www.members.aol.com/eurofaq GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/ |
