Tooling up

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@33MHz /@unixb0y I’m currently the President of a small Men’s Shed group. A tradesman donated sever thousand dollars of old Makita 18v gear plus mains-powered stuff. We already had a collection of Milwaukee 18v kit: 2 two speed drills; 2 three speed impact wrenches; 2 angle grinders; a circular saw; two chargers & 8 batteries. The Makita stuff mostly have 1.3 Ah batteries so we bought an adapter plate to run a Makita tool from a 4Ah Milwaukee battery. The impact wrenches apply massive amounts of torque and are designed for driving screws into wood very rapidly and for use with nut sockets. Plenty of mechanics use these to remove/refit car wheels.

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@33MHz

@unixb0y I like Bosch and Milwaukee myself, but it's especially helpful to go with a brand you can interchange batteries for different tools.

@unixb0y

@33MHz that sounds good, didn’t think about that. I don’t have any good battery powered tools yet, so I’m not yet “bound” to a brand in that sense :D
But a drill is the most useful power tool for me anyway tbh.

@unixb0y

@33MHz What should I look out for when getting a drill? I want to both use it to screw in screws into something as well as drilling holes if that’s possible :D

@unixb0y

@33MHz for example we have a percussion drill that spins up way too fast so it can’t be used for screws, it’s just for drilling.

Also I want the tool to hold up as long as possible since I always like to buy this kind of stuff once and keep it :)

@33MHz

@unixb0y yeah, just a standard 18v drill (not hammer/percussion) should be good. Can get whatever bits you need. My Bosch 18v is >10 years old, and I just bought a bigger battery for it. It came with two small ones that charge fast, but drain fast...

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@unixb0y ...if I'm drilling hardwood.

@33MHz

@unixb0y normal drills should have a couple speeds at least, and if they have hammer functionality, it should be able to be turned off/on.

@unixb0y

@33MHz okay thanks! The one I mentioned is supposed to also be able to do percussion drilling I believe. But not sure if that’s just marketing fuzz. It also has different torque settings etc is that important?

@unixb0y

@33MHz I see thanks a lot!

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@unixb0y looks like my particular drill isn't in rotation anymore, but it's something like the Bosch GSR18 V-190B22.

@33MHz

@unixb0y yeah, these levels of drills should have torque settings, some will be percussion. I seldom use the percussion functionality. They're going to be able to help tighten screws up well, but you're less likely to be punching big holes in concrete.

@unixb0y

@33MHz okay! But for wood and small holes in the wall I guess it will work, for anything harder there’s my cheapo wall powered one with 2 handles etc anyway 😄

@unixb0y

@33MHz just wondering whether to go one step higher and get something that does both well, but maybe it makes more sense to have one tool for each job. Idk you’re the expert ^^

@33MHz

@unixb0y I love my drill. Was boring holes in 2" rough joists yesterday afternoon. :)

@unixb0y

@33MHz 😄👍🏼

@peemee

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@33MHz

@peemee Sounds like a good deal! I recently bought a 4ah battery and they gave me an 8ha one instead… It's a wonderful battery. I had 1.3ah batteries before, and they really go fast if you're doing anything with elbow grease.
@unixb0y

@peemee

@33MHz Forgot one other Milwaukee tool: cordless random orbital sander, bought to replace one that burned out inside. It has a handy vacuum attachment with a neat extension on it. The extension is so a 12 Ah battery can be fitted. @unixb0y

@peemee

@33MHz @unixb0y Personally I have a collection of Ryobi stuff, old & new, all take the 18v Plus one batteries. Amazon-sourced batteries fit the tools & charger but are vastly cheaper: I paid AU$38 for a 5 Ah battery, for example.

@33MHz

@unixb0y Something weird happened here @peemee

@unixb0y

@33MHz 1 second :D
// @peemee

@33MHz

@unixb0y oh, something manual. :)

@unixb0y

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@unixb0y

@33MHz yeah I though that would also work :D

@33MHz

@unixb0y nice! The smaller form factor are really nice.

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@unixb0y When I'm drilling 3 or 4" screws, though, I find the extra weight of the drill helpful (I'm pretty light).

@unixb0y

@33MHz Yeah and it outputs 35Nm in that small package :D And RPM is fine too!

@unixb0y

@33MHz I can imagine that but I don't work with that kind of screws :D As mentioned, if I ever will, I'll get a larger 18V big boi ^^
I'm mostly screwing together IKEA furniture, bicycles or 3D printers and for that something of this size seems perfect 😊

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@unixb0y perfect!

@unixb0y

@33MHz 😊

@peemee

@unixb0y
/@33MHz Not sure about Bosch chargers but the Milwaukee chargers in the Men’s Shed can do the 12v batteries as well as the 18v ones.