Corded drill ratings

[MikeWhy]

That was it. I replaced it with a cheap corded Dewalt and been happy ever since. Except it didn't have a clutch. I got a tiny Milwaukee li-ion to partner with it after I stripped out too many screws driving them. The Milwaukee is kick-ass, too. It came with 2 batteries, although there wasn't really a need. The charge lasts essentially forever in my use, and recharges in 30 minutes. Quite pleased with both of them. There's no replacing a real corded drill when you need what they do: 2500 rpm and 6 amps of torque.

[Phisherman]

My Dad's B&D from the early 1960's is still going strong, and I'm not about to part with it. On occasion I still use it today, but the chuck is a 3/8", double metal insulated, heavy, small, powerful, no plastic parts. The one cordless I bought in 1995 went to the trash a long time ago.

[Leon]

GOOD!! I'm not the only one who gets pissed at stiff plastic cords... and here I thought I was weird...

LOL thinking back to the 60's when I got my first B&D drill and jig saw around the age of 12, I recall B&D cords being so stiff that you could hardly get the tool and the cord back into the storage case.

That apparently led to the No cord at all, period, I don't know which was worse.

[Leon]

Thanks for the update! I'll take a look at those.

[Leon]

I think my drill press would still be to heavy for a shoulder mount. ;~) After 30 years, I finally put it on a mobile base.

[Leon]

Consider going to HD and buying a cheap 100' air hose for $10 if you do many out doors projects. It'll cut down on a lot of back and forth to the refill the tank.

[Leon]

FIY I looked at all you mentioned. Only the B&D and Ryobi are actually drills. The Milwaukee and Makita are screw drivers. They do not have a chuck for a round drill bit. I'll keep looking though.

[MikeWhy]

Dewalt DW281 also. Be careful of those. Like the Milwaukees and the Makita, it takes 1/4" hex bits only. The B&D and Ryobi have 3/8" chucks. The irony is the "big" names have big power and speed, while the ones with chucks spin only 1100 rpm.

[Leon]

I think the Milwaukee and the Makita are probably dry wall screw guns, at leas that's the way the Makita looks and those do usually run very fast. The B&D and the Ryobi do run pretty slow for corded drills. My Makita cordless will run up to 1300 and IMHO for drilling 3/8" and smaller holes that is too slow for me.

[B A R R Y]

That's why I have cordless drills.

[Martin H. Eastburn]

I have 4 100' hoses. They are not long enough to reach from the shop to the the house, or fence. They can reach the other barn but that is a lot of hose to haul around - long length means high impedance or restriction to air flow. I had to have a local tank for storage. Lots of trouble.

I got the gas and mini hose at Home Depot and it works anywhere I walk. Yes there is a hose on the gun, but a short one.

Mart>> Think of what the tool is to do.

[Leon]

Ohhhh!

They are not long enough to reach from the shop to the

I truely wish I could say that. ;~)

They can reach the other barn but that is a lot