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Jul 14, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 6 Replies

I was attempting to clear up the workshop a bit and thought that actually having a place to put everything would be a good start. So perhaps there is some "stuff" that is just taking up space, and not getting used.



So if there are any takers, these are free to collect, or yours for the cost of postage.



So there is a 7.2V Richmond drill driver. It works ok - the battery might charge, but I have not tried it recently. One saving grace is the connector on it is the same as the NiCd/NiMh format used on the previous gen Makita tools, so if you have a universal charger from that era, then it will work better than the included one (works, but slow).



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A Bosch ROS - green, but one of their better green tools - it does a decent job:



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Good working order, includes collector / filter and some sanding pads. The pad still has good hook & loop on it.



Then a couple of oldie but goodies (I would guess these are 30 years old!), B&D proline combi drills. These are the "pro" range of tools, made in the UK before B&D started buying up brands like DeWalt & Elu etc). Decent speed control, plus to mechanical gears and hammer.


9.6V NiCd included (more modern NiMh replacement batts are still available). At least some of the batts still seem to work with the brief test I tried, but I would budget for a replacement.

First one has had very light use:



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One bat, 2 hour universal charger, and a set of screwdriver bits.



The second one has two batts - one was recelled IIRC, and a one hour charger.



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I use the local Freecycle, Freegle or freebies on Gumtree to pass things on to others.

I needed a drill this week (having left several of mine sat my parents house) so fitted a plug tp my old Proline drill, a little surface rust on the chuck from being left in the shed fr a few years, but as you say a decent tool ...

I did try to count how many drills I had accumulated over the years... gave up at about 20[1]. Hence being a bit more proactive moving some on :-)

[1] of which I have at least semi regular need for about half of them.

I have 5 drills myself:

mains SDS+ drill Ordinary Hammer mains drill mains powered right angle drill A battery powered Hammer drill that can also be used on screws and nuts with appropriate bits A battery powered non-hammer drill that can also be used as a screwdriver

I find this satisfies my needs, so I am struggling to think of situations where you actually need at least 10 drills?

Perhaps generous at 10 drills but my farm workshop is 80ft. long (mainly storage and stuff that should have been thrown away).

Centre part is woodworking/dust extraction with welding/metal bashing near the entrance, far end is metal shearing, folding, plumbing/electrical, compressed air.

Tools tend to be left where last used so duplication saves steps but uses vary from SDS impact driver, magnetic drill for steel frame construction down to stuff used in the house.

25 years in 3 different branches of manufacturing has supplied ample twist drill bits, scrapped industrial machines, sturdy benches etc.

Nothing actually gets thrown away:-)

I am being slightly "slack" in what I include in the drill collection - so for example a 15kg concrete breaker is a kind of drill, even though it can't rotate!

However or those I use semi regularly I would include:

My 18V combi

  • the previous NiMh one that I run on a LXT battery adaptor - handy for rough jobs like mixing a barrow of cement.

My 10.8V combi (light weight, small - easy to tote about.

Pillar drill in the workshop

240V 2kG class SDS+

18V Angle drill

240V 6kg class SDS Max

12V Mini Titan drill for PCBs etc

Dremel clone

Not sure if one should include Impact drivers in there? If so add about three of those.

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