Nothing wrong with being a tool-a-holic, Paul. Acknowledging it in public is the first step to a cure :-) Every day and every way etc....
If you want of course ;-)
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Impact Drivers
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Erm, wrong word...
but otherwise, I entirely agree.
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The OP described it well enough. He clearly didn't know of the driver type. That was clear.
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** the senility must be snipped **
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He never. He said: "I see these in the Screwfix catalogue, Impact Drivers. Anyone know what that is? Does the drill hammer? Is it just a drill/driver without a chuck? What is the advantage?"
That is clear. He is on about drill driving, hammering, chuck. "does the drill hammer". A drill. Your reading skills are poor.
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Yep. Very clear. Boy are are dumb.
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Matt, you haven't been in one then.
** snip tripe **
Matt you made it up.
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Matt , is that what they told you on your course?
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Wow, what a thread when I came back. A good assumption, I did say drill, so it was the power drill. Thanks for all the links and explanations. If my drill/driver can't cope with large screws, then I use a mains drill. That always does it. These impact drivers appear to have the ability to ram in heavy screws without pilot holes all in one go. That would be handy and save me time too. They sound good. When the drill driver goes west I will definately go for one of these "impact driver drills".
A cheap drywall drill would be handy, as I consider that a luxury, as I don't board up all day.
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My local snap-on rep, even when totally desperate for a sale would never refer to any of their products as very cheap :-)
The only thing that is cheap is their free catalogue, but that ultimately leads sane men astray down the road of ever increasing expensive shiny things in their toolboxes!
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Lord Hall, good tools, but way over the top in price.
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NO. what you have is a 12v cigar lighter plug-in one of these
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different tool completely, this is called an Impact Wrench. Notice the 1/2 square drive. the small battery Impact Drivers have a 1/4 _HEX_ drive to take a driver bit. FFS even Drivel know more about this then you.
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Its not In this case.. Cordless impact drivers have been used in the construction industry for years, primarily for erecting steel stud wall or anything that required large screws driven into a hard materiel quickly, a conventional drill/driver is next to useless in comparison.
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Bit of a worry, then, all those 'how to do' leaflets they have on display. Is that why you go there?
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They were selling that Canadian constructional timber - the stuff with the rounded corners. Had about 40 lengths in stock. And not one of them even vaguely straight.
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They may well have been. But if you went into a decent tool shop and asked for an *impact driver* you'd end up with the type you whack with a hammer...
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Which is what I have, but without the cigar lighter plug. It's an impact wrench. If you hadn't snipped the text that would be clear. Here's the bit I was referring to.
******************From: Roger Subject: Re: Impact Drivers Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:05 Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y
They do. Page 634/635 of the current catalogue. Not indexed - Impact wrenches were which is how I found them.
********************I'm not interested in what Screwfix call things - I'm quite clear what an impact driver and impact wrench are.
Then they should find a new name for it.
You appear to know little about common tools too.
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They are ar their best tightening and freeing nuts/bolts rather than screws. That is why they typically have a 1/2" square drive on the end.
The most common type are pneumatic, and you typically see them in action on wheel nuts when having wheels changed by a tyre service outfit.
An 18V drill driver will do that just fine without impact (unless you buy the toy ryobi/ppoo stuff).
They have been around for *ages*. The electric cordless variety is a more recent development - but the basic technology is stone age.
If you have a source of compressed air, then something like the clark from machinemart is way cheaper at 25 quid
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When the price drops and the cheaper DIY makes start making them, then the price will drop.
You say some powerfully dumb stuff.
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I know. Occasionally I buy that stuff from a timber merchant for resawing or thicknessing for certain projects. It can be a cheap way to buy reasonable material easily. Generally the decent stuff from major producers in Finland is OK.
However, the Wickes stuff, as you say, is utter crap. There would be so little left after planing to straighten it, it isn't worth it.