Lanyard for Makita 10.8V drill/driver & impact driver?

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Anyone know where to find - or how to make - a lanyard which can be attached to a Makita 10.8V Li-Ion driver?

I bought a pair at the turn of the year (HP330D drill/driver and TD090D impact driver). Very happy with them so far: they are small and light; and keep up easily with my short days/slow pace. But when working from a ladder I miss the ability to attach a lanyard. All I have found so far are holsters which don't appeal as they still risk my discovering how far they bounce when dropped 6m onto concrete from clumsy fingers. I've also failed to find a way to tie cords around them without getting in the way of the trigger and/or chuck.

newshound · Accepted Answer

Not familiar with that model, but a generic way to attach a cord is to lay it along the back of the handgrip, and secure with multiple turns of PVC "electrical" tape wound between the trigger and the bottom of the handle. Add a knot at the top of the cord to reduce the chance of pull-through on a drop. Apply the tape with plenty of tension.

Martin Bonner · Answer

Sandpaper + Araldite a lanyard onto the bottom of the battery perhaps?

newshound · Answer

I would still go for tape wrapped circumferentially around the battery just below the clip. Or those sticky foam pads used to stick rear view mirrors inside windscreens, which really do stick! I am normally a big fan of araldite, but what is the plastic? Perhaps OK on ABS but could it be polypropylene?

alan_m · Answer

If tape is the preferred method use self amalgamating tape. £3 to £4 for  a 10 metre roll on Ebay.

Robin · Answer

Thank you (and newshound and Martin) for your suggestions.  I'll think  on.

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