Impact Driver for hole sawing?

[Jay Pique]

I've been seeing these pushed more and more for driving lag bolts and long fasteners into decking and framing material. Anyone here use them for hole sawing or drilling?

JP

[RB]

I have a Makita 6216 impact driver that I love. It's ideal for driving fasteners into hard or difficult materials. Mine came with an accessory chuck that will let me mount a drill bit and I have on a few occasions. In general I found that I had too little control to operate a drill bit properly. The driver kicks in at inopportune moments on occasion.

RB

Jay Pique wrote:

[AL]

I use my Makita with those hex-shank drill/chamfer combos. It works great. The impact mechanism doesn't turn on when drilling and chamfering because the hole is small. I would not try a larger drill bit or a hole saw. Besides, can you really get large bits and hole saws with hex shanks? In my opinion, this is an example of using the wrong tool for the job.

[Thomas Kendrick]

[Robert Galloway]

Used a Dewalt impact driver with a hole saw last week: a. the chuck will grab round bits. b. the arbor for the hole saws is hex c. impact feature didn't engage at all

One experience, fwiw.

rhg

AL wrote:

[Jay Pique]

Robert Galloway wrote

So it worked pretty well then? I'm just trying to see if I can double up capabilities on certain tools to (help) lower potential start-up costs for my own shop. Thanks.

JP