Cordless Drills

[losttrail]

I have a Dewalt 18v drill and saw that my wife got me in 1992 when we bought our 2nd house. I have replaced both batteries once. It's been dropped from 10', splattered with paint & drywall compound, used to build one house, remodel 3 houses, innumerable DIY projects.

IMHO, one of mankind's greatest inventions.

[tmleadr03]

Thanks man. I would offer my services but 1) I'm not a carpenter by trade so my work is probably not as good as you can probably get for a lot less money and 2) being as it's not my daily work I wasn't very speedy in the completion of this. That being said if we're ever being bombed I'll run out and dive under this thing before I head to my basement. lol I'm not a carpenter but I am an engineer by nature who has a propensity for way over engineering things. I got up on this thing and jumped up and down to show off how well it was built. haha



While I like Milwaukee stuff I'm not a huge fan of this kit. The light is a good light but it's just a light and we all know where to find more quality lights if we need them. In the same price range I would take a look at the Dewalt 20v kits because you will get more useful tools IMO.



That was the night I finished it. It's far more dirty already and it bugs the piss out of me. One day I need to get out there with no other projects and just clean the thing up again. I really need some good overhead cabinets to finish it off and help me get organized. I've been watching craigslist for many months now but nothing that fits my needs & budget yet.

An engineer is it? In that case can you send me over the schematics you drew up before you even touched a screw? Include the 15 revisions please so I can see how it developed...

[Jer]

An engineer is it? In that case can you send me over the schematics you drew up before you even touched a screw? Include the 15 revisions please so I can see how it developed...

My wife is always amazed at how long it takes me to begin a project... that is until I explain to her what all I'm doing in my head before it starts. I basically do the task hundreds of times in my head to see what all can go wrong and how to prevent before I ever get to it. She can't argue that once I begin I'm methodical and may work slowly but the end result is bulletproof. I'm WAY too cheap to make mistakes along the way. lol

[Ah Pook]

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Had to put some things on the back burner since last year. Now that I am unemployed, there is time for some projects.

Bit the bullet and went with the Dewalt 20v MAX XR brushless. The DCK281D2 combo comes with the drill/driver, impact driver, two batteries and charger.

These things are LIGHT. I wasn't too sure I needed the impact driver but it is turning out to be handy.

Like all operators, I will be wearing both on my belt at the same time. Anyone have a drop holster thigh rig for these?

[Jer]

I was an electrician for a brief period and what I bought and what everyone else had on their belt was a 12v compact Dewalt Impact. Next up was probably Milwaukee and third most common was Hitachi. Do NOT fall for Rigid's battery warranty at Home Depot. I almost did and was SO glad I didn't. The M18 fuel stuff is solid if you don't mind weight and the new 20v brushless impact from Dewalt is the cat's ass! So, in closing, Dewalt 12v compact impact for carrying around and the 20v brushless for large jobs that require more grunt and weight isn't an issue. There are kits with both of those in them and the tools included are probably the best in the business aside from maybe the comparable Milwaukee kits. You would be hard pressed to find a trade that relied on their drills more and anything other than those three brands in the hands of electricians to burnt up within weeks/months. There are a couple others (mostly German made) that are better but they're in a different price bracket than the stuff I listed so unless you're using them all day every day to earn a living it wouldn't be worth the investment.

BTW, having left my 20v at work I used my 12v impact to built this entire bench using 3" screws:



Chewed up a boat load of batteries (this is where the 20v brushless shines!) but handled it like a champ and went back to work with me Monday morning.

Thanks for bumping this so I can be reminded of how clean my shop USED to be. Dick.

[Ah Pook]

Thanks for bumping this so I can be reminded of how clean my shop USED to be. Dick.

Anything to help.

[XC700116]

Don't do Snap-on!!!!!!!! I'm on like my 5 replacement in 2 yrs. it's actually a game now.

I'd go Dewalt.

LMAO, I know what you mean, I love Snap on tools in general, but their cordless tools suck balls and so do a lot of their air tools for the price.

[XC700116]

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Had to put some things on the back burner since last year. Now that I am unemployed, there is time for some projects.

Bit the bullet and went with the Dewalt 20v MAX XR brushless. The DCK281D2 combo comes with the drill/driver, impact driver, two batteries and charger.

These things are LIGHT. I wasn't too sure I needed the impact driver but it is turning out to be handy.

Like all operators, I will be wearing both on my belt at the same time. Anyone have a drop holster thigh rig for these?

Mind if I ask what the price was?? I'm looking myself now as all my Rigid batteries have given up the ghost and they've invoked the "we don't make those ones anymore" BS Clause in their wiz bang BS warranty.

I was thinking of going to Makita this time but those look pretty nice and compact which is handy.

[Jer]

Anything to help.

That natural gas heater on the left side of the photo STILL isn't installed or I could go out there this winter when I have nothing else going on to clean it up. Double dick!

[Jer]

Mind if I ask what the price was?? I'm looking myself now as all my Rigid batteries have given up the ghost and they've invoked the "we don't make those ones anymore" BS Clause in their wiz bang BS warranty.

I was thinking of going to Makita this time but those look pretty nice and compact which is handy.

If you like compact and don't plan to do build any decks anytime soon I HIGHLY suggest checking out the 12v Dewalt impact. It's a friggin' BEAST and the thing does surprisingly well for a 12v to the point where I didn't even own a 20v impact until recently and it did everything I ever asked of it and made other manufacturers 18v/20v stuff look like 9.6v stuff. No joke. I also like the 12v light better than the 20v light and they even have a 12v sawzall now too so you can get a pretty good line-up of tools in the less expensive and lighter 12v line.