A Why didn't I do this earlier?... moment

I have been replacing the fence around the place I rent. It is an old cedar fence that is literally falling apart in my hands it is so rotted. My landlord has bought all the fencing.. I just need to assemble it. Thankfully the 4x4s in the ground are still in great shape.

Yesterday I smoked the old black and decker drill I have had for the past 20 years. Today I went out and bought a 10amp dewalt.. and now I am kicking myself for not getting one easlier. The B&D was always a decent drill.. but the dewalt just kicked it's ass in every way possible. From using the keyless chuck (that the B&D also had) to just how it is held in the hand when using.

I really should have done this earlier

What a new tool thats better than an old tool!? Lies!

you went from a 20 year old regular Black and Decker to a brand new Black and Decker premium brand (Dewalt).. yeah, i can see how that would be an improvement..

if you want to take another 4 steps up from that, check out the new Dewalt 20 volt cordless drills.. if i was someone that thought that a cordless drill could have sex appeal, i'd say they gave those a lot of it..

I thought about going cordless.. but I am doing some serious fence work right now... so replacing batteries did not appeal to me. Even in the garage, I am never more than 20feet from an outlet

bah. shooting screws with my 18v dewalt impact is a miracle, i could probably do the whole fence on 2 batteries. they last forever.

My company issued me a 14v Dewalt when I started 5 years ago, other techs have been getting issued 18v Dewalts when theirs have burnt out. I borrowed my coworkers 18v and it was like night and day compared to my 14v.

I think I have to find a way to make mine stop working.

In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:

Short out the battery and leave that sucker where it can pop.

Using the 18V DeWalt at work, keep an extra batt on charge, good drill, shoots screws all day. Thinking of buying one for home. Gotta check out that 20V.

Still keep a corded Milwaukee 3/8 hammer/ drill and 1/2 Magnum for shop work. Hard to beat that Magnum, it'll twist your wrist off if not careful.

We recently bought a 12v compact dewalt impact driver with an adjustable clutch. So light. So small. And the battery lasts an incredibly long time. It's barely noticeable when on the belt hook. I hardly use the 18v anymore or even my beloved 9.6v makita.

I only use my corded drills when I need to drill a lot of holes or really big holes.

I've been double clutching and floating gears in my Jeep because I thought they syncros in my trans were dead. I got good at it, but it got to the point that I couldn't get it into any gear when the Jeep wasn't moving and the engine was running, so I figured I'd check out my clutch fluid to see if I had lost it all or something.

While I hadn't lost all of my fluid, it was horribly nasty, so I decided to flush it. Boy what a difference that made. I was saving up for a quick and dirty AW4 swap, but now that my AX15 is shifting really well, I'm thinking I can find someone to do a trans for trans exchange with me.

At least my brother can drive the thing again. I'm the only one in the house that can drive with a difficult transmission. At least everyone can drive a manual that works as it should.

mad_machine wrote: I have been replacing the fence around the place I rent. It is an old cedar fence that is literally falling apart in my hands it is so rotted. My landlord has bought all the fencing.. I just need to assemble it. Thankfully the 4x4s in the ground are still in great shape. Yesterday I smoked the old black and decker drill I have had for the past 20 years. Today I went out and bought a 10amp dewalt.. and now I am kicking myself for not getting one easlier. The B&D was always a decent drill.. but the dewalt just kicked it's ass in every way possible. From using the keyless chuck (that the B&D also had) to just how it is held in the hand when using. I really should have done this earlier

Congratulations on your upgrade from a cheap Black and Decker to an expensive yellow Black and Decker!

I loved my 18v Dewalt cordless drill, but after using my Ryobi cordless impact, I had dirty, dirty thoughts about it. I am sure Dewalt's cordless impact is just as good. Its just cordless impacts are the sex.

In reply to Datsun1500:

Yes, he prefers a pneumatic drill. No cords there!

Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

18v Li Ion Porter Cable drill..... damn near broke my arm once. That sumbitch is POWERFUL.

In reply to Anti-stance:

It is just as good, but it costs twice as much.

Twin_Cam wrote: Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

sounds like you are doing it wrong, TC

mad_machine wrote:

Twin_Cam wrote: Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

sounds like you are doing it wrong, TC

Man, I brought my cordless impact to the junkyard to take some bolts off. lol

My father has a J.C. Penny corded drill that has to be at least 40 years old. It is a bit heavier and clunkier than a new tool, but it's outlived several modern power tools I've owned. Sometimes it seems newer tools are a lot flimsier, unless you buy the high end stuff.

Hey! What gives you the right to put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in? If God was here he'd tell you to your face. Man, you're some kinda sinner.

Then God would say, nice drill man. I'm a Makita guy myself, but DeWalt makes good stuff too. Did you see the guy who broke his Eastwing Hammer? Bummer. I love mine.

(He's a carpenter, what else would he talk about?)

Twin_Cam wrote: Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

Well, if "every cordless drill I've ever used" only includes a 15-year-old 1987 manufacture "Sears" branded non-removable-battery drill and a 2008 "Chicago Electric" with old batteries, I could see the batteries lasting 45 seconds. But otherwise you're making it up.

dculberson wrote:

Twin_Cam wrote: Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

Well, if "every cordless drill I've ever used" only includes a 15-year-old 1987 manufacture "Sears" branded non-removable-battery drill and a 2008 "Chicago Electric" with old batteries, I could see the batteries lasting 45 seconds. But otherwise you're making it up.

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pinchvalve wrote: Hey! What gives you the right to put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in? If God was here he'd tell you to your face. Man, you're some kinda sinner. Then God would say, nice drill man. I'm a Makita guy myself, but DeWalt makes good stuff too. Did you see the guy who broke his Eastwing Hammer? Bummer. I love mine. (He's a carpenter, what else would he talk about?)

nah.. just to keep the prying eyes out. With the way my place is situated, I am on a corner, so I had ZERO privacy in the backyard. I could not fart without my neighbors knowing

Twin_Cam wrote: Eh, I'll have to be the naysayer here. Every cordless drill I've ever used dies after about 45 seconds, or doesn't have enough torque after 45 seconds to do much. And every keyless chuck drill I've ever used just spins bits around. But I'm glad you like yours

I got an 18v DeWalt maybe 6 or 7 years ago and it revolutionized working in the house and garage. When I needed a hammer drill for a project that was stalled w/o one, and in consideration of already having batteries, I bought the 18v DeWalt XRP hammer/driver, which was even better.

I've renovated 1-1/2, 60 year old houses w/ these 2, and I haven't used them carefully or lightly. When I'm on a big job I'll have both drills, the charger and all 4 batteries out. I recently framed a new room, ran all plumbing, ventilation and electrical, a new sub floor and drywall, and I used both drills all day, every day. I later bought their "big" 18v impact as a bare tool for use at the track - also very good.

And, my wife stopped to pick up a DeWalt case laying in the middle of Connecticut Ave. NW on the way home from work not long ago - in it was the small 18v driver drill. So I have one for the garage as well.

If you're having trouble w/ keyless chucks or cordless drills you're either buying bad ones, incredibly ham-fisted, or basing your sample on woefully outdated information.

I rarely have a problem with key-less chucks, but like I said, if I have serious drilling to do, I have a 5/8" DeWalt corded drill and a Bosch SDS hammer drill. Most of the drill bits I use have hex shanks anyway.

My 18V right-angle drill has enough power that I was drilling with a hole-saw last year and it jammed and ripped itself out of my right hand with enough force that I initially thought it broke my arm and then the battery wipped around and split my chin open.

I never us my corded DeWalt without the side grip installed as it has more than enough power to do serious damage should it get away and the power trigger does not turn off when released.