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So, I've bought a secondhand C18 drill driver, it's only got the 13mm chuck and the spindle that holds the chuck has a 1/4" hex hole in its end and deeper down has a 4mm hole in it. No magnet in there though.
Now to my untutored eyes an absolutely obvious thing to have in that 4mm hole would be a magnet so any standard 1/4" bit could be used directly for the shortest possible driver without it dropping out everytime I point the driver down.
Am I missing something?
It seems that in order to sort this out I just epoxy a 4mm diameter by about 5mm long (I've not measured the length yet so that ones a guess) into that little hole in order to have something far more practical.
Anyone else done this or am I missing an important point?
Other than that the C18 seems, err... OK I guess. The torque setting thing seems pretty good but I've been using drill drivers and impact screwdrivers for so long that I have fairly good trigger control and I hardly ever use the torque controls on them anyway.
It's not especially lightweight and nor is it balanced like a ballet dancer either.
Now to my untutored eyes an absolutely obvious thing to have in that 4mm hole would be a magnet so any standard 1/4" bit could be used directly for the shortest possible driver without it dropping out everytime I point the driver down.
Am I missing something?
It seems that in order to sort this out I just epoxy a 4mm diameter by about 5mm long (I've not measured the length yet so that ones a guess) into that little hole in order to have something far more practical.
Anyone else done this or am I missing an important point?
Other than that the C18 seems, err... OK I guess. The torque setting thing seems pretty good but I've been using drill drivers and impact screwdrivers for so long that I have fairly good trigger control and I hardly ever use the torque controls on them anyway.
It's not especially lightweight and nor is it balanced like a ballet dancer either.