Milwaukee and other drills, latest and greatest

[Lincoln]

I've used a lot of drills over the years and my favourite, by far, is my current Fein 18v ASB Q Select. Rock solid, great battery platform, numerous chucks etc. Heap of power, but also a lot of finesse.
I also have their impact driver, which is fine, but nothing special.

 

[iekoch@comcast.net]

Don't bring up Slotted Screws we had to removed thousands of them, while removing a cat walk in a National Archive.  They were attached with square nuts.  Try finding "impact" slotted screw driver bits at your local tool store. 

 

[waho6o9]

SF 10W-A ATC CORDLESS DRILL DRIVER
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Hilti has a new 22v drill and it works well for me. 

 

[Packard]

I love the freedom that my battery-powered drill affords me.  However, when I am drilling pocket holes or dowels, I prefer my plug in drill. 

My battery powered drill has a "no-load" RPM rating of 1,400 RPMs.  Under load, it is probably closer to 1,100 or so.

My electric drill has a rating of 3,400 RPMs.  If it slows while drilling wood, it is imperceptible.  Multiple hole drilling is much faster with the higher RPMs, and the pocket holes are cleaner. 

I do 90% of my pocket hole and dowel hole drilling at the bench, so there is little advantage to the portability of the battery powered drill.

Basically what I am saying is we all have corded drills somewhere.  We should keep in mind that they are better suited for some operations than the battery powered versions.

 

[mike_aa]

I love the freedom that my battery-powered drill affords me.  However, when I am drilling pocket holes or dowels, I prefer my plug in drill. 

My battery powered drill has a "no-load" RPM rating of 1,400 RPMs.  Under load, it is probably closer to 1,100 or so.

My electric drill has a rating of 3,400 RPMs.  If it slows while drilling wood, it is imperceptible.  Multiple hole drilling is much faster with the higher RPMs, and the pocket holes are cleaner. 

I do 90% of my pocket hole and dowel hole drilling at the bench, so there is little advantage to the portability of the battery powered drill.

Basically what I am saying is we all have corded drills somewhere.  We should keep in mind that they are better suited for some operations than the battery powered versions.

Last time I needed up to 3,800 rpms to do some metal drilling, I pulled out my Fein ASCM 18v.  Or I could have grabbed the Festool PDC with the same top speed.

Mike A.