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[spitfire]

I'm not sure I see the point if you are only doing a kitchen. I bought a crappy drill for £10 from argos and it quite happily destroys walls with masonry bits fitted..

True, but the makita will last for longer and the batteries will charge faster. Esp if it's Li Ion.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

True, but the makita will last for longer and the batteries will charge faster. Esp if it's Li Ion.

22 mins from 0 to 100% charge

 

[spitfire]

22 mins from 0 to 100% charge

Definitely

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

True, but the makita will last for longer and the batteries will charge faster. Esp if it's Li Ion.

Will it? The drill I bought for £10 has already done 10 years service. That thing would need to be good for another 270 years to beat that value.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

22 mins from 0 to 100% charge

Mines about 30 minutes but does need always need charging if you haven't used it for a month or two.

Just seems like overkill to me when I can drill though walls with a tiny drill.

 

[spitfire]

Will it? The drill I bought for £10 has already done 10 years service. That thing would need to be good for another 270 years to beat that value.

How much do you use it though? Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with £10 drills but if you use them a lot or use them for work (like me) then you need to spend a few quid.

 

[northeastoipunk]

that 14 v makita will be fine for a kitchen . i had 24 v ones for the factory and to be honest our crappy little 14 v ryobi ones were far better easier to handle and out lived them . . when im working i still prefer an old fashioned yankee driver for screwdriving and find it almost as fast and never runs out of juice and i can chuck it imn me toolbag easier at end of day

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

that 14 v makita will be fine for a kitchen

I got an 18V one in the end

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

How much do you use it though? Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with £10 drills but if you use them a lot or use them for work (like me) then you need to spend a few quid.

I'm not talking about daily building work, I'm talking about fitting a kitchen and some other work around the house.

 

[xes]

I still get hard everytime i use my reciprocating saw.
it looks like this,but in blue and grey.

I used it 1 handed,at full stretch,feet on the very top run of a fully extended ladded,resting rather cautiously on a tree branch. I are teh man. (other hand was holding me in place)


(heh,reciprocating)

 

[xes]

*fap*

 

[spitfire]

I'm not talking about daily building work, I'm talking about fitting a kitchen and some other work around the house.

Whereas bees has stated that he will be using it for more than just house work. Therefore needing a better quality drill.

 

[aqua]

not to mention we live in a victorian house where some bricks are made of paper and others diamond

and he likes power tools

 

[Boycey]

i've got a little 14v makita for doing odds and ends but i had a go on my mate's mini impact driver- the thing was tiny! but unbelievably powerful- 6"x6mm self tappers into pine no problem! very very antisocial noise they make but it's kind of worth it- everyone knows you're doing "proper" work

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

i've got a little 14v makita for doing odds and ends but i had a go on my mate's mini impact driver- the thing was tiny! but unbelievably powerful- 6"x6mm self tappers into pine no problem! very very antisocial noise they make but it's kind of worth it- everyone knows you're doing "proper" work

I'd quite like an impact driver as they're bloody useful at times, but the one that would match my new drill* costs over £300





*And it would have to match, obviously

 

[Boycey]

you tart

although makita rule the roost with the cordless stuff i've used a bit of festo gear recently- wow! we had to route 10 grooves into about 40 sheets of mdf in a small workshop. you'd expect a dust storm of poisonous horrible shit, i swear the place was cleaner when we finished than when we started, the extraction is awesome.

 

[contadino]

I think that's the one Kerplunk's got with the 10" bit that made me come over all unnecessary every time I thought about it.

Anyway, I've always thought my life would be enriched by owning a Ryobi Light Demolition Hammer.

I have something very similar, but it has a huge drawback. Most projects get started (demolition phase) and then abandoned (rebuilding phase.)

Still, there's a lovely pile of rubble outside the kitchen that I'm very proud of.

 

[Boycey]

i've just put a deposit on one of these:

including 1.4m rail and a pair of quick release clamps. i am teh happy bunny with a very very light pocket