battery powered drills

[Cat_Driver]

I use battery drills all day long in what I do and the I've gone through them all from Makita years ago, then Milwaukee, and Dewalt 12v, 14v, 18v.

My "go to" drill is now the one attached here.

This is a smalled drill that locks in the bit which is amazing because I would always remove the drill from drilling in a screw and the bit would always stay attached to the head of the screw, This one locls the bit to the drill.

Now for power - this thing will drive a screw right through a 2"x4" and never stop till you push it through the other side. Only drill I've used with so much power.


http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=1835

 

[Builder]

Link is for a sanding station.

 

[AndyMA]

I have to do some work on the tractor shed this weekend. I have an 18V B&D that burnt up. It was a piece of junk. I have a 14.4V skil where the charger melted. It was my 2nd skil and I'd rate it slightly higher the the B&D. I'm wondering if I can splice the 18V charger into the 14.4V receiver for the skil. I really have nothing to lose since I didn't really care for either one, I just don't want to start a fire. I saw a Sears charger that stated it would do from 9V to 19V. What do ya'll think? MP

An overcharged -overheated nicad will make a pretty good bomb, or at least start a fire. They are supposed to have pressure releases to take cars of such problems but they don't always work. You may be able to charge the 14.4 volt battery with the 18 volt chargers voltage is regulated by the transformer resistance so that it is essentailly a current controlled charger and the battery voltage regulates the charging batteries voltage. This is the way many inexpensive nicad chargers work. You can probably also get it to work by wiring a correctly sized resistor in series with the charging battery to regulate it's charging voltage.

Andy