Hello William:

I have given up on the battery operated drills. They are in a pile of
drill motors and batteries. Maybe ok for the weekend fix it guy who
wants to hang a paper towel holder.

I have used the battery operated drills enough to never have one again.
Except for a 90 degree angle drill, I have use for at times.

I have replaced my bettery operated drills with a 1/2 inch chuck 115
Volts AC operated key less chuck. And I bought a 100 and 50 Foot
extension cords, have a kick ass reversable and variable drill motor
will travel, Ten-4.

I drill out 3/8 solid aluminum rod, down the center, and then have a 1/4
- 20 Tap in my 1/2 inch keyless chuck drill motor, tap the hole in a
second, works great for production parts.

Jay in the Great Mojaave Desert, .... just down the road ah ways from
the fillin station.

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William G Darby wrote:
A couple of questions that I thought I'd ask:

The first is as per the subject line: What would I need to construct a PSU
for my 18 volt cordless tools. My batteries just will not keep up. ( I was
thinking only of a transformer and a full wave rectifier, and wondered if I
needed something special to allow the variable speed function to work)

The second is that I found the link below on:
Ernie Leimkuhler and Stagesmith's Massive Metal Links List, and it's got new
dewalt 18 volt batteries listed at two for $108.99. That seems pretty good
for an over the counter sale but I wondered if there's any better price out
there??

http://www.toolsforless.com/cgi-bin/...=DeWalt+page=2

Bill D