The Medway Handyman wrote:
Rod wrote:
Steven Campbell wrote:
Went and bought one after the recommendations here.
I've only been playing about with it so far but not sure its
sounding to healthy.
It sounds like my old cordless drill when it has reached the torque
setting of putting a screw in.
Although the Makita sounds like this from about half way of putting
the screw in, it still continues to drive the screw in with that
ratchet sound but very slowly.
The batteries are fully charged.
Is this normal?

Cheers

Steven.


Your description of the sound seems about right.

What size screw into what substrate? If large screw into hard
substrate, try a smaller (finer) screw into a softer surface. Does
that work better?
For most of my use into wood and wood-based substances, it works
excellently. Soemtimes not so happy with big screws that are very
tight into plastic wall plugs.

Your description does sound like what happens as the battery fades.
Have you actually discharged and fully recharged one?

Didn't think you had to do that with Li Ion batts?
(Mind, as I have previously posted, the first screw I used it for was
a 6xlong ultra turbo into a tough old fence post. Took a while but
it was driven right in including being countersunk - with no hole.)

Bully!



Agreed - I don't think you have to do the discharge/recharge with Li
Ion. Just thought that if OP said he had done so, that would remove it
as a 'maybe try that even if it doesn't make sense' type of option.

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