On 10/21/2014 5:22 PM, Bill wrote:
Mike Marlow wrote:
Bill wrote:

Not in the same league as my Bosch. You have already seen it's
recharging mechanism discussed, rather at length.
I didn't say it was incapable of drilling a hole. I guess for $16.99
it's a joy to behold. ; )
No - but didn't you say it would not drive a #10 screw? That did
seem odd
to me. Can you elaborate?
As far as I'm concerned, my Bosch hammer drill is the stuff when it
comes to driving screws.
I bought it to "put me out of my pain" of owning only the HF drill. And
yes, I have the matching
Bosch (ordinary) drill too. Just ask Lew to try to drive an inch long
#10 screw, pre-drilled of course, and report
back to us how it goes.


Don't doubt what a driver drill can do. I have both a Makita 12 volt
impact and a 18 volt Bosch impact. I used the Makita almost exclusively
over my Makita drill/driver for driving screws. I did not like the
Bosch by comparison.

Almost 3 years ago I got a 15 volt Festool drill driver and have hardly
touched the impact drivers since.

The Festool proved it self when I was removing 4' 3/8" lag screws and
driving 3" deck screws when building shelves for my storage shed. I
could drive the screws as slowly or as quickly as I wanted. I could
stop the driving 3/4 the way in, stop, and resume with little effort and
with out giving full pull on the trigger.

I am still not sure if I have stalled the drill or not. I was really
considering getting the Festool impact when it was just a rumor of being
introduced when I purchased the drill/driver. I'm glad the impact was
not available when I bought the driver. I simply have not had the need
for an impact since getting the T15-3 Festool.

Now having said all of that. ;~) I'm with you as to whether the Harbor
Freight model could keep up.