On 8/8/2015 12:16 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2015-08-08, Muggles wrote:

I don't have my own drill yet, but maybe I'll get
one of those and a circular saw next.

If yer talkin' battery powered, get an impact driver/drill.

I made the mistake of buying an 18V DeWalt battery drill thinking it
would be enough. Turns out I hadda pre-drill screw holes if I used
this drill to drive screws like 3-1/2" deck screws. I later learned
an impact drill/driver would drive a deck screw w/o pre-drilling. I
now have an old used 12V Hitachi impact/driver drill that does what my
DeWalt could never do ....plus!, it will also drill!

http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/articles/drills-vs-hammer-drills-vs-impact-drivers/

nb


I'd really like to have an impact drill of my own because I've used one
when we built a couple of different decks in the back yard. One was a
pool deck with a stairs and a couple levels to it, and the other a flat
deck with a pergola to shade it. The impact drill was better at putting
in the screws like you said. The circular saw is a tool I haven't really
used, yet, though. They kind of scare me, but the Ryobi has a smaller
version for the 18v battery which I could use and get used to before
trying a big circular saw.

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Maggie