On Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:23:31 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Jim K.. wrote:
Tricky Dicky Wrote in message:

That is just a combi drill with hammer action, if you employ hammer
action whilst trying to drive in screws all you will end up doing is
knackering the screw head.

An impact driver is just a driver and is not used as a drill

Unless you put hex shank bits in it...

And an excellent tool for shearing off drill bits.

Most hex bits are hopelessly vulnerable to breakage from an impact driver due to the shank often being merely glued into the hex base.


NT