"Dan White" wrote in message
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I'm looking into Lowes' 20% off sale and want a new drill. The one I have
is a rather weak cordless with the small battery (12v?). I've also lost
the
charger, but that's another story. Anyway I want to be able to drill
in/out
3" screws into studs, and drill into concrete with a masonry bit. I found
that the 12v drill didn't have the torque to do it. I borrowed a cheap
corded drill the other day and it drove those screws like nothing.

Everyone has made very good suggestions. If you've never used a hammer drill
when punching concrete, you will NOT believe the difference in performance
compared to drilling w/o the hammer feature! The impact driver is next on my
wish list, after all the good things I've heard about them.

Now, to make a short story long, and with ALL Credit to our own Tom Watson:

Ode to a Corded Drill

Of cordless drills I've got a few
'Bout five they are in number
They've chased their corded brethren out
To rusted dusty slumber

But came this morn I had a task
'Twas not within their compass
I'd fifty two inch holes to drill
This called for much more whoopass

So to their box I guilty stole
Flung up the shrieking lid
They lay inside though long denied
And in their coffin hid

Their tails were coiled 'round them tight
Their copper windings glistened
I saw they hungered for the light
Like babes just newly christened

I held one high against the sky
To read the ancient runes
'Milwaukee' read the word inscribed
Not seen for many moons

His tail was cracked and poorly patched
His body caked in grime
But 'twas a smile on his chuck
He knew it was his time

The old dog didn't ask for much
A dusting and some oil
He sighed at my familiar touch
He'd never known but toil

The shank of that great two inch bit
He took into his maw
I plugged him in and saw him grin
Those cordless watched in awe

As Old Milwaukee cut his holes
With wild electric glee
On and on with guts and brawn
So happy to be free
He never asked for quarter nay
Nor quarter was he givin'
He sang in that great light of day
Till all the holes he'd riven

And all too soon his task was done
His body warmed with labor
I laid him soft upon the bench
A moment one should savor

He'd labored well and I won't dwell
Upon his cordless brothers
Who hid their heads while he did work
T'would make them call their mothers

I won't give up my cordless drills
They've got their time and place
But so do drills with tails my friend
And so they need a space

Not locked away from light of day
In never ending darkness
But out in God's good working light
And ready for the harness

So now my ode is done my friends
I'll tell you what I've learned
Not soon again will that old drill
Have cause to feel he's spurned


--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.