Dual drill
I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a
wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. |
"Grumps" wrote in message ... I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. £40 will get you a decent drill. May as a well get two £40 drills with two chargers and batteries. Pick one up when you want it. No contest, two it is. _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 120,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
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... "Grumps" wrote in message ... I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. £40 will get you a decent drill. May as a well get two £40 drills with two chargers and batteries. Pick one up when you want it. No contest, two it is. Although I already have two drills, I think the point is that with this dual drill you don't need to carry two. Haven't I seen other postings from you that suggest two is better than one? On the topic of combis IIRC. |
"Grumps" wrote in message ... "Doctor Evil" wrote in message ... "Grumps" wrote in message ... I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. £40 will get you a decent drill. May as a well get two £40 drills with two chargers and batteries. Pick one up when you want it. No contest, two it is. Although I already have two drills, I think the point is that with this dual drill you don't need to carry two. Haven't I seen other postings from you that suggest two is better than one? On the topic of combis IIRC. Sir, I will have you know a combi is not a drill. _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 120,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
Doctor Evil wrote:
Sir, I will have you know a combi is not a drill. Err, think you will find it is... i.e Combi drill Vs Drill/Driver To the OP, 80 quid would actually by a decent drill driver and a magnetic bit holder. Will probably do any job a whole lot better than going for a "gimmick" drill. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
Doctor Evil wrote:
I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. £40 will get you a decent drill. May as a well get two £40 drills with two chargers and batteries. Pick one up when you want it. No contest, two it is. Hard though it is to say this... I think I agree with IMM here. The 80 quid is buying you one motor, one charger, whatever nr of batteries, and an extra bit of gears, swivels, and general cruft to go wrong. You're well better off with two simpler tools. For that budget, I'd spend 25 on tne little Bosch electrickle screwdriver - the Ixo, I think they call it - and the balance of 50-60 notes on a midrange cordless drill. Keep screwdriving bits in the screwdriver, use the drill for drilling and driving bigger screws; less fagging about changing bits this way. Stefek |
"Stefek Zaba" wrote in message ... Doctor Evil wrote: I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. £40 will get you a decent drill. May as a well get two £40 drills with two chargers and batteries. Pick one up when you want it. No contest, two it is. Hard though it is to say this... I think I agree with IMM here. The 80 quid is buying you one motor, one charger, whatever nr of batteries, and an extra bit of gears, swivels, and general cruft to go wrong. You're well better off with two simpler tools. For that budget, I'd spend 25 on tne little Bosch electrickle screwdriver - the Ixo, I think they call it - and the balance of 50-60 notes on a midrange cordless drill. Keep screwdriving bits in the screwdriver, use the drill for drilling and driving bigger screws; less fagging about changing bits this way. I would have two identical drills, so the batteries are interchangeable. There are some good deals around at the mo'. Wickes have some good deals. _________________________________________ Usenet Zone Free Binaries Usenet Server More than 120,000 groups Unlimited download http://www.usenetzone.com to open account |
These have been on German TV shopping channels http://www.vector-versand.de/vector/...ual_drill.html as was posted here a couple of months ago. UK is just a bit retarded. Rusty |
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:59:34 +0100, "Grumps"
wrote: I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. Think about it. 18v cordless. So you will be running the battery flat in half the time. Screwdriving with a drill sucks power out of the battery like nothing else. Forget it. The term "gimmick" comes to mind. If you really need the ability for two different drill heads then the answer is simple - buy two drills. Andrew -- Please note that the email address used for posting usenet messages is configured such that my antispam filter will automatically update itself so that the senders email address is flagged as spam. If you do need to contact me please visit my web site and submit an enquiry - http://www.kazmax.co.uk |
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:51:27 +0100, Andrew McKay
wrote: Think about it. 18v cordless. So you will be running the battery flat in half the time. Screwdriving with a drill sucks power out of the battery like nothing else. Forget it. The term "gimmick" comes to mind. If you really need the ability for two different drill heads then the answer is simple - buy two drills. And hope the one you aren't using stays on the top step of the ladder etc? I say the presentation (or part of it) just now and it looks like a good *idea*. Not sure if the 80 get's you a good drill though but I'm sure it will catch on and I'm sure you will all buy one once your favourite brand makes it ;-) All the best .. T i m Pilot drill .. wizz done, clearance drill .. oh I've left it at the bottom of the ladder ... |
Grumps wrote:
I've not seen these before, but my daughter just called me to watch a wonderful (yeah right) presentation on one of the shopping channels. It was an 18v cordless drill, but it had two chucks and you could swivel the head to select which chuck you wanted. One of the ideas being that you had one chuck loaded with a drill, and the other a screwdriver bit. Thought it sounded quite a reasonable idea. £79. I'm not thinking of getting one, but just wondered what you lot thought. Probably much easier and cheaper to buy two separate drills. -- Chris Green |
Rusty wrote:
These have been on German TV shopping channels http://www.vector-versand.de/vector/...ual_drill.html as was posted here a couple of months ago. UK is just a bit retarded. I don't like the look of these at all. Get a couple of cheapies, you will get four batteries, two crargers, two drill-drivers... |
T i m wrote:
Pilot drill .. wizz done, clearance drill .. oh I've left it at the bottom of the ladder ... Get one (or two) of those leather posing pouches / holsters for the drill then you wont have a problem. Or failing that go for the technique your mum used to stop you losing your mittens - a string up one arm and down the other, tied to a drill at each end ;-) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
"John Rumm" wrote in message
... T i m wrote: Pilot drill .. wizz done, clearance drill .. oh I've left it at the bottom of the ladder ... Get one (or two) of those leather posing pouches / holsters for the drill then you wont have a problem. Or failing that go for the technique your mum used to stop you losing your mittens - a string up one arm and down the other, tied to a drill at each end ;-) hmmm, do you feel another piece of DrIvel art coming on??? -- Richard Sampson mail me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:45:25 +0100, John Rumm
wrote: T i m wrote: Pilot drill .. wizz done, clearance drill .. oh I've left it at the bottom of the ladder ... Get one (or two) of those leather posing pouches / holsters for the drill then you wont have a problem. everybody "Y M C A" .. ;-) Or failing that go for the technique your mum used to stop you losing your mittens - a string up one arm and down the other, tied to a drill at each end ;-) Now THAT might work ..;-) (not lost the gloves since!) All the best .. T i m |
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