I've been looking for a small lightweight drill driver for a while, for flat
pack assembly, curtain pole fixing etc.

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Very impressive piece of kit, only 9.6v x 1.2 a/h but punches well above its
weight.

Fitting some downlighters on Friday, Wickes 14.4v jobby ran out of charge &
I'd left the spare battery at home. It was either get the mains SDS out of
the van or use the Bosch.

It happily drilled 6 holes through plasterboard & skim with a 65mm holesaw
and still had plenty of charge left.

Nice tool especially at that price.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Sounds like a reasonable deal... what is the charge time like?


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Cheers,

John.

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John Rumm wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Sounds like a reasonable deal... what is the charge time like?

3-5 hours apparently. I may buy an inverter to charge it in the van.


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Yes, even my ancient 7.2v PSR Bosch was a capable enough tool for a
secondary drill/driver. Well, it *was*... until the battery gave out a
few days ago. A reverse blast with the car battery charger brought it
back to life for a couple of recharges, but it's fading rapidly again
now.

So... today, I bought a Bosch PSR 14.4 VE-2 with 2 batteries[1] from
Ridgeons in Cambridge for £49. The cheapest price I've seen it anywhere
else is £75 for the 1 battery version.

But what I'm really looking forward to is seeing what Screwfix have as
special offers when they open their shop here later this month. I'm on
the lookout for a GBH 2-18 RE SDS+

Footnote
--------
1. And it's a 1 hour recharge time.

--
-blj-

I bought a bosch PSR 1440 a couple of years ago - it had 2 batteries,
but I lost the charger and 1 battery some time ago. I have just bought
the PSB 14.4 V-i from B&Q - it was £69, but it has a 20 min charger,
has an impact setting, and it came with a titanium drillbit set.

What's the betting I find the lost charger and battey in the next
week?

Philip

wrote

I bought a bosch PSR 1440 a couple of years ago - it had 2 batteries,
but I lost the charger and 1 battery some time ago. I have just bought
the PSB 14.4 V-i from B&Q - it was £69, but it has a 20 min charger,
has an impact setting, and it came with a titanium drillbit set.

What's the betting I find the lost charger and battey in the next
week?

Oh, pretty high, I'd say.

That's the way it normally works round these heah parts. g

--
-blj-

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Brian L Johnson
saying something like:

Yes, even my ancient 7.2v PSR Bosch was a capable enough tool for a
secondary drill/driver.
Well, it *was*... until the battery gave out a
few days ago. A reverse blast with the car battery charger brought it
back to life for a couple of recharges, but it's fading rapidly again
now.

The cheapest batteries I've found so far are here...
http://www.notebookakkus-werkzeugakk...t.htm?main.htm

Well worth it to keep a good old tool going. I'm ordering some 3Ah ones
for my old Bosch.
--

Dave

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman"
saying something like:

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Very impressive piece of kit, only 9.6v x 1.2 a/h but punches well above its
weight.

About 14 years ago I was given a Makita 7.2V drill/driver which I put
aside and forgot about as it seemed a bit too small to do any serious
stuff with. For the past several years I've been using a Bosch GBH 12V
as a general purpose drill/screwdriver, but recently needed to find a
lighter and smaller screw-driving appliance, so I dug out the old Makita
which was still in almost new condition. Battery charged up fine and I
must say I was impressed at its screwdriving ability, so much so I'm
getting a couple of spare batts for it and intend to keep it as part of
my general working kit. What fooled me into thinking it wasn't up to
much was its low speed - but the torque it produces is well up to the
demands of the job and with modern batteries in it it will do fine.

They're available for peanuts on ebay now, so I've just bought another
one as a backup.
--

Dave

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

The cheapest batteries I've found so far are here...
http://www.notebookakkus-werkzeugakk...t.htm?main.htm

Well worth it to keep a good old tool going. I'm ordering some 3Ah ones
for my old Bosch.

A couple of other sites that I checked showed that my 7.2V ones were
around £45. Which, with the addition of P&P, was more expensive than
buying another (and better) drill driver and 2 batteries. sigh

Hmmm...

That URL appears to 404. In fact, the whole site does.

And the Wayback Machine only has records of the site existing up until
May 2006. Nothing after that.

--
-blj-

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

About 14 years ago I was given a Makita 7.2V drill/driver which I put
aside and forgot about as it seemed a bit too small to do any serious
stuff with. For the past several years I've been using a Bosch GBH 12V
as a general purpose drill/screwdriver, but recently needed to find a
lighter and smaller screw-driving appliance, so I dug out the old Makita
which was still in almost new condition. Battery charged up fine and I
must say I was impressed at its screwdriving ability, so much so I'm
getting a couple of spare batts for it and intend to keep it as part of
my general working kit. What fooled me into thinking it wasn't up to
much was its low speed - but the torque it produces is well up to the
demands of the job and with modern batteries in it it will do fine.

Yes, the thing about the lower voltage ones is that they're light and
can get into smaller spaces. Plus, I can carry one around with me pretty
much all the time. And if they save me getting to my feet, walking
across the room, picking up a 'real' drill, walking back and sitting
down again just to drill a few pilot holes, so much the better. g

OTOH, it is possible to go *too* small. I have a Bosch 3.6v driver. It's
absolute rubbish.

--
-blj-

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Brian L Johnson
saying something like:

http://www.notebookakkus-werkzeugakk...t.htm?main.htm

Well worth it to keep a good old tool going. I'm ordering some 3Ah ones
for my old Bosch.

A couple of other sites that I checked showed that my 7.2V ones were
around £45. Which, with the addition of P&P, was more expensive than
buying another (and better) drill driver and 2 batteries. sigh

Hmmm...

That URL appears to 404. In fact, the whole site does.

It disappeared all day yesterday, back now though. It looks slightly
different, so maybe a revamp was in progress.

I've ordered a couple of Makita batts from

http://www.global-batteries.co.uk/index.php

and I'll be ordering the Bosch batts from the German site, as they seem
to be the only one that actually has them in stock.
--

Dave

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Brian L Johnson
saying something like:

http://www.notebookakkus-werkzeugakk...t.htm?main.htm

snip
It disappeared all day yesterday, back now though. It looks slightly
different, so maybe a revamp was in progress.

I've ordered a couple of Makita batts from

http://www.global-batteries.co.uk/index.php

and I'll be ordering the Bosch batts from the German site, as they seem
to be the only one that actually has them in stock.

Gosh! global-batteries has the 1.5Ahr one for £13.42 and the 3Ahr one is
only £3 more! Plus £4 for P&P, that's a bargain.

And they seem to have mine in stock so I think I'll order one to see
what they're like.

Good link -- thank you!

--
-blj-

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Brian L Johnson
saying something like:

I've ordered a couple of Makita batts from

http://www.global-batteries.co.uk/index.php

and I'll be ordering the Bosch batts from the German site, as they seem
to be the only one that actually has them in stock.

Gosh! global-batteries has the 1.5Ahr one for £13.42 and the 3Ahr one is
only £3 more! Plus £4 for P&P, that's a bargain.

And they seem to have mine in stock so I think I'll order one to see
what they're like.

Good link -- thank you!

No probs.

I've just found an Austrian ebayer who sells re-celling kits for Bosch -
perhaps he does other makes too.

http://tinyurl.com/2g7q5x

I've sent him a query about mine.
--

Dave

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Grimly Curmudgeon
saying something like:

I've just found an Austrian ebayer who sells re-celling kits for Bosch -
perhaps he does other makes too.

Bad form, etc.

Bloody'ell, he most certainly does.
http://stores.ebay.at/MRE-Elektrotechnik-GmbH
--

Dave

On Mar 10, 8:45 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
I've been looking for a small lightweight drill driver for a while, for flat
pack assembly, curtain pole fixing etc.

Saw the Bosch PSR 960 in Makro on Sunday for £20, so I broke open the
handyman piggy bank.

Very impressive piece of kit, only 9.6v x 1.2 a/h but punches well above its
weight.

Fitting some downlighters on Friday, Wickes 14.4v jobby ran out of charge &
I'd left the spare battery at home. It was either get the mains SDS out of
the van or use the Bosch.

It happily drilled 6 holes through plasterboard & skim with a 65mm holesaw
and still had plenty of charge left.

Nice tool especially at that price.

--
Dave
The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

I needed to buy a drill and jigsaw recently. Went for Bosch. Can't
fault them.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

Bloody'ell, he most certainly does.
http://stores.ebay.at/MRE-Elektrotechnik-GmbH

Gosh! At those prices, it's certainly worth getting a spare battery.

Or even a main, but uprated, version and keeping the /original/ battery
as a spare.

--
-blj-

In message , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes
I've just found an Austrian ebayer who sells re-celling kits for Bosch
- perhaps he does other makes too.

Keep in mind that the cells used in these packs are capable of such high
short circuit currents that any error in re-celling (loose insulation)
could result in the pack spontaneously bursting into flames when dropped
or bumped.

--
Clive Mitchell
http://www.bigclive.com

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Clive Mitchell
saying something like:

Keep in mind that the cells used in these packs are capable of such high
short circuit currents that any error in re-celling (loose insulation)
could result in the pack spontaneously bursting into flames when dropped
or bumped.

Yaroo! Kamikaze Suicide Drillers.

Prace Bets Now!
--

Dave