What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

andrew wrote:
What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

Depends how much money you want to spend and just how big those
woodscrews are.

I bought a Ryobi impact driver on special offer at screw fix which also
came with a cordless drill, carry bag and a battery for each for under
£100 to lot. So far I can't fault the impact driver or drill.

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On 19 Dec, 12:05, David in Normandy wrote:
andrew wrote:
What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

Depends how much money you want to spend and just how big those
woodscrews are.

I bought a Ryobi impact driver on special offer at screw fix which also
came with a cordless drill, carry bag and a battery for each for under
£100 to lot. So far I can't fault the impact driver or drill.

I bought exactly the same pair, used them to build a large area of
decking this summer, very happy with them. I see the set is now
reduced to £88 which is something of a bargain...
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/79355/...-Impact-Driver

"andrew" wrote in message
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What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

I bought the exact same Impact Driver and its superb for what I wanted it
for. It hasn't refused to do anything I have thrown at it yet. Good deal at
£88 too imo. I paid £100.

andrew wrote:
What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

If you are buying a decent one, then whichever brand matches the batts
used in you existing tools ;-)

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"andrew" wrote in message
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What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving big
woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

Makita

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:19:30 +0000, andrew wrote:

What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving
big woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

AJH

I found a used Makita one lying in the road the other might (nearly ran
over it).
They retail for c. £100. It is a seriously useful tool for heavier
carpentry work. Has led light (slightly useful) and glow in the dark part
(gimmick for me).

One of the nice tricks is that will drive 80mm screws (s/f gold screws)
into soft C19 bricks that hold 100% rock solid. No need to faff about with
masonry bits and wall plugs!


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andrew wrote:
What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving
big woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

I've got a 12v Makita that is the mutts nuts. 6mm x 90mm Turbogold coach
screw, no pilot around 4 seconds.

I've also got a Makita 6951 mains impact driver which I find useful for
coach screws on bigger decking jobs, cable is less hassle than constant
battery changes - and I'm not knocking out the life of expensive to replace
batteries.


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The Medway Handyman wrote:
andrew wrote:
What's the current favourite for a cordless impact driver for driving
big woodscrews and the occasional nuts and bolts?

I've got a 12v Makita that is the mutts nuts. 6mm x 90mm Turbogold coach
screw, no pilot around 4 seconds.

I've also got a Makita 6951 mains impact driver which I find useful for
coach screws on bigger decking jobs, cable is less hassle than constant
battery changes - and I'm not knocking out the life of expensive to replace
batteries.

wandering off topic a tad, did you ever get a satisfactory result with
that autofeed driver which did not seem to like screws?

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