Anyone got one? What's it like?

It seems to tick all but one box for my requirements. The box that
isn't ticked is Spindle Lock. Can it be used like a normal
screwdriver when the battery is flat or you have a really
recalcitrant fixing.

With the £11.99 offer coming up it's probably a better bet than the
hassle of recelling the ancient B&D cordless screwdriver.

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Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
Anyone got one? What's it like?

It seems to tick all but one box for my requirements. The box that
isn't ticked is Spindle Lock. Can it be used like a normal
screwdriver when the battery is flat or you have a really
recalcitrant fixing.

With the £11.99 offer coming up it's probably a better bet than the
hassle of recelling the ancient B&D cordless screwdriver.

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. Also 3.6v, no
spindle lock. Not bad for the money, bought one to keep in the pocket
whilst wandering about the Uni where I do a day a week. Not a patch on the
Makita TD020DSE mind.


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Dave Liquorice wrote:
Anyone got one? What's it like?

It seems to tick all but one box for my requirements. The box that
isn't ticked is Spindle Lock. Can it be used like a normal
screwdriver when the battery is flat or you have a really
recalcitrant fixing.

With the £11.99 offer coming up it's probably a better bet than the
hassle of recelling the ancient B&D cordless screwdriver.

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. Also 3.6v, no
spindle lock. Not bad for the money, bought one to keep in the pocket
whilst wandering about the Uni where I do a day a week. Not a patch on
the Makita TD020DSE mind.




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Dave Liquorice wrote:
Anyone got one? What's it like?

It seems to tick all but one box for my requirements. The box that
isn't ticked is Spindle Lock. Can it be used like a normal
screwdriver when the battery is flat or you have a really
recalcitrant fixing.

With the £11.99 offer coming up it's probably a better bet than the
hassle of recelling the ancient B&D cordless screwdriver.

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. Also
3.6v, no spindle lock. Not bad for the money, bought one to keep in
the pocket whilst wandering about the Uni where I do a day a week. Not a
patch on the Makita TD020DSE mind.




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On 6 Sep, 16:20, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
Anyone got one? What's it like?

It seems to tick all but one box for my requirements. The box that
isn't ticked is Spindle Lock. Can it be used like a normal
screwdriver when the battery is flat or you have a really
recalcitrant fixing.

With the £11.99 offer coming up it's probably a better bet than the
hassle of recelling the ancient B&D cordless screwdriver.

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. *Also 3.6v, no
spindle lock. *Not bad for the money, bought one to keep in the pocket
whilst wandering about the Uni where I do a day a week. *Not a patch on the
Makita TD020DSE mind.

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I picked up one of those MAC ones too. Not bad for a tenner and seems
to hold a fair bit of charge. It seems that you can use it 'manually'
as the spindle seems to be locked when you don't pull the trigger: At
least I managed to shift a stubborn screw like that yesterday!

On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:20:16 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. Also 3.6v,
no spindle lock.

Spindle lock is one of the boxes I'd really like ticked. Another is
the abilty to use it straight rather than like a gun. The Lidl
Parkside jobbie can go straight as well as gun mode.

Makita TD020DSE mind.

Yeah but I don't do much deck building or driving screws into oak.
B-)

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Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:20:16 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Dunno but B&Q are selling off their McAlister ones for £10. Also
3.6v, no spindle lock.

Spindle lock is one of the boxes I'd really like ticked. Another is
the abilty to use it straight rather than like a gun. The Lidl
Parkside jobbie can go straight as well as gun mode.

That is a benefit agreed, Makita does that.

Makita TD020DSE mind.

Yeah but I don't do much deck building or driving screws into oak.
B-)

The TD020DSE isn't up to that, great for flat pack, removing screws in door
hinges etc. Excellent on screws up to about 40mm.

With the decking, I started with a 12v Mak impact driver with 1.3 a/hh
NiCd's but it quickly became clear it was knocking seven bells out of the
batteries. Bought a mains Mak inpact driver for the cost of a battery.

Since aquired a 14.4v Mak impact driver with 2 x 3 a/hr NiMh batteries in
exchange for a duff Mak autofeed screwdriver. 'Kin awesome!


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On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:51:28 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The Lidl Parkside jobbie can go straight as well as gun mode.

That is a benefit agreed, Makita does that.

Looks as if it is very long when in that mode. The current ancient
B&D is only about 12" long.

Yeah but I don't do much deck building or driving screws into oak.

The TD020DSE isn't up to that, great for flat pack, removing screws in
door hinges etc. Excellent on screws up to about 40mm.

The quoted 2,300 rpm worries me that is one of the reasons I don't
like usings a drill as a driver they go to damn fast. At low speeds
they lack torque so you have to pull harder on the trigger and if it
slips and/or the stiction drops the screw is driven in too far before
you can let go the trigger.

The 100 odd rpm is fast enough at high torque is plenty fast enough
for most jobs.

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Dave.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
The TD020DSE isn't up to that, great for flat pack, removing screws in
door hinges etc. Excellent on screws up to about 40mm.

The quoted 2,300 rpm worries me that is one of the reasons I don't
like usings a drill as a driver they go to damn fast. At low speeds
they lack torque so you have to pull harder on the trigger and if it
slips and/or the stiction drops the screw is driven in too far before
you can let go the trigger.

That is the free running speed. Which in practice it doesn't achieve,
except when unscrewing. It goes into 'impact' mode very quickly. Never
had a problem with it driving in screws too far. If they were that easy to
drive in I'd use a screwdriver. ;-)

The 100 odd rpm is fast enough at high torque is plenty fast enough
for most jobs.

The little Makita in practice drives them in at about the same speed or
slower than a powerful conventional one, like my mains B&D which runs at
50 rpm. It really is the dogs thingies - especially given the size.
Absolutely brilliant design.

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The TD020DSE isn't up to that, great for flat pack, removing screws in
door hinges etc. Excellent on screws up to about 40mm.

The quoted 2,300 rpm worries me that is one of the reasons I don't
like usings a drill as a driver they go to damn fast. At low speeds
they lack torque so you have to pull harder on the trigger and if it
slips and/or the stiction drops the screw is driven in too far before
you can let go the trigger.

The 100 odd rpm is fast enough at high torque is plenty fast enough
for most jobs.

Some impact drivers have variable speed triggers, my Ryobi one+ does, but
its a bit big compared to the 3V6 ones. On one occasion when I forgot to
take a manual screwdriver I even used it to put in some 4 x 12 mm screws
without any problems.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:51:28 GMT, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The Lidl Parkside jobbie can go straight as well as gun mode.

That is a benefit agreed, Makita does that.

Looks as if it is very long when in that mode. The current ancient
B&D is only about 12" long.

The B&Q jobby is around 5" long, is a fixed gun design, but does lock when
the trigger isn't used. The Mak is about 7" in pistol mode & 10" in flat
mode & can be locked.

HTH


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