I've found myself getting more and more irritated at constanly having to
change between drills, sinks, drivers etc. while working. Even when you plan
it out to minimize changes, without fail, you (or at least I) always forget
something and have to stop and change again.

I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers would be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics for
about $50 for a second drill.

But beyond that, I picked up a Makita set of quick change drill, driver bits
(sliding chuck system) and it's basicaly more trouble than it worth. Now I'm
looking at Jack Rabbit and Snappy systems on McFeelys site. They appear to
be a bit better quality. Experiences with either ? or other ?

Input ? What do you folks do ?

jim

I use the Makita with no problems.

"Jim Bailey" wrote in message
. ..
I've found myself getting more and more irritated at constanly having to
change between drills, sinks, drivers etc. while working. Even when you
plan
it out to minimize changes, without fail, you (or at least I) always
forget
something and have to stop and change again.

I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers would
be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics for
about $50 for a second drill.

But beyond that, I picked up a Makita set of quick change drill, driver
bits
(sliding chuck system) and it's basicaly more trouble than it worth. Now
I'm
looking at Jack Rabbit and Snappy systems on McFeelys site. They appear to
be a bit better quality. Experiences with either ? or other ?

Input ? What do you folks do ?

jim

I use two Dewalt 12volt drills. Bought them used on ebay. I have 4 batteries
and two chargers. I use an Amana carbide drill/countersink in one drill and
the magnetic driver holder in the other. You get very fast at this and the
two chargers make it easy.
max

I've found myself getting more and more irritated at constanly having to
change between drills, sinks, drivers etc. while working. Even when you plan
it out to minimize changes, without fail, you (or at least I) always forget
something and have to stop and change again.

I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers would be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics for
about $50 for a second drill.

But beyond that, I picked up a Makita set of quick change drill, driver bits
(sliding chuck system) and it's basicaly more trouble than it worth. Now I'm
looking at Jack Rabbit and Snappy systems on McFeelys site. They appear to
be a bit better quality. Experiences with either ? or other ?

Input ? What do you folks do ?

jim

I started with a Makita years ago (it may have improved in
the mean time) and it sucked.

Went to the DeWalt. It was better but the Allen head socket
screw holding the drill bit was so small, "HOW SMALL WAS
IT?", it was frustratingly small to the point where I
abandoned it after about the eleventy billionth time it came
loose while drilling something. What I did like about it
was you never lost track of the drill or the screw tip.
Also, the counter sink wasn't sharpened up the side making
it a chore when you wanted to deep countersink (for a plug)
a hole.

Got the Hitachi but there's a slight problem and that's the
fact that the screw tip isn't magnetized.

Got the Insty-Bit and so far I've liked it best of all.
Really the only problem is that there is quite a bit of play
in the screw tip but not enough to make it unusable. What I
don't like about it is the screw tip is dis-lodged from the
holder (you hold it or set it on the bench) while you're
drilling and it becomes yet "one more thing to keep track
of. I do like that there are a number of bits available and
you can deep counter sink with it.

UA100

"Jim Bailey" wrote in message
. ..


I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers would
be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics for
about $50 for a second drill.

I generally use 2 drills. But uh, where do know that you can get a 12 volt
Panasonic Drill???

I bought a Makita, and I find that the problem with it is that the
drill bit is sized for a pilot hole, and not a clearance hole.

Leon - there's always a bunch of them on Ebay - they only have the small
(1.2, 1.3AH) batteries - but i thought for my 'non-production' kind of use
they might be fine. And the larger 15+V units get great reviews. For $50,
worth a try.

here's one (typical):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4735 276&rd=1

jim

"Leon" wrote in message
. com...

"Jim Bailey" wrote in message
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I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers
would
be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics
for
about $50 for a second drill.

I generally use 2 drills. But uh, where do know that you can get a 12
volt
Panasonic Drill???

You're right about that - so what now - good excuse for 3 drill/drivers
maybe ?

jim

"Limey Lurker" wrote in message
ups.com...
I bought a Makita, and I find that the problem with it is that the
drill bit is sized for a pilot hole, and not a clearance hole.

Mine has pilot, clearence and countersink. The drill bit is adjustable for
depth.
Correction: The one I broke was a Makita. The one I'm using now is a
Craftsman.

"Limey Lurker" wrote in message
ups.com...
I bought a Makita, and I find that the problem with it is that the
drill bit is sized for a pilot hole, and not a clearance hole.

"Jim Bailey" wrote in message
. ..
Leon - there's always a bunch of them on Ebay - they only have the small
(1.2, 1.3AH) batteries - but i thought for my 'non-production' kind of use
they might be fine. And the larger 15+V units get great reviews. For $50,
worth a try.

here's one (typical):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4735 276&rd=1



Thanks Jim

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 05:45:30 GMT, max wrote:

I use two Dewalt 12volt drills. Bought them used on ebay. I have 4 batteries
and two chargers. I use an Amana carbide drill/countersink in one drill and
the magnetic driver holder in the other. You get very fast at this and the
two chargers make it easy.
max

I've found myself getting more and more irritated at constanly having to
change between drills, sinks, drivers etc. while working. Even when you plan
it out to minimize changes, without fail, you (or at least I) always forget
something and have to stop and change again.

I've been looking at couple of options. Certainly two drill/drivers would be
handy - I've been thinking about grabbing one of those 12V Panasonics for
about $50 for a second drill.

But beyond that, I picked up a Makita set of quick change drill, driver bits
(sliding chuck system) and it's basicaly more trouble than it worth. Now I'm
looking at Jack Rabbit and Snappy systems on McFeelys site. They appear to
be a bit better quality. Experiences with either ? or other ?

I'm partial to smaller drills, and more of them. I've got a 9.6 and a
12, and I can't ever see myself getting a cordless rig bigger than
that tasty looking Panasonic 15.6. The quick change systems are "ok",
but still more effort than simply switching drills. And imo if you
need so much torque/usage that you're burning through 18v you may have
the wrong tool for the job.

I really like the impact driver revolution. Can't wait to afford one!

JP
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