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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:07:44 EST
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- From: Doug Cutler <UNCDWC@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU>
- Subject: Drills, 12.0/9.6 volts.
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- One additional point:
- I have had a 9.6 volt drill for about 6 years now, it has always done
- what was asked of it, however I had to drill a large number of 3/8" holes
- some 10" deep in pressure treated lumber. The drill had plenty of power
- on it's low speed setting but after about a dozen holes the gearbox gave
- out!
- As the project was critical I drove up to WWS and bought what was on
- sale at the time which was a Ryobi 12v, that drill did the remaining
- fifty or so holes without any problem. It is very heavy and akward
- tool to use so I have goten my 9.6 Milwauke with it's center (Panasonic
- type) handle fixed.
- Consider that the brute power from the battery isn't the only thing
- to consider, I still use the 9.6 for the majority of jobs but am now
- more considerate of it's fragility.
- BTW, Black and Decker (I think) makes a real nice 1/4 this is 7.2,
- cost about $45, they say it can be used as a driver but it doesn't have
- a slip clutch. I have one and use it with the "Insti-Bit" hex adapter
- and drills, very convenient and quite small.
-
-
- Doug. Cutler Office of Information Technology,
- VM Systems Programmer University of North Carolina.
-