CATERPILLAR Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 like i said before my friend has the DEWALT DWD112 8.0 Amp 3/8-Inch VSR Pistol-Grip Drill with Keyless All-Metal Chuck . It isnt that good of a drill and was smoking a lot using a 3/8 bosch daredevil spade bit . while my 1/2 makita way older powered through the wood like no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr8ondt Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, dwasifar said: Hitachi even ditched the green color for the chainsaws. They used to be Hitachi green, now they're orange like every other chainsaw. Anyway, it's a good saw; not a Stihl, but decent. Green is actually my favorite color but the way Hitachi molds things into strange organic shrilly messes is horrible.... on the flipside there's Porter Cable's 20v subdued colors and overly Millennium Falcon look that is equally hard too like. But looks aren't what matter to me(you should see my wife lololol JK). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said: like i said before my friend has the DEWALT DWD112 8.0 Amp 3/8-Inch VSR Pistol-Grip Drill with Keyless All-Metal Chuck . It isnt that good of a drill and was smoking a lot using a 3/8 bosch daredevil spade bit . while my 1/2 makita way older powered through the wood like no problem. The wood was smoking, or the drill was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 1 hour ago, dwasifar said: The wood was smoking, or the drill was? drill and quite alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 11 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said: like i said before my friend has the DEWALT DWD112 8.0 Amp 3/8-Inch VSR Pistol-Grip Drill with Keyless All-Metal Chuck . It isnt that good of a drill and was smoking a lot using a 3/8 bosch daredevil spade bit . while my 1/2 makita way older powered through the wood like no problem. I've heard of a couple drills smoking easy from dewalt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Regarding the 3/8" to 1/2" thing: As I considered whether to move up, I had a nagging feeling that I had done it once already. I'm thinking to myself, didn't I buy a big drill before? Where is it now? Why does this seem familiar? And then I remembered - the "big drill" was the Makita 3/8" I bought in 1993, and I'd moved up from this 1/4" drill: Remember when the 1/4" drill was more or less the standard? Now you never even see them. This, by the way, is probably why I hold a drill like a pistol with my index finger on the switch. Look at it; there's no other way you could hold it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 so tiny lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, dwasifar said: Regarding the 3/8" to 1/2" thing: As I considered whether to move up, I had a nagging feeling that I had done it once already. I'm thinking to myself, didn't I buy a big drill before? Where is it now? Why does this seem familiar? And then I remembered - the "big drill" was the Makita 3/8" I bought in 1993, and I'd moved up from this 1/4" drill: Remember when the 1/4" drill was more or less the standard? Now you never even see them. This, by the way, is probably why I hold a drill like a pistol with my index finger on the switch. Look at it; there's no other way you could hold it. Nice I have an olde Milwaukee 1/4 hole shooter drill love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said: I've heard of a couple drills smoking easy from dewalt I have heard more then a couple ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 I would do Bosch or Dewalt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 I have a 1/4" B&D that I inherited from my Dad, it works beautifully: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 28 minutes ago, BMack37 said: I have a 1/4" B&D that I inherited from my Dad, it works beautifully: Very nice I will have to take a picture of my 1/4 Milwaukee when I get home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, BMack37 said: I have a 1/4" B&D that I inherited from my Dad, it works beautifully: I had a drill like that back in the late 1970s. I have bronchitis right now, and that drill is exactly the color of what I've been coughing up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 36 minutes ago, dwasifar said: I had a drill like that back in the late 1970s. I have bronchitis right now, and that drill is exactly the color of what I've been coughing up. That fuckin sucks man hope ya get feeling better ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Thanks. It's a real drag. I can hardly do anything without getting tired out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theultimatehic Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 6 hours ago, BMack37 said: I have a 1/4" B&D that I inherited from my Dad, it works beautifully: Have the same one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Here is my 1/4 Milwaukee hole shooter. When I got it the handle was melted a little and was very dirty and forward,reverse tab was broken. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwasifar Posted January 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 13 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said: Here is my 1/4 Milwaukee hole shooter. When I got it the handle was melted a little and was very dirty and forward,reverse tab was broken. What do you do with all these tools you rehab? Surely you've got more than you can use. Do you just keep them, or do you sell them, or what? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 52 minutes ago, dwasifar said: What do you do with all these tools you rehab? Surely you've got more than you can use. Do you just keep them, or do you sell them, or what? Well depends some are my high schools and the rest are mine I collect makita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 What's a cord? Sorry to sound ignorant but what is the love for corded drills? I can see if you were at a bench doing repetitive drilling 8 hours on end but I have not plugged in my Bosch corded drill in 10 years. Cost? 20 years ago I had a place for corded stuff because the cordless technology had not evolved to where it has today. So school me. What are your needs that make this better? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 34 minutes ago, rrmccabe said: What's a cord? Sorry to sound ignorant but what is the love for corded drills? I can see if you were at a bench doing repetitive drilling 8 hours on end but I have not plugged in my Bosch corded drill in 10 years. Cost? 20 years ago I had a place for corded stuff because the cordless technology had not evolved to where it has today. So school me. What are your needs that make this better? Because some of use still have a love for corded . I know I always will and because I can't afford having all cordless and sometimes I don't have time for charging batteries and because I collect tools and restore them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Yea cordless comes at a cost and what sucks is having that investment and having batteries start taking a crap. So I get all that and just asking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theultimatehic Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Some of us are in a shop. Corded drill have more power as well. When your drilling large holes thru steel you don't grab the cordless. When repetively drilling all day you dont want a cordless. Even the crane has a power source for corded tools, sometimes cordless dont cut it even when in the same catagory. Other times cordless makes sence. Like working on a ladder, who wamts cords to deal with lol. Both are great and what you do for a living makes a huge difference on what you need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, Theultimatehic said: Some of us are in a shop. Corded drill have more power as well. When your drilling large holes thru steel you don't grab the cordless. When repetively drilling all day you dont want a cordless. Even the crane has a power source for corded tools, sometimes cordless dont cut it even when in the same catagory. Other times cordless makes sence. Like working on a ladder, who wamts cords to deal with lol. Both are great and what you do for a living makes a huge difference on what you need. Well said ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 18 minutes ago, Theultimatehic said: Some of us are in a shop. Corded drill have more power as well. When your drilling large holes thru steel you don't grab the cordless. When repetively drilling all day you dont want a cordless. Even the crane has a power source for corded tools, sometimes cordless dont cut it even when in the same catagory. Other times cordless makes sence. Like working on a ladder, who wamts cords to deal with lol. Both are great and what you do for a living makes a huge difference on what you need. Yea no doubt about all that. I do a lot of steel work and my cordless stuff stacks up pretty well against any 3/8" corded drill I have owned. If I had to do some drilling in thick steel my 1/2" Bosch would make sense. I just dislike cords Thanks for input. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.