Jonnyques Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Has anyone seen an adapter that mounts the Milwaukee tools (M18) and takes the makita battery? I have one Milwaukee tool, a heat gun. I have several makita batteries! I'm trying to avoid having to buy extra Milwaukee batteries and a portable charger etc. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D W Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Check ebay. There's an Australian seller that uses a 3D printer to make these. Last time I looked he had one for Makita batteries on Bosch tools and a few other combinations I can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method Posted January 24, 2019 Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 They do exist. I found mine on Gumtree but the same seller was advertising these on eBay also. I have his dewalt-milwaukee and milwaukee-dewalt adapters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 I heard some batteries have electronics inside to communicate with the tool and therefore batteries from other brands may not even work even if they have an adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 That's true when you look at the marketing, but the majority of the tools seem to control the battery connected so there is no need for special circuitry in the adapter. I've drained my Dewalt batteries and milwaukee batteries completely using the adapters and never had issues. I think he had adapters from each brand to another and vice versa for milwaukee, dewalt, makita, ryobi and AEG and no issues arose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 @method so batteries with the circuitry will be compatible then? I recently saw some one had a DeWALT and Hercules drill (Harbor Freight DeWALT clone). When both tools were modified to work in the other tool neither tool worked apart from the lights. I'm guessing the Hercules didn't have the electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
method Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 I'm guessing so, not sure what Hercules is? But my fuel tools work with dewalt batteries and there is no issue. I've wanted to test with Metabo but no one makes adapters for their batteries and I don't have time to make one either. I guess you could just run leads from the terminals of the battery to the tool to test and check that way but I've never tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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