OT/ cordless or plugin drill?

I am in need of a new 3/8 drill the old one finally burnt up,

I would like a variable speed reversable drill,
would like to go cordless but not a big deal, them cordless jobs any good?
budget or around 75.00 canadian dollars

 

Dewalt has a nice 3/8" variable speed drill.
Candaian Tire has them on sale every once in a while,sometimes with a $20 rebate from Dewalt.

 

we get the canadian tire flyer on mondays and I usually don't admire it but will be sure to give it a once over and keep an eye out for a drill

if I see a cordless one what volts is minimum to buy?
I had a 9 but it was virtually uselss after about 5 minutes as a screwdriver let alone drill with it

 

My cordless is a cheapie. It does good hanging up pictures and building my son's swingset but not so great when drilling metal. We have a nicer cordless at work, it is powerful but every time we use it we have to change the batteries because we don't use it much. We have 2 batts though so it isn't too bad. If I were in the market, and I wasn't ever planning on using it outside the garage, I could go with a plug in. However if you would be using it for stuff outside the garage the cordless is the way to go. My 2 cents worth anyhow

 

get the highest voltage you can afford. More voltage =more power. Also get an extra battery so you can charge one while using the other.

 

If you go cordless, get no less than 14V, I prefer my MAkita 14V over the larger, heavier 18V. I even use mine for drilling 1/8th, two batteries are a must.

 

Corded. Cordless are OK for house stuff. I like a little more oomph and life in the garage.

 

I have a cheapie 14.4v that is pretty gutless, maybe a little more expensive one that peavey mart special would be better. I also have an 18v Snapon, it REALLY rips.

 

<font color="red"> Ok here"s what I would do....go to harbor freight and by a cheapy cordless and then try for a low end corded like a Black and Decker......together they will cost under $150 ....that way you get the best of both worlds...if it is for professional work get a Milwaukee 3/8 and be done...I usta sell power tools for a living and Milwaukee was not always the best but always well worth the $$$ spent

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HERE A GOOD ONE....JUST 59.95 FROM HOME DEPOT

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I've got an assortment of both corded &amp; cordless drills. Overall, my most useful is a heavy-duty 3/8" variable speed,reversible with a keyed chuck. Most cordless (and some corded)drills come with a keyless chuck and won't tighten enough to keep bits from slipping. My most used cordless is an old Makita 6070 variable,with a brake that stop the chuck when the trigger is released. It's small,compact, and is great working on interior trim panels , dashes,.etc. There's not really any one "be-all" drill, and I'bet you end up with a few different size &amp; types. $0.02 worth from Stan

 

If you can only afford one,get a plug in drill.

 

Red- I've got that DeWalt corded one and the chuck broke after a couple months. Bought a used Milwaulkee--MUCH better, but new it's like $125 or so. Drills are like most other tools. The cheap ones are useless except for the small "honey-do" chores, and the price difference between good and bad is getting wider. You can buy a drill for $25, but one that will last is gonna cost $100 or so. Same with any small power tool. Bought a cheap black and decker jigsaw a few months ago that cuts like a drunk sailor. Spend the money and you'll spend it once, or buy a cheapie and have it go out in the middle of a job, or find out it's too underpowered.

 

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YUP,

I have had this same drill FOR YEARS and have put it through some heavy duty abuse.

Hadn't used it for a couple years cuz I have three cordless drills, just moved, needed a drill and all batteries were dead.

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redmeat, i just bought this dewalt drill and like it very much. i was using a cordless drill the also can be corded to drill some holes with a holesaw in my frame but it kept getting hot and blowing the breaker so i got the cored jobby and had no problems. just figure what the heavyest job your going to do and buy accordingly it would suck to buy one and find you couldnt use it for someting like a holesaw. after all bigger is better right?

 

I have a Ryobi 12V that I abused for 5 yrs and the only problem is the batteries croaked. I bought a 14.4 Makita and I am not very impressed, after a year one battery started leaking and the other is loose in the drill so you have to jiggle it a little to get contact.

For corded drills I had a Skil Hammer Drill and it died after a year, blew up the bearings. The best brand that I have found is Milwaukee, that is all we used building industrial plants and they got beaten and abused but a rebuild is all that was needed.

 

Get a corded drill.

I have a Dewalt one that I love. It makes all the difference in the world, compared to my 14.4 Black &amp; Decker. The cordless is fine for household chores, but not for real work. (Actually, take a look at an air drill for that.)

Here's a tip for metal drilling: instead of using a regular bit, chuck up a center cutting single end mill.

--Matt

 

For me, cordless has been a hassle. You want to use the drill and the battery is dead. You wind up digging out the corded drill to finish the job.

If you don't care either way, I would go with corded. my .02.

 

75 bucks won't buy shit for a cordless drill. Don't bother with the cheaper brands at all, unless you want something just to hang pictures with.

There are a lot of people that like Dewalt, I'm not one of them. Most of the time these days, they are made in china. I did a lot of shopping around, looked at every brand from dewalt to panasonic to milwaukee to rigid, and milwaukee is the best value.

I bought a 18v milwaukee hammer drill, with a sawzall and circular saw. the price tag wasn't cheap on the whole kit, $490 bucks, but it was money well spent. You wouldn't know that you were using a cordless tool, until the thing runs out of juice, which rarely happens. You have to be carefull with the drill, because if it gets caught in a hole, it can break you arm if you aren't watching. I use a cutoff wheel in the saw, and its handy for rough cutting random stuff.

Anyway, that my plug for milwaukee. if you look around online, you can find a good 3/8" or 1/2" milwaukee hole shooter for between 80-130 bucks. Thats what i would do. the muy in price is higher than other brands, but it's going to last you much longer. David

 

i use an air powered drill some of the time but my main drill is a corded milwaukee hole shooter. got it used but it hasn't let me down yet!

just my experience but the battery drills always seem to have a dead battery or just not enough to do very much drilling.


jerry

 

If you can have only one go corded, get the best you can aford.

 

thanks for the input you guys, I will get the best cord drill I can for the money I got to spend, the cordless might have been convenient at times but the 110 volt cord drill seems to be the best bang for the buck

 

don't forget you can sometimes find good deals on used power tools at pawn shops.

Paul

 

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I have always avoided pawn shops for the most part figureing people I know would see me going in and figure I was pawning off my goods!

we got 2 pawn shops that I know of I may just head on down there tomorrow and see what they got

 

I like the corded 110 drills best and would recommend getting a combo drill/hammer drill...they are HANDY. a tip for you cordless guys...when the batteries go PUTZZZ,and they tell you a battery is more than a new drill costs dont pitch it- I have an old 12 volt BOSH drill and I wired up a cord for it and put a cig lightere connector on it with about a ten foot cord...that sumbitch will drill like a Bastard !![good for the "road kit" to have on way to an event,imagine everyone sayin we just need a damned drill to fix their brokedown hot rod and you whip it out!

 

damn chop rods!

that's a hell of a good idea!

Paul

 

<font color="red"> Dittos what Paul said that is a killer trick.......I did not say the Dewalt is the best. . .just that the best inhis price range....If it were me It would be a Milwaukee or nothing.

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I've got an 18v DeWalt 1/2-inch cordless drill. I've always been happy with it, and have used it to go through 1/4-inch several times with no problems. Actually, the only problem was that when it went through the back of the metal and the bit grabbed, it about twisted my arm off.

I've also used it to bore 1/2-inch holes through pressure treated 2x6 and 4x4 lumber, without problem, and have used it to make 1.5-inch holes with a spade bit in the 2x6 wall studs in my shop while wiring it.

If you go with a corded drill, a very handy tip is to get a short 10-foot orange (heavier duty) 3-prong extension cord to use with it (not the crappy little one your wife used to run the radio or Christmas lights). You're usually not more than 10 feet from an outlet, so that, with the 2-foot lead on the drill, works just fine. That way you aren't tripping over 30 feet of extension cord on the floor. Because it's small, it'll coil up real nicely in your tool box or whatever cabinet or storage area you keep your drill. When you need the drill, the extension cord is always right there with it. Grab both and go--saves time usually spent looking for and cursing about the long extension cord.

-Brad

 

I have a fairly new 12 volt SKIL drill....its a good workin tool but battery life is short- It has two.
I thought the old BOSCH I mentioned above,was a better unit/may be...but Skil is owned by Bosch now so who knows......
doesn't Black and Decker now own Dewalt?