Cordless Tools
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
cordless screwdriver 1980s
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
Ah a Yankee driver! I still use mine regularly, it's always in my tool bag and has been a saviour on several occasions. I bought mine in the 80's, I suspect none of the cordless tools bought now will be around in the 2060's.
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newts
Veteran
- Location
- Isca Dumnoniorum
I haven't used my Yankee screwdriver in the last 35 years. In 1981 it was on every carpenters/joiners wishlist just behind an Estwing hammer & Disston panel saw.
Adam4868
Guru
Brings back memories...used to pay money weekly for tools when a apprentice.Still got a couple of these and a pair of left and right handed gilbow tin snips.Christ tools were expensive in the mid eighties.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
] Oh Lordy! Those things were really something. You skinned your knuckles when the bit cammed out of the slot, or you got the web of skin between your thumb and forefinger stuck in the spiral mechanism. I was elated when I chucked mine in the trash compactor.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Neither will I but I have been around since 1950.
Yep I’ve got one of those might even have two !! However I then remember why I have a cordless power tool
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I bought a Bosch cordless screwdriver just before Christmas as my daughter's present was a desk and shelves from IKEA. I looked at it as just part of the cost of the present because I know what flat-packed furniture can be like at the best of times.
My goodness I'm glad I got it, it took about 90 mins to assemble everything but with manual screwdrivers that could have taken 4 hours, and caused hand blisters, plus a bad back. Must have been 70 screws in that thing, some of them really long.
My goodness I'm glad I got it, it took about 90 mins to assemble everything but with manual screwdrivers that could have taken 4 hours, and caused hand blisters, plus a bad back. Must have been 70 screws in that thing, some of them really long.
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Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
Just discovered this guy on youtube
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Our 36v Bosch SDS has just about died after 12 years I put new brushes in last year but I think there is a torque limiter on there somewhere so it keys cutting out. As the rest of our stuff is 18v Dewalt I'll replace it with one of theirs. We already have 6 batteries & 2 chargers
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Well I have started to change my mind. I have recently been using 2 x corded sanders, a corded planer and dust extractor, plus of course my mitre saw and table saw are both corded. It's a real pain to be honest. The other day I had 3 of them out, tripped over one cord and my planer fell to the ground. Luckily didn't seem to damage it.
So I'm now thinking of getting a Milwaukee cordless Jigsaw with 1 x 5aH battery. Then whenever I feel I can afford it, I can slowly upgrade the rest of my tools to cordless and hopefully just share the same battery. Perhaps Makita are cheaper, but having watched a lot of "Project Farm" on Youtube, the Milwaukee stuff seems to come out on top quite often in terms of power output. It wil either be Milwaukee, Dewalt or Makita, will just have to do some research and see what affordable range of tools each brand does. It seems a good idea to have all the same battery that I can share around
