Modify Drill

[CoryBee]

Ended up buying a power drill with a cord.

[yaksplat]

Has the wire melted yet?

[selfie]

Has the wire melted yet?

 

[yaksplat]

Ended up buying a power drill with a cord.

I'm really curious now...

[CoryBee]

Ended up buying a power drill with a cord.

I'm really curious now...

I was just messing with broken ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- I had laying around

[knave]

I'm only guessing but it sounds like you had an old cordless drill you were trying to fix:

I gonna say there's no substitute for a drill with a cord. I bought an old craftsman corded drill at a flea market for $10 and it is always ready.

But, I almost always use my cordless drills these days. The same soldering skills I learned on this forum to hack stuff and wire panels enabled me to replace my dead batteries for around 11$ (a battery lasts 3-5 years.) I posted a thread a while ago when I rebuilt my ist battery...I was sure proud.

I've recently taken to using two drills for my projects. one with a drill bit and the other for the screws. Perhaps i'm just lazy but it's convenient not to have to swap bits.

my 2¢

[ChadTower]

I've recently taken to using two drills for my projects. one with a drill bit and the other for the screws. Perhaps i'm just lazy but it's convenient not to have to swap bits.

I do that too.  Sometimes it's just more efficient that way.

[kahlid74]

I've recently taken to using two drills for my projects. one with a drill bit and the other for the screws. Perhaps i'm just lazy but it's convenient not to have to swap bits.

I do that too.  Sometimes it's just more efficient that way.

I have three drills I use now in this format.  It's super efficient when drilling/glueing/screwing to have multiple right at your finger tips instead of having to switch/swap stuff out.

[mcseforsale]

Little known fact is that cordless power tools were developed with safety in mind.  One of the leading causes of death for construction/plumbing types used to be electrocution.  That's why you always see "double insulated" or such on most power equipment.  This was for working in wet conditions but rarely worked.

Now, they're ubiquitous as the technology of batteries has matured. 

AJ