Impact Driver or Combi Drill?

[nickblake]

Always hated the things to noisy for my ears !!1 then i used one and wow following day got myself a small milwalkee with the same batteries as the inspection camera gets those tough screw out to not looked back

 

[D Skelton]

Not anymore I got same drill its been replaced by the 458

The new 458 is not as powerful as the old 451, the new 458 also only has two gears as opposed to the three on the 451.

The 451 is the superior drill by.a long way. When mine eventually gives up the ghost I will be replacing parts as opposed to buying the new 458.

 

[Silly Sausage]

The 451 is the superior drill by.a long way. When mine eventually gives up the ghost I will be replacing parts as opposed to buying the new 458.

Makita BHP451 Spare Parts | Miles Tool & Machinery Centre

At those prices I'd be repairing it as well.

 

[D Skelton]

Makita stuff is really easy to work with too! The windings went in one of my impact drivers a little while back, it cost me about a tenner for a new rotor and took me about 10 mins to replace! Beats spending out £100 for a whole new driver!

 

[vxwestie]

Can you actually fix pattresses with an impact driver? I've always wondered?

 

[D Skelton]

Yeah, you just have to go nice and easy on the trigger!

 

[Silly Sausage]

Makita stuff is really easy to work with too! The windings went in one of my impact drivers a little while back, it cost me about a tenner for a new rotor and took me about 10 mins to replace! Beats spending out £100 for a whole new driver!

If you can fix something, with regular hand tools in 2 or 3 hours, for less than half the price of a new job, fix it.

I'm still on my 2nd washing machine in 30 years, such an exciting life I lead!

 

[billyblade]

There are drill bits on the market that are designed to be used in an impact driver. The advantages of using these instead of conventional drill bits in a combi are that they give you one handed drilling (they don't try to whip you round when they come up against torque like a combi would) and they are quite a short power tool so they'll get you in places where your combi won't.

Just don't make the assumption that anything with a 1/4" quick change hex shank will work in impact drivers. Not all of them are impact driver rated. They're not all able to withstand the higher torques that these power tools can kick out. The 1/4" quick change shank is very popular in the USA and they have combi drills that will use this bit holding mechanism rather than a 3 jaw chuck. This means that there are loads of accessories produced with these shanks but they're not all impact driver rated.

The downside of impact drivers are the noise but once you've used one, you can put up with that.

I have a 3 speed impact driver and on it's slowest speed will give you very precise control. Useful for delicate operations like fastening pattress boxes.

The best way to buy would be to wait for a tool show at your local wholesaler or an exhibition like Toolfair where you can pick up a twin pack (combi, impact driver, two batteries and charger) for decent money.

 

[uksparks]

I appreciate all your comments, I keep changing my mind, I'm now contemplating the impact driver now, now that i see you can get drill bits to fit!