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6th February 2017, 12:40 PM #1Senior Member
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Old Cordless Drills - What to Do With Them?
Hi Folks,
I've inherited a couple of cordless drill from my late-Father's workshop. One is a GMC 14.4V and the other is a Rok 18V. Neither is particularly good quality although they worked ok in their day. The problem with both is the batteries so longer hold their charge. I've looked into getting the batteries replaced but the cost is too great for tools that weren't that great to start with.
I was thinking of putting them on eBay or Gumtree but I think that's probably going to be a waste of time.
Is there anything that can be done with them before they go into e-waste?
Cheers,
Chris
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6th February 2017, 01:10 PM #2
E-waste sadly.
Even my poor old Makita18V cordless is headed that way.
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6th February 2017, 01:50 PM #3.
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I have taken a couple of the better ones and dismantled them and kept the chucks.
Sometimes you have to cut the chuck off the drill.
The chucks are useful to hold things like files, drills and counter sinking bits, especially in places to cramped for a regular drill.
e.g. reaming out a hole in a piece of sheet metal you have something to hold the bits
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6th February 2017, 07:04 PM #4Senior Member
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Hmmm, I got given an old Panasonic drill the other day but the body has gone all slimey and nasty and the batteries don't seem to last too long.
I believe they output around 200W so I was thinking of a motorised billy cart with a lead acid battery.
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6th February 2017, 10:34 PM #5
I cut off the battery "clip" on my old Makita & Ryobi 12v cordless drills and turned them into a corded 12v drill using some HD twin and a couple of alligator clips. Very handy while touring & camping when hooked up to a 12v 7.5ah SLA battery.
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6th February 2017, 11:28 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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I did similar with an unknown brand drill, I use to use it for repairing tyres/punctures when I used to 4WD a lot. Handy to put in the odd tek screw also.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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7th February 2017, 12:41 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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What Mobyturns said.
You can also gut the battery case and wire a dedicated extension cord and plug. Several years ago someone posted their conversion of a Triton 18v drill to run off a transformer with a coiled extension cord wired into the battery pack (nice but heavy drill, the charger and batteries were a disaster).
You can also try 'reviving' the old batteries by putting them in a freezer for a day or two, it is supposed to work for Ni-Cd's and I've used it successfully on a Ni-Mh battery that wouldn't charge at all - over night in the fridge freezer and everything worked when thawed out.
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12th February 2017, 12:41 PM #8Intermediate Member
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My 14.4v cordless drill batteries run flat quickly after about 5 years of use, so I took the battery pack apart to find out what type of batteries they are.
Then went onto ebay and bought 24 new batteries for the 2 battery packs I have. The originals were 1300mAH NiCd so I bought 2200mAH for a bit extra capacity.
I soldered the tabs of the batteries together in the same order and shape as the originals, refitted the pack together and put on charge and hey presto!!
My cordless drill is good as new again.
Be sure to get the same type of battery as the original, ie NiCd for NiCd or NiMh for NiMh so the charger will charge the battery safely.
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13th February 2017, 04:41 PM #9
Works very well.
Its actually quite common amongst yachties to convert a 12-volt drill to a 12-volt corded drill that uses the ship's power. Ditto for caravanners and 4WD'ers.
BUT, about three years ago, NiCad stick batteries on my Makita 9.6-volt drill died. Replacement batteries more expensive than a new drill. Google found some very affordable batteries in Germany. Still working well.
Cheers
Graeme
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13th February 2017, 07:20 PM #10GOLD MEMBER
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I've a friend who set up a home THEATRE in his lounge room. Complete with seating out of a picture theatre with curtains to open the screen, using the remains of a cordless drill to operate them. He's an electronics engineer, so that wouldn't have been a problem for him to set it up.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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13th February 2017, 08:39 PM #11Senior Member
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13th February 2017, 10:24 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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You do it and we'll watch the WIP Would be very handy, always have that problem also.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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