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Thread: Ryobi Cordless Impact driver
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24th June 2005, 05:31 PM #1Hammer Head
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Ryobi Cordless Impact driver
Just saw in the paper that Ryobi now have a cordless impact driver 12V with 2 batteries, has any one got one of these, most of the blokes i know have the Dewalt or Hitachi. But the Ryobi is only $289.00 vs over $600.00 it would not be for every day use only 3 /4 days a week.
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24th June 2005, 07:12 PM #2
I have had one for about the last 14mnths now and it is a fantastic robust machine. It's lovely and balanced and there is no chance of kickback with it, you don't feel any torque at all - done some roofing with it and it is fantastic for driving batten screws and roofing screws. Ii is also fantastic for removing old painted over and burred screws. I have been using it for "light trade" use but it's often been pushed pretty hard. There is a review of it in this forum, do a search and you should find it.
I only have two negative things to say about it and neither are related to the machine. 1) Because of the impact nature of the tool, it can jump out of the screw head (phillips or posi), and either damage the work surface or a nearby thumb or finger - speaking from experience. 2) With philips and posidrive heads, it is prone to shearing the very tip of the bit off and if you are unlucky the tip is left in the screw and is impossible to remove. If you're really unlucky, the screw will only be halfway home :eek: I've had about 6-8 bits do this since I've had it and 2 in the last month. The bits are hardened steel and it is imposible to drill it out.
Cheers
Michael
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25th June 2005, 02:09 AM #3How much wood could the woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck could chuck wood?
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25th June 2005, 11:06 AM #4Hammer Head
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Thanks Dean, check out your review last night. sounds like a goer
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25th June 2005, 08:20 PM #5Novice
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ryobi impact driver
I got mine almost half price from ebay hardly used {looks brand new} just cause i wanted to try them out and if it is worth bying a REAL one.holy cow batman excelent I,m impressed now i drive 65mm 8 gauge wood screws into timber making door and window frames allday and have a panasonic 12 v drill for the job. So i took the ryobi to work one day to try it out,it drives the screws further in than my panasonic and that things drives screws further than the makiita 14v drill the other guy uses and these tests have been conducted in the real world under real conditions with real people haha.and yep i also broke a tip but i would go through a tip a week normaly anyway.they also require a lot less effort on your behalf you don,t need to apply force to drive the screw in as the impacting takes care of that.Down side to it is that it sounds like your changing the wheels on a v8 at bathurst,but there all like that no matter what brand anyway.As for bying a REAL one the screws are the weak link here dont need any more grunt.Time will tell on its endurance but it passes the power test.
great.
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