Thread: Makita drill chuck

Originally Posted by nearnexus

But goes to show how much power that Wolf can put out through a proper gearbox.

But like a lot of those old drills, she's a wrist breaker - the ergonomics (grip length) are all wrong for the power it can generate.

Rob

Yes I had an "interesting" moment once while I was drilling a hole for a spring hanger in a big tandem trailer I was building and the bit grabbed, as the drill came out of my hands my thumb pushed in trigger lock. With that the drill started winding the power lead around itself. A seemingly simple task turned out to be a bit of a song and dance routine!!

Originally Posted by Pete F

the bit grabbed, as the drill came out of my hands my thumb pushed in trigger lock. With that the drill started winding the power lead around itself.

Given this is a Makita thread, I will share my story. My Makita SDS hammer drill (BHR202Z) has a lot of torque. It has no clutch as the chuck is an external one with an SDS arbor. I had a bit grab drilling when I first got it. The handle twisted my wrist and the battery (big 3amp ones) swung up and near hit me in the face. It was a close call and a reminder to hold on tight when using it. It is a total beast and well worth every penny. Much better than my smaller Makita mentioned earlier.

If you want to see it: Bare-Tool Makita BHR202Z 18-Volt LXT Lithium-Ion Cordless 7/8-Inch SDS-Plus Rotary Hammer (Tool Only, No Battery) - Amazon.com - Total beast

I too had a bunch of heavy duty Makita tools. Still have a 9 & 7" saws and a big mother planer, but the cordless drill 18v professional just could not hack the pace, replaced with the Milwalkie/atlas-copco 18v but the batteries never were very good. Replaced with Metabo, no looking back.
Got hooked on Metabo when trying to cut the back off a Landrover chassis ror replacement due to rust. 2 bosch 125mm grinders shat themselves in the same day, went and spent up on a Metabo 125mm and still have it going strong 16 years later good as new.

Just bought an AEG multi tool (one of those vibrating saws) warranty of 6 years and 3 yrs on battery! Only time will tell.

Of course if money is no object, check out Festool / Festo. They have a cordless drill where the torque function is all electronic, bloody amazing tool to hold and use. $$$$

Regards
James


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Me again
For SDS drills I think you can't beat the Hilti range. Nearly broke my wrists on a big drill more than once when it bit reo etc. Hilti have the clutch and so much safer.
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Originally Posted by Zwitter

Me again
For SDS drills I think you can't beat the Hilti range. Nearly broke my wrists on a big drill more than once when it bit reo etc. Hilti have the clutch and so much safer.
James


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We always used a ramset, used to call him rodger, (rodger ramset, bad one eh?)
Some of the boys used to push him until the gearbox was too hot to touch (and some people wonder why some companies don't provide tools) but he just kept going. Ended up doing the front gearbox seal and once dry that was about that....there were times on site were he would be used 8 hours solid, every day of the week. Couldn't fault him at all.

Cheers,
Ew

That Hilti stuff is good gear, I once had a straight fabrication job to make a 10 steel benches out of 2"x2"X1/4" angle, it was for a govt department and they were hot dipped galvanized.. each bench had rows of 1/2" holes for fixing timber.. I went through 2 of the old style Black and Decker drills before I lashed out and bought an AEG 1/2" drill, that thing could rip your arms off (apologies to Auntie Jack) but it got the job done and I've still got it 30 years later... In those days AEG was a top quality brand, sadly nowadays AEG is just another one of any number of cheap brands.

The Black and Decker drills had the armature wires soldered onto the commutator, and when it got hot and the solder melted and the plastic support for the commutator softened and went off center causing the brushes to start bouncing like crazy and arcing, then it was only a matter of minutes before the thing would die in a cloud of smoke...

The AEG had the armature wires welded to the commutator lands, and the commutator support material was something that could take the heat. I could drill 1/2" holes in 3/8" steel all day and never a problem.

Sigh... Makita I fear is going the way of AEG.....

Regards
Ray

[QUOTE=RayG; In those days AEG was a top quality brand, sadly nowadays AEG is just another one of any number of cheap brands.

Sigh... Makita I fear is going the way of AEG.....

Regards
Ray[/QUOTE]

Yes, AEG was really really good stuff, and the price reflected it.

I suppose the price still largely reflects the quality these days to a large degree. Although some brands trade and price on their name.

My favourite drill is a 13 mm AEG 500 watt job I bought 20 years ago, now on second set of brushes, and third chuck, done heaps of work - really nice drill to use, and plenty of power for the size.

If it died I would buy another one second hand if I saw one, they're that good.

Bro inlaw bought one at the same time, and he's really rough /stalls equipment and it's still going - although mine has done a LOT more work.

Rob