So I bought myself a 26 gallon air compressor & it came with a free impact wrench & I picked up an air ratchet. So far i like it allot but have not realy used the tools except to test them real quick & hear that cool sound.
I’m going to be working on my motorcycle mostly but I bought a new shed to store it in and I am building up my tool collection from scratch just so i have them.
Anyway my delima now is I have no power tools other than what i already mentioned and am looking to buy some. I am wondering if i should just buy all air tools now since i have the compressor of if I should buy corless 18v power tools. For instance i know I need a drill. maybe a saw, dremel, grinder, sander. The basic stuff.
What do you think i should do?
Is pneumatic better for some tools but cordless better for others?
Would cordeless be more practical & versitale, or should i utilize my compressor since i have it.
I always go over the top & was looking at a nice Dewalt combination cordless 18v combo set. I want good stuff, is 18v from a major brand like Dewalt good enough for weekend warrior? I know the air tools pack a nice punch so thats why I am confused on which direction to go. Do they sell air tools in nice combo sets too that arn’t crap?
Thanks!
MICAH
I am trying to find a battery and charger for a Mc Cullon cordless drill…14.4 volt…any one help..
MELINDA
Dewalt cordless tool batteries are NiCd, or now, Lithium ion. Some companies make NiMh battery replacements that seem to work as well or even better than the NiCd’s in my tools. Why doesn’t DeWalt make NiMh replacements? I asked them to no avail. NiMh batteries can stand many more charging cycles from what I understand and are used in walkie talkies and cameras. Why not power tools?
I would tend to agree nimh are better, but why don’t the tool manufacturers use them? They only offer nicad and lithium. Is there a difference in the maximum discharge current available for heavy loads? p.s. For at least 4 years now DeWalt has recommended charging nicads as soon as they start to lose power, and never wait until they are fully discharged. Same for B&D.
EFREN
It would solve the battery recharge time and battery deterioration/replacement problem.
It would work like cordless power tools do.
You would pull into a “gas” station, and with some kind of lifting/moving rig, you would swap out a big battery pack on the rear or underneath the vehicle.
The “gas” station would have a bunch of batteries sitting there charging all the time (kinda like they have a big underground gas tank now).
You would only pay for the recharge cost plus a small amount for battery deterioration.
Your discharged battery would be recharged and used by another customer later.
This would help with the range problem as well, if you knew you could pull in somewhere and get a fresh battery pack.
Of course the batteries would have to be all standardized, but there are already gobs of things on cars that are standardized.
The vehicles would still have an on-board charger, so you could still plug it in, if you needed.
Seems like it would help with battery recycling too, as all the the used batteries would end up in the same place.
to Gooch:
Yes but that doesn’t solve the problem of single-day travel beyond a single batteries charge, or what to do if you accidentally “run-out-of-gas” (well run-out-of-charge in this case).
to Dana1981, Master of Science:
Yes you would need more than one type of battery, but we have more than one type of fuel at “gas” stations now (unleaded regular, unleaded premium, diesel, E85, with more to come likely).
The electrical technogy of the batteries would not have to be standardized (l-ion, nMH, whatever), only the voltage, the electrical connector, and its external shape.
With something to supply the lifting forces, why would swapping-out be any more complicated than raising or lowering a convertible top?
Certainly it would be easier than changing a tire…
to Candy:
No new buildings, use existing gas stations.
The stations already have a large supply of liquid fuels on hand, this is just a normal “inventory” business problem.
The batteries would only have to be bought once. As each battery went out a new one would come in.
The station would charge for the cost of the electricity to charge the battery plus whatever other costs it had plus its profit.
The “small charge” is for the battery “wearing out”. An owner of a non-swapable EV would already have to pay for this anyway. Either when the battery was replaced, or when the car was replaced.
I can’t see why the lifting equipment would be any more complicated or expensive than the pumps at stations now that “lift” the fuel out of the ground tanks.
Yes, better batteries may come, but nobody knows how to do it yet. This seems all doable (is that a word???) now.
to vicinic:
The Tesla does not have a swappable battery. The vehicle would have to designed from the start to do this. The Tesla wasn’t.
JAMAR
I was just wondering if anyone might know were i can find a charger for a chicago electric cordless drill.
its a 13.2V
ive searched google and yahoo but nothin =/
please help
PHIL
i need professional help only, ty
REINALDO
I was gifted a set of Ryobi power tools a few years back and have gotten good use out of them, but lately we have begun to do a LOT more serious work… I want to pick a good grade of cordless for my shop and projects that is good across to board so I don’t have 5 different types of batteries laying around. I was going to go ahead and go with Dewalt, but I have been hearing that they may not be as good as they once were…. I am open to suggestions, all the research I have done has not given me a great answer so I thought I would ask a question. Some of the projects behind and ahead, 36×60 barn, green house, tractor shed, 2 car garage, new shop structure, etc…
KIP
I’m looking for a company to invest in that makes the majority of the litium-ion batteries for power tools(cordless drills and such) as well as electronic devices such as lap-tops and cell phones. There must be on major foreign or domestic company that has a large market share.
TRISHA
Thanks
KAREEM
will they work still
it can reach 130 f
JARRETT
