I will be using it to build dollhouses and dollhouse furniture, and I need a tool that can cut wood up to 3/8″ thick and that can cut in the middle of the wood. I’m not at all familiar with power tools and have no idea what attachments, if any, would be necessary for this type of job.
HATTIE
the house. You don’t to worry about tripping over the cord when you are using a power tool.
DARLA
i want to get set of 18 volt cordless power tools, but i am too cheap to buy them all at once. Can i buy them from differnet brands and still expect the batteries to be interchangable?
COLEMAN
im sending a u.k power tool, it’s only a portable cordless power drill, but the charger has three pins so could they be able to charge the battery up on polish power points as they use two pin plugs and use 220 volts instead of uk 250 volts?
HARVEY
I have several old power tool batteries that have died over the years… I really don’t like buying them over and over.
I got the bright idea (oh no), if I could find an ac adapter with the same volt and amp output, and I could fit it inside a battery case (take the batteries out of the housing), then I wouldn’t need more than one or two batteries while I’m away from an outlet. (Most of what I do, I do close to an outlet. Having cordless tools are just very nice.)
Anyway, I found an adapter with the spec I needed on eBay. Got it home and checked it out on my meter (right on the money for volts; less than 1/2 amp higher than the batteries).
I emptied out a worthless battery, fit the adapter in, carved a hole for the cord and fit the wires inside to connect to the “battery” terminals. Now it looks just like a regular battery, test the same, it just has a cord hanging out.
When I put it in any of my tools, however, the tool runs in VERY short bursts.
What did I do wrong?
New information…. (I’m still trying to figure it out)
If I plug the “battery” into a tool that is variable speed and sloooowly squeeze the trigger, THE TOOL RUNS GREAT!
If I squeeze too fast, though, it sounds just like a non variable speed tool.
rumm… rumm… rumm… about once per second.
Well… I thought it ran great. It only SOUNDED like it was running great. When you put it under a load, it dies. At full clutch, I can stop the drill with minimal effort with one hand. With a good battery and at full clutch, this drill is a wrist-breaker if it jams a bit in something!
What’s going on?!
If you read a bit closer, you’ll see I’m talking about a thing I made. Not a gimmick… I created it. It’s not a battery, but an ac adapter that I put in a battery housing.
DOES NOBODY KNOW?!
It is an ac to dc adapter.
And it was not an easy fit into the battery housing; it’s sitting at a sharp angle and a little carving on the battery housing was needed to get the top screwed down. (ryobi 18v)
As every test I’ve learned to do says it doesn’t have enough amps, my next plan is to replace the adapter with a laptop adapter at 18.5V and 6.5 amps.
That will either be enough, burn the motor up or tell me it isn’t going to work no matter what.
I really hope someone has a better idea.
ERIKA
I am planning on buying my grandfather a set of cordless power tools for Christmas. He does alot of carpentry work and has very little patients so they’d have to be powerful & work well. I’ve narrowed my list down to 2 kits… The V28 Milwaukee set and the 36 volt DeWalt kit. I looked at the specs on both kits and the tools included and saw that the V28 Milwaukee’s have the same power as the 36 volt DeWalts. Um, why? Anyway, I think I’m going for the Milwaukee’s because I think they have a better reputation. I’d like to get a few suggestions so please give me one…. Thanx.
HOSEA
The tasks involved will be doors, windows, bathroom and kitchen work, drywall, decks, roof, and so on. If you are not able to provide a full list could you at least tell me the main tools that I will be needing. I think from what I have learned so far that I might get tool’s in set at Sear’s because of the Craftsman warranty though I am not sure if it that good for power tools. Some specifics would be helpful too like how much torque or cordless or brand. thanks.
BIANCA
I would like to charge a cordless hand tool from a solar panel. Is this possible?
CAROLINE
I see alot of news and youtube about battery explosion,
notebook, nokia mobile, sony battery……………
and I am using alot cordless power tools, 18V power drills….
Will it have a risk that my power drill will explode ??
when I recharge it or when it is over heat or short circuit.
or even if I drop it,,,,,,,,,
I think DC is safe, why it get explode ??
what I need to take care??
THERESA
I’m a commercial steel framer and drywaller for the union the job supplys us with our power tools but i still like having my own and i like cordless because i hate dealing with the extension cords plus they use dewalt and i don’t care for them specially the cordless i seen makita just came out with there drywall auto feed cordless screw gun my question is can you buy the plastic belts separate and load them with your own screws and are they reusable after u have used them. even though the job supply’s the power tools but i wanna buy my own cordless i sure as heck don’t wanna supply the fasteners
ya we buy our fastners buy the pallets so i doubt there gonna special order me some just for me
ADRIAN
