New drill

[Poolsharks1]

Hi all

Im in the market for a new drill soon. My last drill was a basic makita one which i paid about £120. If by last resort i had to drill through a lock i didnt find the drill speed very good. Can anyone recommend a good drill? Lokking to buy a more expensive one this time

[kwoswalt99-]

What was wrong with the speed?

[jbrint]

I like my Milwaukee M18 setup. This is a great time of the year to buy as most of the box stores have great deals and free batteries.

[Squelchtone]

Hi all

Im in the market for a new drill soon. My last drill was a basic makita one which i paid about £120. If by last resort i had to drill through a lock i didnt find the drill speed very good. Can anyone recommend a good drill? Lokking to buy a more expensive one this time

Hi,
You post was in Lock Pick Guns, EPG's, Snappers. That is not a locksmith electric drill area, I have moved your post to Locksmith Supplies.

Please note that this forum is for hobbyists who pick locks for fun, not just a 100% for locksmiths forum. Locksmith specific stuff goes in the Locksmith Business Info sub forum area.

Thank you,
Squelchtone

[kwoswalt99-]

Important question: cordless or corded?

[cledry]

In the UK search for this DeWalt model. DCD785C2SF-GB for a good drill, for a better one try the DCD985M2-GB best DCD995P2-GB

[MBI]

My 20 year old DeWalt cordless finally kicked the bucket. Can't believe it lasted so long. Replaced it with one of the newer cordless DeWalts with a 20v lithium battery. I've only used it a little bit so far, but up till now I've been very pleased with it.

[GWiens2001]

Been using a cordless DeWalt 20v drill for a couple years now, and have had no problems with it at all.

Good idea to have the larger capacity battery.

Gordon

[billdeserthills]

I have had my Dewalt 18vt drill for many years, in fact I have had several of them. I noticed that for drilling a door, they are a real drag, compared to my plug-in Dewalt drill, which is really powerful and is well worth the hassle of unwinding an extension cord for, on a real job. Right now I have lots of Dewalt stuff, but I did notice that Black & decker has bought the Dewalt name, which makes me worry. I do really like my 18vt Dewalt grinder, otherwise i think I would start over with Milwaukee products. I would guess it may be easier to buy differently named tools, as you seem to reside in the UK.

[kwoswalt99-]

I wouldn't worry Bill, I'm sure all of your Dewalts are B&D made. They've been owned by B&D since 1992.

[billdeserthills]

I wouldn't worry Bill, I'm sure all of your Dewalts are B&D made. They've been owned by B&D since 1992.

That explains why I have had to re-glue together the motor on my Dewalt Grinder so many times

[MBI]

When B&D bought DeWalt they quickly started switching over to using plastic instead of metal gears in the drills. Many people grumbled and complained, understandably. I seem to recall hearing some sales rep BS that it was to "lighten" the cordless tools since home users didn't like them too heavy, and it made it much easier doing things like drywall where you're holding the drill over your head for long periods. But I don't think they fooled many people, it was clearly a cheapening of the brand in order to increase their bottom line.

When I bought my drill around 1994 I searched all over to try to get one of the older ones that still had metal gears but had no luck. I found a Black Friday sale on a 14.4v circular saw and drill combo in a good hard case so I bit the bullet even though I really wanted the 18v. I can't complain though. While there were times I wished for a bit more power or battery life, that drill lasted me for ages.

Originally they kept using the metal gears in their professional or industrial lineup of tools, I forget what the exact name they used for that line. At that time the B&D industrial and DeWalt industrial tools were basically identical, except for the color of the housings. One was black and red, the other black and yellow. You could still order parts to keep those old ones running, in the rare instance that you stripped one of the metal gears. However I don't think it was many years before they discontinued the metal gears in those too.

[kwoswalt99-]

I've never in my life seen a drill with plastic gears. They must have trashed that idea somewhere down the line. Even the bottom of the line dewalts have steel gears these days. I can't say about B&D and other cheap brands though, I don't bother with them. Whenever I get them I just pass them along to my construction teacher. He's happy to have them.

[Poolsharks1]

Cheers guys meant to say it was cordless i was after. Just bought myself a dewalt dcd 790. Amazing piece of kit!!

[kwoswalt99-]

Cheers guys meant to say it was cordless i was after. Just bought myself a dewalt dcd 790. Amazing piece of kit!!

Is the speed slower or faster than the Makita?