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| message from Steve Parus on 1996/10/25 |
I'm looking for a corded drill that will not bog (slow) down when it's
being run at low speeds as it meets more and more resistance drilling
into something or driving a screw deeper into wood. That is, I don't
want to have to manually keep squeezing the trigger more and more as
the screws turns in. I've been told that Panasonic cordless drills
perform this way and that no corded drills do. True ?
spa...@umich.edu
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| MIKEHEL replied to Steve Parus on 1996/10/26 |
Buy a 3/8 or 1/2 corded Milwaukee drill.
They both have high torque at any speed.
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| Mark Nappi replied to Steve Parus on 1996/11/02 |
Panasonic is one of only ones if not the only one which operates at
"constant torque". In theory this is very useful. It basically means that if
you run drill at high speed and then slow down it will maintain level of
torque exercised at high speed. To see this for yourself, run drill at high
speed slow it down and then try to stop it with fist around chuck. Unless
your name is "Arnold" you shouldn't be able to. Most other drill on market
will stop butt-cold on this test. The drill is pricey for a 12v though and
how often would you actually need it? Only reasons I can think of are screws
in hardwood and 2x to 2x. You might want to try square drive screws first
they're cheaper.
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| Charles (Joe) Stahelin replied to Steve Parus on 1996/10/29 |
Surely the great advertising point made about the 'electronic soft
start' drills when they were first introduced was that they were able to
maintain steady speeds under varying load. Obviously this is not a
gift without limit and is subject to the limitations of the design of
the drill in use. If, by and large, this does not happen there is
something wrong.
I am not quite sure that I understand the problem. I would have
thought that, whilst gentle pressure might be applied to the trigger in
order to get a trouble free start, the trigger would usually be pulled
in tight as soon as the drill was turning satisfactorily - drilling
speeds being controlled by the speed adjuster, and in order not to
damage the wrist, torque being controlled by its own adjuster when
driving screws.
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| Michael Fortin replied to Charles (Joe) Stahelin on 1996/10/31 |
The best drill I've used that would fit you requirements is the Panosonic.
In reviews of cordless drills that I've seen it always seems to rank at
the top.
Michael Fortin
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