[Shop-talk] WAS: Impact wrenches (heavy duty), NOW: Welcome to The Dark Side of cordless tools. Cookies are at the bar.

[Steve Dillen]

Not sure that it's changing of the guard as much as the technology has 
really advanced in the last few years.  Back in the day, I plumbed 
everything for air and when I used to need a real tool, I'd run up the 
compressor.  About 3 years ago I bought a Makita 18v hammer drill and 
found battery life better than I was expecting....and power was better 
than my corded Bosch hammer drill.

Suffice it to say, I now have a hammer drill, impact driver, impact gun, 
drywall screw gun, angle grinder and a few lights and other bits and 
pieces in this system.  I'm still on original batteries (but I do have 4 
of them) and find recharge time to be about 20 minutes.  I can live with 
that.  I do have a cordless (Li-Ion battery) Bosch screwdriver that's 
probably pushing 8 years on and both original batteries are still live.  
Actually, I found that the battery charger for that works with my 
cordless Dremel tool (I also have 2 corded versions that never see the 
light of day)

It's easy to underestimate what cordless battery tools can do if you 
haven't picked one up in the last 5 years.  Unfortunately, my compressor 
only sees service these days when I need to throw something in the 
'blast cabinet or to run air ratchets (haven't found a reasonable 
cordless option for those!).

Steve

On 2019-02-25 2:02 p.m., old dirtbeard wrote:
> Wow, I would not have thought that possible, but I see how it reflects 
> the changing of the guard.
>
> If someone grew up without electrical cords to their tools, to have a 
> airline to their tools probably even seems more cumbersome.
>
> Very interesting observation, particularly for an old timer who does 
> not use battery-powered tools in his garage.  :-)
>
> I so worry about the landfills or where all these dead Li-ion 
> batteries are going...
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 1:55 PM David Scheidt via Shop-talk 
> <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Feb 25, 2019, at 09:11, Steve Dillen via Shop-talk
>     <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>>     This is probably blasphemy on this list, bat a year or so ago I 
>>     bought a Makita 1002Z 18v impact gun and have found it to be VERY
>>     good.
>>
>
>     I was talking to the owner of a pretty big shop (15 or so bays) a
>     year or so ago. He said none of the techs under 30 had air tools. 
>     They all use battery powered tools. He had to put in new outlet
>     circuits where the off duty toolboxes are parked
>>
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