Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can justify
paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability and
initial quality.
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill which
will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

The Carrolls wrote:

Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can justify
paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability and
initial quality.

Finally, somebody with some decent advice. We use De Walt exclusively,
two 24 V hammers, 4 18 V drill/drivers, an 18 V circular saw and an
18V reciprocating saw, plus of course a whole mess of batteries.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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| The Carrolls wrote:
|
| Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can
justify
| paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
| every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability
and
| initial quality.
|
| Finally, somebody with some decent advice. We use De Walt exclusively,
| two 24 V hammers, 4 18 V drill/drivers, an 18 V circular saw and an
| 18V reciprocating saw, plus of course a whole mess of batteries.

I found the 18V circular a bit light for most wood work. I also found the
batteries tend to go quick under prolonged and constant loads. Nice tools
for a quick job or repair though. Great for around the boatyard.

To bad Bobsprit isn't allowed to work on his boat at the boatyard. He'd buy
a set in a jiffy!

CM

I concur on DeWalt.... I only buy their tools now. No questions asked and
both problems over the last 5 years.... both tools were past the warranty
date and were serviced for free... one repair and one replacement. They
replaced my plunge-router which was a refurb with a brand new upgraded
model.

You just can't beat after market service like that! The tools are well
built.

CM



"The Carrolls" wrote in message
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| Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can justify
| paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
| every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability and
| initial quality.
| "Scott Vernon" wrote in message
| ...
| Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill which
| will
| run and/or charge off your boat batteries?
|
| Scott Vernon
| Plowville PA __/)__/)__
|
|
|

Agreed. We use heaps of DeWalt battery drills on ships, Antarctic bases
and the like. They work, keep working and can handle a lot of abuse
without dying on you - good feature when the nearest replacement is
thousands of km away. Second choice for me is Makita but I just bought
an 18V Makita drill for myself as it was $100 cheaper than the DeWalt
and was capable of doing all I wanted it to do. I've been driving
roofing screws with it.

Cheap tools have their place tho. I just bought a cheap Chinese 7.5"
circular saw to use with a metal cutting blade rather than get the
metal dust into an expensive saw. Damned thing works well and cost
little more than the replacement switch for a Hitachi which I broke
by.... dropping it off the roof! Damn. Mind you we run on 240V power so
our tools can generate decent torque without massive cable thickness.

Thing about battery drills is the torque they can develop and the
amp-hours of the battery. For cheap ones, these are the 2 areas where
they cut back and it only matters if you need that extra torque that a
better motor can develop in the same weight factor. Lots of other
features in better drills but unless you're using them a real lot, the
extra dollars mightn't be worth it.

Peter Wiley

In article , The Carrolls
wrote:

Geeze, what a bunch of crap, get the most powerful De Walt you can justify
paying for and a pocket inverter. Also get an extra battery. I use them
every day in my job, you cannot beat De Walt for service, availability and
initial quality.
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Boats-r-US has a Seafit 12v drill on sale. Is there a 12v drill which
will
run and/or charge off your boat batteries?

Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__