First broken power tool..Ebrauer cordless drill

[WaterTight]

Ebrauer cordless drill. Just over two year old, relatively regular use. Just spins round without spinning what in it - say a screwdriver bit - once connected to screw. Fixable or had it?

If the latter - any good suggestions? I don't need it to be high-spec really, have a decent SDS and so just use cordless for whacking in screws and making a few holes in bits of wood.

 

[secret squirrel]

I'd just bin it. B and q doing deals at the moment, £99 for a makita hammer drill and two batteries....

 

[gravytrain]

http://www.toolbox.co.uk/makita-lxt202-18v-liion-lxt-4344-60268get one of these

makita drill/driver set

you'll never look back

 

[Plamber]

not sure if its worth fixing. did you spend much on it?

Makitas li-ion range are really good, class tools. albeit quite expensive. Secret squirrel is right B&Q have some really good xmas deals on at the moment.


Oh, and my first broken power tool was an 18volt dewalt drill. only 4 years old and i dropped it off a scaffold.

 

[AWheating]

my 18v makita li-ion drill has just developed the same problem, so i took it apart and i now cant put it back together 🙁.

 

[stevetheplumber]

for screwdriving you cant beat the impact drivers

 

[secret squirrel]

for screwdriving you cant beat the impact drivers

I've got an impact driver which makes me giggle like a school girl everytime I use it. If I'm bored I'll just hammer screws in with it, thats why I'm not allowed a staple gun......

My girlfriend ruins all my fun, YES, all of it.

 

[Dannypipe]

Personally won't but Makita Drill Driver again. Not happy with my current one, nor my current makita combi drill, which is an impact driver and drill driver.

The drill driver crunches if you tighten the chuck in gear 3.

The combi drill spat out a load of grey smoke when I put a 25mm hole through a joist with a flat bit.

When you consider both tools cost me well over £300 each, its hardly a ringing endorsment. I'm gonna buy Hilti next time.

 

[Dannypipe]

Just realised my combi drill is rated for 21mm in timber not 25. That could explain the smoke!!

Here it is:
Makita Btp140rfe 4 Mode Combi Drill BTP140RFE from Tool Chest Direct

 

[tamz]

Watertight, the gears are knackered... plastic junk...bin it.
I don't rate Makita or DeWalt much either, especially the screwfix specials.

Any one still undecided what they would like for christmas..........what about these babies
Hilti Online - Hilti Winter Warmers
2nd one down

Good price for top quality gear.

 

[REDSAW]

i know this problem and i assume its a combi?., it happened to my new dewalt. i took it in and they fitted a new chuck, sorted and there cheap although got done on a guarantee.
also,
when you strip the drill and want to re-build it you have to position the gearing in the right place, i think its speed 2 and in hammer mode.

 

[Best]

Most makers have some good stuff & some not so good. Makita Japanese stuff is probably better than other stuff. Their hammers are good. Without paying too much, I would look at anything Metabo makes, as it is solid honest German gear.

 

[tamz]

I've had that problem on lots of the cheaper drivers. Ryobi, Euraber, some Makitas etc.
The teeth on the plastic gears wear. Hold it in 1st gear pressing the selector forward and it will work. Strip it and see the worn teeth.
These drills are really only diy - light trade. Not suitable for heavy trade use. Buying cheap is false economy with all tools.
Good tools are expensive but you can subject them to more than the normal abuse even pushing it with your feet because the drill bit is like the edge of a brick.

 

[tamz]

Metabo are good (not exactly cheap) but their don't steal me thing does your nut in.

 

[REDSAW]

Most makers have some good stuff & some not so good. Makita Japanese stuff is probably better than other stuff. Their hammers are good. Without paying too much, I would look at anything Metabo makes, as it is solid honest German gear.

i thought they were made in spain?.

 

[tamz]

German company but built / assembled ??? who knows where for the lowest price.

 

[Best]

i thought they were made in spain?.

I hope not! Any of Metabo tools I have got or seen, say " made in Germany " on them. I have a Grinder £90, core drill with not so good core set £ 300, & SDS drill £130. All German, & seem good.

 

[RCJ]

I use makita all the way... Good tools never had an issue. They have done good offers at the minute too...

 

[REDSAW]

I hope not! Any of Metabo tools I have got or seen, say " made in Germany " on them. I have a Grinder £90, core drill with not so good core set £ 300, & SDS drill £130. All German, & seem good.

my dewalt says made in germany.
the engineer tells me there actually made in mexico?.

 

[kay-jay]

Watertight, the gears are knackered... plastic junk...bin it.
I don't rate Makita or DeWalt much either, especially the screwfix specials.

Any one still undecided what they would like for christmas..........what about these babies
Hilti Online - Hilti Winter Warmers
2nd one down

Good price for top quality gear.

nice! but so expensive they don't give a price just a monthly payment until you die, when they probably reposess it lol

 

[kay-jay]

aeg are cheap and supposedly very good, they are made by milwaukee just a lower spec in terms of speed and torque but just as robust

 

[tamz]

nice! but so expensive they don't give a price just a monthly payment until you die, when they probably reposess it lol

£289 +vat lifetime guarantee

 

[kay-jay]

£289 +vat lifetime guarantee

that is a good price!

 

[RCJ]

If you but tools on the monthly £12 payment... If they break do they fix for you?

 

[tamz]

If you but tools on the monthly £12 payment... If they break do they fix for you?

They give you a new one

 

[RCJ]

That seems pretty good actually especially when youve got analysers to buy aswel

 

[so-solar]

Makita li-ion 18v impact driver is the best power tool i have ever bought!!!!!

 

[Phil]

Never used an impact driver, am I missing out?

Whats wrong with using just my Makita 18v LXT combi drill for driving screws, seems to work okay?

 

[Dannypipe]

Impact drivers are amazing at driving in screws easily. They're very loud while they do it!

Basically they bang the screw in a rotational direction.

The Makita Impact drivers are good. I'm just not happy with my combination impact driver/drill. The chuck adapter for it was £35, the drill was nearly £400 and it smoked on the the first week I used it.

You only really need an impact driver if you reguarly drive in lots of screws. Like timber framing in bathrooms, or dry lining.

 

[WHPES]

my 18v makita li-ion drill has just developed the same problem, so i took it apart and i now cant put it back together

If you have the batteries / charger etc you can buy just the drill body on its own without having to buy the entire kit.

 

[Mr Flux]

Milwaukee all the way, u can pitch up the 18v driver with 2 3ah batteries for £215 what a buy! Also purchased the 18v millwaukee torch aswell, very well designed tools! Small things count, they have a power battery indicator, a light that lights when you are drilling and illuminates drilling area and clips on side off drill with you can put bits for storage! Best drill i have ever owned!!!!

 

[mark_mc]

i got that tmaz the hilti offer but did one better me and a mate at work was in hilti in belfast they had no more of that one but give use the newer model pack with 14volt 3.3ah batteries and the newer model cordless drill driver and newer model cordless impact driver same money £289 +vat,
brillant peice of kit nearly all my tools are hilti offer excellant cover and excellant service and for the amount you pay extra compfared to dewalt and bosch it is most def worth every penny.
if anyone wants a decent power tool got to your nearest hilti dealer you will be surprised they give you a lot of stuff free.
i got a 36volt lion cordless sds recently cost over 600 but that came with 2 batteries, vacuum attachment have to see it to beleive it, a hilti holesaw set up to 110mm, steel bit set over 30bits, selection of sds bits
you pay for the best but its worth it.

 

[Mike Jackson]

These threads make me feel old. The first power tool I killed was Bosch hammer drill nearly thirty years ago. That was in the days when SDS was a rarity and we had to use a Rawl drill to make ho;es in concrete.