Good to know.
Ive just ordered an 80tpi wood blade.
Mines arrived - I plan to try it out tomorrow.
My makita is on its last legs,so work kindly bought me these.
Deal on them at Screwfix.
Need a bloody estate car again now.
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I got the same package a few years ago. Drill is brilliant but the impact driver is a bit too powerful. Useful if you are putting decking screws everyday but hopeless for plasterboard and it’s got a tendency to break the head off the screws altogether if it gets stuck.
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Yes,never really used an impact driver.
Will hopefully be handy for heavier duty stuff.
Would have loved one of those years ago.
My dad was a carpenter and had a few electric tools, drills saws etc but never got into battery tools.
Anyhow he decided that one of the bedroom floors was doing his head in so decided to screw all the floor boards to the joists.
I offered to help him
On the day he gave me a big box of screws and one of these
My hands were fucked after 20 minutes where upon he took it off me and ran round the room and was finished in no time
Thank fuck for technology!
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A yankee screwdriver as my dad calls it. Used to use one quite a bit working with my dad when I was younger, he was carpenter to. . He probably still has a few lying about in his tool cupboard. Used to have a little bottle of graphite powder to lubricate it.
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My impact driver (screwfix own brand Erbauer) is the same, if you’re not quick to release the trigger it’ll easily drive a big screw half way through a 2x4.
For DIY stuff I never use it.
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Yep …Yankee screwdriver…riggers and us fairy trades used to use these on aircraft panels …as some panels could have 20 + screws …however do not allow it to jump out of the screw head …
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When I used to work as stage crew at Oxford Playhouse (late 70’s, early 80’s) there were two of those Terry-clipped to the walls, one stage-left and the other stage-right. In emergencies (basically when bits of set looked like collapsing during a live performance) you grabbed one along with a handful of screws from the plastic bin on the floor and tried to stabilise things without the audience noticing.
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Worked with a couple of chippies for a short while in the mid 80s.
They would only use yankees screwdrivers.
Guessing it was early days for cordless drills and not sure how good they were at the time.
Just googled to see when cordless drills started,seems black and decker were first in 61,but they didn’t take off til the 80s/90s.
Last year I bought myself the Microjig matchfit starter kit, having seen a few videos, it look to be pretty versatile work holding system. I’ve been using it on a scrapy off cut of ply, its been good so decided to do it properly.
I’ve recently made a new workbench, ordered a sheet of 18mm MDF to make a robust, heavy top. Added an addional piece for the V shaped groves the microjig clamps require, made a router guide to ensure precise spacing. I did the right thing and used a 6mm straight bit to cut a relief channel so the expensive V grove bit had less work to do in the MDF. Changed bits 18 times, a pita, but worth the effort.
Spent a good while pushing this piece of wood around.
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