what are your thoughts about these Australian surplus cordless drill that are being sold over the internet or in some of the surplus tool shops, are they any good.
i asked the opinion of a sales attendant in one of the big mall hardwares in the metro, if a cordless drill is comparable to a 220v variant, he said no. is this true? ive no experience on cordless stuff yet.
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my two cents:
surplus chordless drill or any surplus tools for that matter is a gamble.
1. since surplus sya you don't really know if you got yourself a lemon or if you got yourself a keeper.
2 since surplus sya. it does not have a warranty.
3. since its australian made, in case you do get a lemon and want to have it serviced, bad luck, cause the don't have replacement parts for it.
its actually quite cheap but like i said, it is a gamble.
i bought one 2hp compressor for 3k from this guy from Pampanga, its made in australia. it lasted me 1 week na gamit and then umusok na sya. and syempre, just my luck, wala nga service dito or replacement parts.
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if you are refering to power, the answer is NO. cordless often have less power than its corded brother. but cordless are often designed as a screwdriver and a drill in one. hence drill/driver.
one thing to look out for is the battery condition (very hard to check onhand). batteries cost almost the same as the kit if not more. yes, they are expensive and the powertool is almost free. so unless you are assured that the batteries are either fresh or in good shape, I would advise you to defer the purchase.
as for australian surplus tools....... well I don't personally like them, but people has good results from them while I never had. I do have an Australian made Triton router which I love so much, Ryobi, GMC, and Ozito are brands I stay clear from (again others have good results with these brands, they are well priced and should perform as expected. I just don't like them)...
since you have no experience with cordless, try out one from a friend or from a tool store. run it and get a feel so you would know if you want to invest in one....
for what its worth, I use Bosch GSR10.8V LIQ and it works great...
goodluck.
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thanks for the inputs guys. i just remembered i was able to use my uncles cordless drill before, i was able to drill concrete with it. it was however a brandnew black and decker unit. the ones sold in surplus shops as i remembered were very slow, i was just not sure if the battery was good or the drill itself had a crappy power rating. any how i think ill be looking around for a reasonable priced brandnew unit instead.
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A cordless is no substitute for a corded drill in some situations. In some situations a cordless is the more convenient.
My 2 cents on the surplus tools is if the price is right go for it but everything the others said are correct. It is a gamble and if they break it would be difficult to get service. A good many of my tools are of the GMC brand. I don't buy Ozito those are just plain crappy. For cordless drills, I have 3 14.4v units all are GMC. Since I got them for only P600 each, I can't complain. Oh and I do abuse these quite a bit.
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P600... hehehehe, with that price I thinkk you can even try to use it underwater. hehehehe. just kidding. 2 of those replacement batteries would cost more than that. and at 14.4V brutes, you just can't complain about them.
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@Incc63 how are your 14.4v holding up and what have you drilled with them so far?
also since the batteries of cordless units whether b-new or surplus would eventually give in, i wonder if its possible to have the battery replaced with battery pack replacements for laptops?
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Well I've been using them pretty regularly for the past 1-1/2 years ... more than most DIYs will probably since I've been hosting boat builds at my house. I've used them for drilling most things except maybe stainless steel. Mostly I used them for driving screws and nuts, drilling wood, and filing wood.
There is an article on this website that shows one how to the replace the cells, no need to buy a new battery pack. The insides of the packs, at least of my drills, are just a bunch of C-size cells wired in series. Sorry bro, no idea about using a laptop battery.
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thanks i already found the post:-)
sorry what i meat with the laptop batteries is that there are shops that repack laptop batteries, i was wondering if those shops could also do the same for power tools battery packs.
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For those that have dead battery packs that use Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) Cells, there is an easy way to recondition cells that appear dead.
I have successfully done this to what appeared to be a completely dead power pack.
It does work !!!
Here is webpage that describes procedure:
(please replace ** with tt, and $$$$ with html, as I cannot post URLs due to my posts being under five)
h**p://www.ysuusy.com/YSUUSY_BATT1.$$$$
I used the wall transformer charger as a source of the surge voltage and did my procedure
according to figure C, in the article. My cordless drill that was 100% dead, now has been
working for many months. An easy fix for a common problem.
Just be sure the batteries are NiCad, and not the new lithium type.
