Ouch: Or why a drill with more torque isn't necessarily good

Sounds like you have learned a lot about your tool today. Glad it wasn’t a more expensive lesson. That torque is nothing to play with.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I used to work for Milwaukee Tool and they made a drill that they claimed cause them a couple lawsuits a year from tossing guys off rooftops! You’re right, extra torque is not always good. However I wouldn’t mine trading in my DeWalt for a Festool!

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

Lots of newer tools have a lot more torque than older ones!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

They can be real mean, that’s why I like my Dewalt, it has an extra handle that makes it safer.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Dick, I was thinking about that (as I was trying to extract the bit from the wood…) and wondered if I wanted a more powerful drill with an extra handle on it, or whether that’d just mean I’d have two sore wrists…

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

The extra handle sure helps, you can adjust it in different positions for your comfort.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

I used to do phone and cable TV rough ins in new construction. We used a 1/2” Milwaukee right angle drill with a large screw tip bit. I have seen guys knocked off ladders, smacked in the face, drills spinning right out of your hands and hitting you in the lower leg. All it would take is a knot, or a large nail and lookout! Its a tough lesson but luckily you only got a sore wrist.

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

David, Been there before when I was a metal head. Same drill in 3/4” stainless steel. Lets just say it wasn’t the “lower leg” it hit me in. I certainly feel y’all’s pain.

-- Jimmy, Oklahoma "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear!"

Re I used to work for Milwaukee Tool and they made a drill that they claimed cause them a couple lawsuits a year from tossing guys off rooftops! You’re right, extra torque is not always good.

I have a 12V & 14V Milwaukee drill. The 14V has plenty of torque.IThe 12V is over 10 years old
and still has good performance. I would rate them tops. I have a useless Ryobi that you can’t
find a battery for that is about only 5 years old. It sits in my junk power tools bin.

I use a 1/2 corded Milwaukee to mix drywall mud & concrete morta, It will throw you if you
are not very carefull.

Milwaukee will always be my first choice for a cordless drill.,they are far better than anything else
that I have used. I still have a 12V battery over 10 years old that still works.

-- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati