Just got a new Makita 6932 FD impact driver tonight – my first – got lots of structural screwing to do. Renovating an old house attic space.
Hope it’s as good as everyone says!
Forrest
Just got a new Makita 6932 FD impact driver tonight – my first – got lots of structural screwing to do. Renovating an old house attic space.
Hope it’s as good as everyone says!
Forrest
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I have a Milwaukee cordless. Drove 300 3" screws in a deck rail system first time out.
WOW!!
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Went shopping for an 18V DeWalt cordless impact driver last spring. I wanted to go with DeWalt because I already own a kit with two batteries and a charger. I ended up getting a 14V Hatachi (with two batteries, charger, and hard case) for about half the price of the DeWalt (just the driver) I couldn't be more pleased! It is more compact, lighter, and better ballanced. I got about 6 Hrs. out of a fully charged battery driving 2 1/2" Deckmate screws into old treated SYP. No cam-outs! Also used an adaptor with a deep-reach socket to drive the nuts for the carriage bolts in the framing. Second best tool I have ever owned, after my coil roofing gun!!
No model no's from me but we had put the 18v Makita to the test for a month or better..LI-Ion. My 14.4 weighs in a bit heaveir and is an inch longer. It rocks.
Downside= charger/old batts=no
Temps=?>as far as life...TBD
$$$$=not me yet
Glam and boast?= <AYUP!
Thats yer 2 to the tenth cents worth of a review.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Is that the 12v?
They're as good as everyone says. I've got the 14.4v. If it went missing, I would probably buy a new one before the day was through. It's indispensable.
Glue some rare earth magnets to the base to keep bits and screws on and you'll be good to go.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
Yeah, it is the 14.4.
Batteries charged and ready to rock (well, not sheetrock) today.
Forrest