Wood Magazine 89 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1996-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Several manufacturers offer the same drills with pistol-grip (upper) or T-handle configurations.

CORDLESS DRILLS

ness. Ideally, a drill should pack lots of power and features into a compact housing so that you can maneuver it in tight quarters. So remember, bigger is not better. As shown in the photo right, drills of the same voltage can differ drastically in bulkiness.

Finally, keep in mind that the weight of a drill is greatly influenced by its number of battery cells. By choosing a drill that has just as much voltage as you need, and no more, you'll keep its weight down and make the tool that much easier to handle. • Chargers. Most drills come with one-hour chargers, and some drills at the low-end of the price spectrum come with three-hour chargers. You can purchase a few high-end brands with either one-hour, 15-minute, or 10-minute chargers. (In the chart we list Panasonic drills with the 15-minute chargers that we tested them with, but you can buy the same models with one-hour chargers at a lower cost. You can buy the DeWalt units and the Porter-Cable 9840 with 15-minute chargers, and the Metabo and Hitachi units with 10-minute chargers, at a higher cost.)

Since we consider three-hour chargers too slow for most woodworkers, we concentrated our tests on the one-hour and the "fast" 10- and 15-minute chargers. First, we found that the fast chargers tended to put fuller and more-consistent charges into the batteries than most of the one-hour chargers. That's because all of die

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