here is some free and unsolicited advice. agree/disagree?
situations you will want a cordless drill:
- you are working where there is not guaranteed convenient electricity available
- you need to be extremely mobile and a cord would be hazardous or very inconvenient
- wet environments? idk
examples: rough construction, outdoors, drywall racing
benefits of a corded drill:
- no batteries to charge
- no batteries that can be stolen
- no batteries you can lose or break
- no need to plan around charging batteries
- no batteries which allow the manufacturer to twist your arm into buying a new device when the old one works just fine; less susceptible to planned obsolescence
- no batteries to weigh the tool down: lighter and more comfortable to use the tool and better balance
- tool is smaller and easier to use in cramped situations
- don't need a case, charger, extra batteries or other junk
- one less thing to go wrong; more repairable if it does
- more powerful
you are in a comm called "DIY" = you are probably always working near a power outlet and not going very far. consider a corded drill instead of mindlessly going cordless.
Make sure you get a decent extension cord. I used heatshink tubing to add an extra 6ft to my cord, that makes it long enough for many applications. Sometimes I tie on an extra one.
Some sort of DIY Mod rig that universalises all battery connections, you say?
(I also get why some people are cagey about DIYing stuff off mains power, but at the same time it's a pretty direct connection without many capacitors to a torque delivery system, so I think it could be pretty safe honestly)
Uh, I feel kinda dumb reading this because I don’t get the connection
Oh, making a little thing that allows you to connect RYOBI connectors to BOSCH. There's someone else doing a DIY electrolysis thing here on hexbear, and this is sort of related. I guess it allows for battery piracy for tools?
Sorry, I may have jumped a step somewhere