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.

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    Some sort of DIY Mod rig that universalises all battery connections, you say? curious-sickle

    (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)

    • GinAndJuche
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      7 months ago

      Uh, I feel kinda dumb reading this because I don’t get the connection

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        7 months ago

        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