Your favorite CORDED drill

[Ign]

I'm always a believer in more power, so 8A over the 5.5A Milwaukees. I use my 0300 in my notcher with a 2 7/8 hole saw in 2.5" pipe and for a Milwaukee this is just use, for a HF drill it'd be abuse. The only thing the Milwaukee abuses is my left arm on the aux handle, and my nerves.

 

[Blöckw@rt]

Milwaukee T-Tec or the bigger gun............. BOSCH !

 

[Cope]

Sounds to me like the 1/2" milwaukee hole shooters with removable cords are pretty popular around here!

They are the bee's knees, twist off cords and will twist your arm off if you get too cocky.

 

[Monte]

 

[Canadian Charlie]

Metalbo

 

[ttpete]

I've used the Milwaukee 1/2 in hole shooter for years. You guys who complain about the torque need to go find the side handle that came with the tool and use it.

I won't own a drill that doesn't have a geared chuck. Sooner or later all of the hand tighten chucks slip.

I also have an almost new example of one of the old heavy duty 1/2" Black & Decker industrial drills that has the screw in pipe handle and a D handle in the rear.

 

[DonPowers]

Even though I don't own one, surprised nobody mentioned Hilti.

 

[NoahG]

I have this thing about corded drills, in which I only want them with keyed chucks. Its weird, because I'm totally fine with keyless cordless drills, but somehow I just don't trust a keyless corded drill.

Many good drills in this thread, but I think the ones I really love are older Black and Deckers before they became a crappy home owner brand. Now those are drills.

 

[Ign]

I have this thing about corded drills, in which I only want them with keyed chucks. Its weird, because I'm totally fine with keyless cordless drills, but somehow I just don't trust a keyless corded drill.

Many good drills in this thread, but I think the ones I really love are older Black and Deckers before they became a crappy home owner brand. Now those are drills.

I completely 100% agree. If its corded 1/2" I go out of my way to get a keyed chuck. I think some of it is that AC drills don't brake when off, so you have to snug them against the torque of the motor, trying to modulate your grip enough to let it spin in your hand but enough to twist the chuck sleeve down. Or at least this USED to be true, may be no longer?? But the newest cordless drills do brake, so you can better lock that chuck down, plus the new chucks seem to ratchet click tight while keyless chucks never seemed to do that?

But my Milwaukees just have the rubber key holder on the cord and its really quite convenient IME

 

[mickeyone]

Milwaukee bought 3/8 holeshooter,and 1/2 hammer drill in mid 80s still going stong. you cant kill them.