Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-2, страница 59

Woodworker

You can add a three-jaw chuck to any of these drivers to convert them to drilling with conventional bits.

More Power than You Might Think

It's unlikely that I'll need to drive 3" deck screws on a woodworking project, but I figured this would provide a good measure of just how much juice these drivers are capable of providing. And I know that some of you are all about

POWER... be honest.

Starting with a fresh battery, I drove a boatload of screws into a 2x4 with each tool, timing how long it took to seat Ihe heads flush. I threw out extremely high and low results, then averaged the rest.

Every driver was capable of

pushing ihese big screws home, which is impressive. Although some tools pushed the screws in faster than others, the feel of the impact in my hand was uniform from tool to tool. The Milwaukee and RIDGID drivers — both 12-voll tools — were fastest. The

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