I inspect a 30 something cordless Makita drill to see the evolution of cordless tools.
I made more warning stickers. They're great for sharing a chuckle in the shop.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/724197024/osha-non-compliance-stickers-mk-iii
I made more warning stickers. They're great for sharing a chuckle in the shop.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/724197024/osha-non-compliance-stickers-mk-iii
Simple, built to last
Love this guy. Learn so much!
i love the fact it doesnt have that black rubber trash wrapped all over it. normally when i work i have gloves on and the gloves provide grip.
More greener B mo betterer ! Carbon neutral and Gluten free
Superior drill in every way.
That’s literally it lok
Mathias wandel used a ryobi battery holder from an oscelating saw. He calls it the ryokita franken drill.
Let me tell you when I was 30\40 yrs cold these where undeliverably good, no f$&kin power lead👍🏼🍻😂🇦🇺 Keep your dick in a vies👍🏼Daz in Aussie land.
My 1st cordless drill was an Hitachi back in about 1990, think it was 7:2 v. Very heavy.
They were the only cordless drill to have back in the day.
In 1961 Black & Decker introduces the Worlds 1st cordless electric drill, nickle-cadmium cells.
I still have that exact makita.
I have batteries for those
I used one of these quite a bit back in about 1993 – we had one in the manual arts department at my high school. Was definitely a NiCd battery. Really suitable only for very light drilling – it would bog down terribly if you challenged it much. I used to call it the gutless (rather than cordless). Not makita's fault of course – just the limitations of electric motors and batteries of the day.
AvE……..true story. My Wife purchased a Makita 10mm drill at the Shorty and Cheap Chicken (National Lumber) in 1984 for my birthday. It was red, and had an internal battery that charged with an external DC plug to 7.2 volts. Inside were 6 sub C NiCads. I used this drill 5 days a week installing Security systems which required running down screws to mount enclosures, drilling up to 3/8'' holes and tieing down wiring terminals by running it forward and reverse hundreds of times a day……for 35 years!! Yes, it got some love over the years to the tune of 3 switches, 7 sets of batteries that I hand soldered in as you could not buy them, and I even used laptop batts in some of the re-habs. It got greased every year and not one of the bushings wallered out! Original motor still going, but the circuit breaker failed so I removed it completely with no ill effect. Charger died 25 years in so I use an SMP 3 amp power supply from an alarm to charge it now. No one who sees it believes it's a Makita because of the rare Red casing but the name and model plate are still there. I retired it a month ago and am using a new Makita mini 12 volt that I don't like the feel of quite as much after all these years……I suspect I'm just a sentimental old Bastard!