Cordless or Electric Drill

[John Brewer]

last year I found a deal on DeWalt. 18v drill and 18v Impact with 2 batteries and case for $150.00. It was at ACE and the impact makes working on the car a dream. Keep it in the trailer on race day just in case. The deals are out there. Been using nothing but DeWalt for about 10 years and the best out there as far as I'm concerned.

[Beagle]

air drill , but water in the lines kill them

carrying around a compressor big enough to run an air drill will kill your back.

[Scott Liggett]

I have this Milwaukee Cordless drill. Small, lightweight and will drill through frame rails.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200431241_200431241

[SpiderGearsMan]

carrying around a compressor big enough to run an air drill will kill your back.

doesn't matter tex , we get tons of agua in the swamps of jersey ...takes 20 years but air tools die

[59brook]

check out the ridged cordless at home depot lots of power and lifetime warranty on it

[bulletproof]

im about ready to throw my craftsman cordless drill across the street..the batteries (3)wont a charge,2 are 6 months old... my next one will be a dewalt..I love my 1/2 cordless impact..

[Barry Donovan]

if a cordless keeps up for the job for a car "online"..battery hooked up etc.
there is a concern about drill guns, they bleed at the bit slamming the car with 120v stabs in dribbles.

fancy computers etc.. I'd be going big on cordless.

electric drills for long jobs, battery unhooked.

[JOES66FURY]

I have3 a cordless impact, cordless drill and an electric drill...The cordless items are great for light duty IMO but the electric is a must have for any continued use...

[Monk]

I have3 a cordless impact, cordless drill and an electric drill...The cordless items are great for light duty IMO but the electric is a must have for any continued use...

'Continued use'........that's the key.
I won't be without one on next project.

[yellomalibu]

Business partner built a deck. The regular cordless drill batteries died fast driving the stainless steel deck screws, and they required a lot of force to prevent them from stripping out.
That's when he bought the impact driver. Batteries live MUCH longer, it doesn't require but a fraction of the force (pushing down on it) to drive long screws without stripping the philips head... to drive or remove the screws.

Only down side I can think of is the noise they make.

[milner351]

The impact drivers are noisy but man do they make quick work of long screws. I recently broke down and bought a milwaukee kit - 1/2" drill and impact driver, charger, and two batteries, it was more than $200 but my oh my do these things work like a charm.

There's still a place for a large 1/2" drill with a cord, and of course you can't live without a drill press once you've had one.

I'm all done with cheap cordless stuff, when the black and deckers second set of batteries dies, they're going in the trash like the craftsman did. Milwaukee or Dewalt from here on out.

[groucho]

During the install of the bucket seats in the shoebox I was drilling lots of 1/4" steel.
Over the years I've seemed to have nothing but cordless drills around.

Well I guess the batteries are getting old.....found my self re charging alot......real PITA.

Finally got my sons electric drill to finish things up.

I will be purchasing a 1/2" variable speed corded drill sometime soon.

I've got a 25+ yr old 3/8 Craftsman that'll break your hand if it snags on something. It's one mean bitch. Too bad it's not 1/2". My machinist could play pro football, and one day he was laughing at this thing wearing me out..........til he tried it. He was impressed!