Hi
Would really appreciate anyones advice. I am a weekend DIYer and am about to embark on a shelving project in a large storage cupboard we have.

I wanted to upgrade our corded hammer drill (which is still working) to one which included a screwdriving option - i have a lot of shelving to put up. As its an old house I will be drilling/screwing into stone walls. Am i best going for

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/83288/Pow ... ill-Driver

or this Impact Driver

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?i ... r+&x=0&y=0

£50 is my maximum budget. Can't decide which would be the best. Any advice appreciated.
C
Thanks

Use your existing corded hammer to drill the holes and buy the drill driver. Make sure what you buy has a quick 1 hour charge and two batteries.

A cheap SDS drill is probably the most useful tool after a cordless drill as you have the drilling power and chiseling capacity. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/58494/Pow ... Plus-Drill

Good luck with your project

DWD

yup, corded drill is useless for screwdriving. I have done too much damage to furniture and rounded too many screw heads with a corded drill

I got a Makita 18V with 3mA Li-Ion battery, 22min charge. Much prefer it over 2 batterys with lower charge 1.3mA capacity but its a lot dearer!

Thats a good price for the Site driver! I would go for that one on your budget.

Best be aware that hammer action is useless on a cordless driver unless you want to drill through very some soft material.

I think DWD is spot on with a large SDS drill (+roto stop) as your normal percussion drill is still working. If it was busted I would opt for a smaller SDS as the larger one is not practical for every day drilling

I stil use my corded drill to screw on occasions
(Pure laziness is the reason)

DWD

anyone I had was just to hard to control the speed, but its always been a cheap drill . Wood screws was ok but not ideal of course

I have a small bosch blue SDS, brilliant size for one handed drilling, got on ebay for £50 or so

Thanks for your advice. Think i'll hold onto my existing corded hammer drill for drilling the holes. THen invest in the Site drill driver for the scewdriving. Seems to have pretty good reviews for the money.

I've seen so many rave reviews about Imact Drivers i didn't want to miss out - however on a limited budget i know you only get what you pay for, and rather buy something that works than something that is useless.

Thanks again
C

i know its outside your budget but iff your building up a collection for your diy skills

ryobi do over 25 garden and house tools to fit the 0ne+ batteries

http://uk.ryobitools.eu/specific/formats/index.jsp

theres a 2 peice kit for £80 somewhere

just remove the space either side off o in tool


http://www.t o olstop.co.uk/ryobi-cck18/2008-rtc0050a-one-18v-combo-kit-with-combi-drill-jigsaw-and-50-piece-accessory-set-2-batteries-p10200

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Had a look at that Ryobi link you posted here big-all. Unfortunately for Ryobi it would appear the new Li-ion range has the same colour scheme as Argos's Challenge Extreme Li-ion range can't see that doing them many favours. Expect someone will get their arse booted

I still undecided on whether to get an impact driver to do my drilling. What are the chances of getting a decent hex to drill chuck adaptor that will let me use round shanked drill bits but won't make the compact impact driver too long. Any one found a quality one?

impacts arnt the best tool for driling hense the hex drive
on all but the smallest drill bits it will quickly revert to impact mode at a few rpm rather than the normal 1200-1600 rpm so taking ages

the best all rounder is still a hammer/percusion drill ok the list
cordless list
drill driver
screws drill holes on wood plastic metal not brick or masonery

hammer drill
as a drill plus masonery a brick
impact driver
small to extra large screws bolts small to medium drills not masonery

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