lxs602 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) Hi, Do you know of any corded impact drills with an adjustable slip clutch / torque control? The intent would be for a drill also used to drive screws. I haven't found any, and I don't know why. I can only see cordless electric impact drivers / combi drills available, which I cannot justify on cost. I would rather buy good second-hand corded equipment. I have a corded Hitachi 20VB2 drill, described as having "slip clutch by areas", but apparently the UK isn't the area! Thanks, Luke Edited October 12, 2023 by lxs602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Buy a used impact off eBay and a couple of new batteries + charger (Chinese copies if you’re brassic) and move on to the next problem. A corded impact would be punishment from hell and utterly impractical to use around a build site. Once you buy batteries and a charger, the naked tools, especially used, are cheap as chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxs602 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) Hi, the project is a canal boat renovation, which I should have said. A cordless set is outside the budget, as it is extremely tight. Edited October 12, 2023 by lxs602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nickfromwales Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 The issue you’ll have with a 230v drill is how big (long) it will be and how few places you can practically utilise it. The above kit for change of £100 will probably do you down to a T, and even though you probably won’t, you could sell it for £60-£80 after you’re done with it. You’re not going to get the tool you want any cheaper than that, I very much doubt, plus this is an impact and a combi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Cordless anything makes life easier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxs602 Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) I do appreciate all that, and the advantages and disadvantages of bothcorded and cordless tools, but cost is the limitation as well as durability. The boatyard manager offered to let me off 3 months yard rental, I owe money to extended family and people at work even donated me cans of food. I thought the Hitachi drill I bought above for £25 had an adjustable torque control. If such a drill has not been manufactured, then ok, I will try to borrow a cordless driver, and the rest by hand. Just be careful not to break it! I am interested in the question for its own sake also. It surprises me if there are none from when cordless tools were less popular. If no-one has heard of such a thing, I also wonder why. Edited October 13, 2023 by lxs602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 the clutch on that Hitachi will only be to stop it breaking your wrist, not for setting torques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Makita TD0101F 240V 1/4" Hex Impact Driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 14 hours ago, TonyT said: Makita TD0101F 240V 1/4" Hex Impact Driver? Won’t do torque, specifically, but also won’t break your wrist. Will be quite a beast for general boat building imho. If you remove the impact element, there are plenty of cheap corded combi / hammer drills with electronic torque, just do a quick Google search. How accurate they are is down to buying one and using it tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I second the cheap cordless drill option. Impact drivers are great, but specifically at driving 1000s of screws at high torque. For 90% of the time a cordless drill will do the job. Something like this would do a decent job. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175919185561?hash=item28f599be99:g:buYAAOSwbPhlEBHY&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0APVs5PUaB5jFLVF%2Bcu%2F%2BmKkNyaYLBlo6VmgVqCAUbLxmqQtJQZxBnf5Ocpnd4kbpj7xtiuOIOZPNvHKYPFtzv%2B%2F5iSfuEFQggulmax6%2FjNaH%2FIIXOXK3AU1nvgCfLfw14Jh6sluquMhdN%2FnMLDFtC%2FC7bZ6Iwzw2jdQQ6o4N8RUEhxdRw3st2E0fETj0bizL3Y0eqXAGf%2FDfdrWJibxrlwn5sQDNV%2B%2FkCUaS3%2FAEilWlhss%2B0vROzKKIWTOAXaOtmf7KgO0D9PCBkFeVStOr%2Fk%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7ae9tnlYg But I've no idea what's involved in resorting a boat and if you'll be driving a load of 5/6mm dia screws deep into hardwood... In which case you'd want an impact driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 My cheap Titan cordless drill has variable speed, torque limiting and hammering. https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-tti886drs-18v-2-x-2-0ah-li-ion-txp-cordless-drill-driver/328pv Or were you after a really cheap, corded drill, something like this. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386148043015 You will soon find out that you only wasted 18 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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