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I was working alongside the plumber yesterday. I had to drill some 32mm holes through joists. I always use my Makita 481 high torque drill will a spade bit that has a screw thread on the end. The makita drill will always go through it on t he high torque (slower speed) setting but often stops if I have it on the faster setting.
The plumber got out his Milwaukee M18FPD2 combi drill and it went through like butter. High speed straight through! We did a proper test, using the same drill bit and with both of us trying it.
He then did the same test with his Milwaukee impact driver M18FID2, straight through. I tried with my Makita impact driver and didn't get anywhere. Plus the Milwaukee impact driver was quite short and fitted in between shorter joist spans.
here is a link of the tools he used gen-3-combi-drill-and-impact-driver-kit/p29527?store=SP&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dm&pcrid=null&pkw=null&pmt=null&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-
lastly!!! He then got out his Milwaukee multi tool and cut through a piece of wood more like a circular saw than a multi tool. Again, I got out my fairly new Makita multi tool (fully charged battery) and it took bloody ages to get through (at least 3 - 4 times longer).
I realise this thread reads like an advert for Milwaukee M18fuel, but all 3 tools were bloody amazing. Just working out how to justify getting them though, when all my 1000's of tools are Makita!
The builder wasn't too happy though as we didn't get much work done with all of our scientific tests going on
Ps.. I believe Milwaukee do a different range of products, this was the Milwaukee FUEL. I have no idea what their other range is like.
The plumber got out his Milwaukee M18FPD2 combi drill and it went through like butter. High speed straight through! We did a proper test, using the same drill bit and with both of us trying it.
He then did the same test with his Milwaukee impact driver M18FID2, straight through. I tried with my Makita impact driver and didn't get anywhere. Plus the Milwaukee impact driver was quite short and fitted in between shorter joist spans.
here is a link of the tools he used gen-3-combi-drill-and-impact-driver-kit/p29527?store=SP&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dm&pcrid=null&pkw=null&pmt=null&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-
lastly!!! He then got out his Milwaukee multi tool and cut through a piece of wood more like a circular saw than a multi tool. Again, I got out my fairly new Makita multi tool (fully charged battery) and it took bloody ages to get through (at least 3 - 4 times longer).
I realise this thread reads like an advert for Milwaukee M18fuel, but all 3 tools were bloody amazing. Just working out how to justify getting them though, when all my 1000's of tools are Makita!
The builder wasn't too happy though as we didn't get much work done with all of our scientific tests going on
Ps.. I believe Milwaukee do a different range of products, this was the Milwaukee FUEL. I have no idea what their other range is like.
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