Impact Drivers

[sainty]

I bought a Ryobi impact driver yesterday, part of the one system. Feels pretty solid, not as nice as the bosch version I tried the other weekl but for the money (about £50 in B&Q naked - my brother has the kit and batteries) not a bad bit of kit.

However, I have been using it to drive some 5x50mm screws through coutersunk holes in 18mm MDF into 50x50 and all was going well until the bits (no.2 pozi) started to brake. I must have got through about 6/7 of them before I finally gave up and went back to my normal drill. Are there any specific driver bits that I should use with an impact driver?


rgds


Sainty

[marky]

I use good quality 'wera' diamond bits, but they still break.

Not as many as you though, probably about 1 a week,

Marky

[engineerone]

was gonna say are they suitable for use with an impact driver??

not sure there any specific bits for impact drivers since they are so new, but would have thought the problem is they are being hammered ;D

paul

[Keith]

I just use standard DeWalt bits that I buy bulk. The really expensive bits are harder and seem to shatter more easily.

It could be the Ryobi is too powerful for its own good, I know DeWalt backed off the power on their impact drivers.

[jake]

Wiha make some impact driver bits which are pretty good, or I had a good run with some cheapish dewalt bits which lasted about as well or better than Wera diamond bits. Really cheap bits will be exposed as hopeless...

[pitbull]

tried a few, but the ones I found were the best were makita's. you get them in a tub of 100.
search.ebay.co.uk/makita-pozi-bits_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40
This kind. But it also depends on the screws you use also. I used tou buy screws that the bit wasn't the problem, but the screw. They were too soft for the bit, and the head of the screw would snap. Until I stuck with Thorsmans. But now that I have moved the makits bits with the howdens screws work a treat.

[pitbull]

woodsmith said:

I know DeWalt backed off the power on their impact drivers.

I think the new lithium ion one has more power

[sainty]

Thanks for the recommendations. I was using Festool bits but I think that I'll give the Makita bits a go.

I'm using the Axmister screws at the moment and haven't had one snap yet, but I'm only using 50mm screws through countersunk holes in 18mm MDF

Rgds

Sainty

[colincott]

I have a 14v Makita impact driver and use these ,which are sliverline ones ( the standard ones ) but have found that they dont break.
They do wear a bit and for the price I have been very happy with them.

[thatsnotafestool]

Bulk buy Makita's for me. Watch out for chips flying off the bit. One got me just under the eye and so it's goggles for me now when using the impact driver.

Spax screws only now but even they shear off in 300 year old oak

[cadas]

I only use the torx head now, no shattering, and the bits seem to last a lot longer, plus you get virtually no messed up screw heads.

[promhandicam]

Mar 28, 2008 23:02:02 GMT sainty said:

I bought a Ryobi impact driver yesterday, part of the one system. Feels pretty solid, not as nice as the bosch version I tried the other weekl but for the money (about £50 in B&Q naked - my brother has the kit and batteries) not a bad bit of kit. . . .

I've had Ryobi cordless stuff for years and have been very happy with it. I've abused the drills quite a lot and they keep going. They've recently introduced an 18V 2.4Ah Li-Ion battery and charger for the One+ range which is backwards compatible with the old NiCad powered tools. I haven't tried it myself but the few reviews I've seen seem to be favourable. If you are interested This website has a kit with 2 batteries, charger and hedge trimmer for £86. I assume that the price is wrong as everywhere else just 2 batteries and charger come out at around £150. I've ordered 2 so expect to see 2 bare hedge trimmers on ebay in the future . Will let you know if they actually honour the price.

Steve

[big-all]

Apr 22, 2008 16:56:56 GMT promhandicam said:

Mar 28, 2008 23:02:02 GMT sainty said:

I bought a Ryobi impact driver yesterday, part of the one system. Feels pretty solid, not as nice as the bosch version I tried the other weekl but for the money (about £50 in B&Q naked - my brother has the kit and batteries) not a bad bit of kit. . . .

I've had Ryobi cordless stuff for years and have been very happy with it. I've abused the drills quite a lot and they keep going. They've recently introduced an 18V 2.4Ah Li-Ion battery and charger for the One+ range which is backwards compatible with the old NiCad powered tools. I haven't tried it myself but the few reviews I've seen seem to be favourable. If you are interested This website has a kit with 2 batteries, charger and hedge trimmer for £86. I assume that the price is wrong as everywhere else just 2 batteries and charger come out at around £150. I've ordered 2 so expect to see 2 bare hedge trimmers on ebay in the future . Will let you know if they actually honour the price.

Steve

i have just orderd one i could have done with the strimmer instead same price but out of stock!!!

the recomended price for the kit is £100 which as you say is the normal recomended price for a single battery and a charger

so pay 14 less and get a free battery and a large carving knife thrown in ;D ;D

oo and thanks very much for the link promhandicam realy appreciated

[big-all]

ooo well out of stock for a month or so

maybe we will start getting the batteries at a more sensible 50% over the normal battery costs with other kit

realy cant see the justification for £150 when the normal batteries are only 40 to 50% of that cost at 60 to £75 [2 batts +charger]

copy of the email from the shop

"It seems that Ryobi have marketed goods before they were ready to go to market

End June is what we are being told for the whole Li Battery range of garden tools

We don't anticipate price changes


regards

Robert Sherratt
Sales Manager

World of Power
Dew Pond Lane
Buxton
High Peak
SK17 7LF"