14-09-2015, 07:18 PM
Here's quick hot off the press test I just done with the lithium battery job Makita I recently bought, the piece of wood used was sawn to imperial dimensions and is a full 2" thick, it's homegrown Tanalised Sitka Spruce, as the common softwoods go it doesn't come much tougher than that to put a hole through.
I was hoping to use my 110mm hole cutter but could not find the mandrel that fits it, this cordless and battery would cut a 110mm hole through a 2" plank using that cutter no problem, anyways I found a 2.5" cutter with it's mandrel.
First I charged a fully discharged lithium battery, it was fully charged within 15 minutes, using that battery with the Makita I drilled five and half holes thereabouts with it, the hole that's not through is cut to just shy of 1" in depth, at that point the drill shut off as it's supposed to, indicating that the battery was fully discharged.....It's not the largest of cordless drills but powerful for its size, I always use Makita cordless drills, have done for years...So there yer go.
Lawrence.
I was hoping to use my 110mm hole cutter but could not find the mandrel that fits it, this cordless and battery would cut a 110mm hole through a 2" plank using that cutter no problem, anyways I found a 2.5" cutter with it's mandrel.
First I charged a fully discharged lithium battery, it was fully charged within 15 minutes, using that battery with the Makita I drilled five and half holes thereabouts with it, the hole that's not through is cut to just shy of 1" in depth, at that point the drill shut off as it's supposed to, indicating that the battery was fully discharged.....It's not the largest of cordless drills but powerful for its size, I always use Makita cordless drills, have done for years...So there yer go.
Lawrence.
