Any coffee geeks out there?

[Ariannda Kusanagi]

I have a Heavy Duty corded drill and a cheap ass cordless screwdriver, I too find myself using the cordless screwdriver much more often then the drill. My father on the other hand believes everyone should have a drill.. and use it =D Normally I have him come over for anything that requires actual drilling, although I'm handy with the dry wall hangers and screws, much to his dismay. I had 2 towel bars (in the kids bathroom of course) coming down, some drywall hangers fixed the problem. He came over the other day to drop some stuff off and he knew I'd have a problem with the towel bars so he went in to take a look and was trying to wiggle them and what not, he was a bit sad that I'd fixed them myself

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Is there a higher quality metal I should be looking at for bits?

[Ddrak]

What are you trying to drill through? You use different bits for different materials.

Dd

[Arathena]

What are you trying to drill through? You use different bits for different materials.

Dd

Quoth for truth, but:

Unless you're drilling masonry or metals, a good set of high speed steel will serve for general home repair purposes easily. Far more important than drill composition for around the house work is proper geometryfor your application, and a steady hand. Drills are not mills, they are not designed for side cutting. Fluting may appear sharp to the eye and finger, but the cutting points of the drill are the two edges that lead into the flutes at the tip of the drill bit. Fluting exists only to pass removed material along the drill bit, any sharpness is laziness on the part of the grinder that made the bit. If you're 'stripping' the sides off the bit, then you've either been drilling concrete with a twist drill, or you're flexing the bit and causing the hole walls to pull on the sides of the fluting.

[Embar Angylwrath]

Is there a higher quality metal I should be looking at for bits?

You should be looking for a higher-quality man so you don't have to ask these questions.

Yep, that was sexist, and I don't care.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

You want something like this.



(Nothing says you can't be a princess AND have good tools)

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Here's the screwdriver on my wish list. The DeWalt ones are a little clunky for me, and notice the clutch....

[Freecare Spiritwise]

And always use the right tool for the right job!

[Arathena]

You want something like this.



(Nothing says you can't be a princess AND have good tools)

I would recommend a brand... but I can't remember what my company's consumer grade brand is. :p

[Freecare Spiritwise]

I own that set and will say I'm happy as a clam with it. $30-ish at Home Depot I think, and mine is never far from the drill, and I doubt one of the bits will ever crap out on me.

There's probably a billion quick-change bit sets and any name brand would probably be good. I'd stay away from the no-name brands at the local hardware store though. I think I have a Craftsman set too. Not a big fan of their cordless tools but for everything else they're a good home-duty brand.

[Select]

The bit set I have is Black & Decker. The drill is Ryobi and a 9.6v (What the crap?! That's really heavy!) It was cheap and on sale. The worker at Home Depot recommended it, just grabbed it off the shelf over the summer and handed it to me. I didn't do my research, so I had assumed he'd hopefully know better than me. That link was really helpful, Ara. I still have a lot to learn. The family was never that handy because they always had connections for good, cheap labor. I don't have connections being on the other end of the coast and not enough money for even cheap labor. I really like doing this work and I want to do it properly. I'm mostly using the drill for the walls and door frames (installed chain locks for those). Sister and I will get the screw mostly in with a regular screwdriver, but no matter how hard we try, we can't get it to turn anymore. So I use the drill and it gets the screw in a little bit more, but then it stops, and I guess that's when it starts to strip the Phillips bits. I wonder if the screws are too long? The ones that came with the chain lock were super long to anchor it so it doesn't get ripped out of the door frame.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Drill a hole before you set the screw - that's your problem. You can't just force most screws into the wood, and you could do damage into whatever you're screwing into. So drill a pilot hole first and you'll be golden.

[Select]

How deep should the hole be? About as long as the screw? We made a little starter hole and since we got the screw almost all the way in manually, we thought it would be fine. D'oh.

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You should be looking for a higher-quality man so you don't have to ask these questions.

The temp roommate I had over the summer acted like he knew what he was doing, but he did a worse job than I have.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

It should be as long as the screw otherwise you're right back to square one with trying to force that last little bit.

[Ariannda Kusanagi]

I'm a big fan of drywall hangers myself, as opposed to having to deal with that (lots of cheap repairs have been done in my apartment). Like for the towel bars I don't necessarily have the luxury of hanging them into the studs, so make a hole, shove in the drywall hanger, screw in the screw... viola ~

I've also had to deal with the chain locks though, the beauty of a metal door is that it's a HOLE (hehe) lot easier even if you screw it up to not have it come back and bite you in the ass, but it's a much more solid material. If you stripped out the screws then all you have to do it drill a little bit bigger hole and get a tiny bit bigger screw and you're back in business. The length of a screw won't necessarily make it any better, but that's speaking more about drywall. With wood (door frames for example) then yes you need a long enough screw that it's embedded into the wood and not just inside it, otherwise things will come back out.

BTW Embar my ex husband was excellent with his hands, and a first rate mechanic, but repairs that involved screws or drilling ? Pfft !

[Ddrak]

Drill a hole the full depth of the screw with a bit as wide, or just narrower than the shaft of the screw. The hole isn't so important in soft wood but in hardwood you'll never get the screw in without it.

Dd

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Dammit, it didn't take Mrs. Clutz very long to break the bottom glass container on the new bean grinder. Oh well, at least the apology nooner was good.

[Fallakin Kuvari]

Dammit, it didn't take Mrs. Clutz very long to break the bottom glass container on the new bean grinder. Oh well, at least the apology nooner was good.

Nothing like sex in the middle of the day.

[Klast Brell]

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
and the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
a little afternoon delight.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

Please be waiting for me baby when I come around.
We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.