I'm using a 1985 Makita charger with 2011 Makita batteries.

good answer! :tup: i have other makita tools, no problems so far, will have a look now.

I'm a dewalt man myself and I can share batteries between drills but they are all basically the same model so that's no surprise. I recently bought a top of the line dewalt self-levelling rotating laser lever which was described as accepting any 9.6v-18v dewalt battery and sure enough, it does......... almost......

Santa brought me an impressive new toy in the shape of a commercial grade (all metal transmission) 18v Li-ion dewalt drill and it has a totally different style and fitting for its battery which won't go in the previous drills or the laser level either.

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makita all the way at the mo

the 18v rattle driver with lio batteries will drive in 150 x 12 screws no problemo

i wouldnt touch de walt since they got taken over by black and decker and then by some other firm poor quality built down to a price imho

h t h rich

The choice of tool is down to the individual and I've heard a number of cases where Makita has been perceived to be a poorer quality than DeWalt. Just like Audi v's Merc v's BMW, there will always be advocates for each one with horror stories in abundance each way. Everything is subjective but I don't consider that a £350 cordless driver is 'built to a price'. It will certainly do what's being asked here and with 55nm of torque it's quite a beast.

If you go to maplins and the like you can get rechargable cells with soldertags attached. We used to build ni-cad packs quite a bit in my sad geeky Robot Wars days, the trick is solder them fast, using a powerful iron or solder gun, and something to sink the heat off before it can get to the cell itself, because they don't like being gently tickled together with a regular iron over a long period of time, or having a temperature difference across them.

ok..:tup:

need to decide on the easiest option then, the mig technique doesn't seem to work yet..:lol: had one on the one hour charger for three hours and it wouldn't fill up, screwed some sh*t for twenty minutes and it ran out, used to last all day. will try the ten charges/discharges option next then i'll probably buy some new cells, fook up the soldering and end up buying a new gun anyway. :lol: i can tell the future, and i can tell i won't just do the easy thing.:wierdo:

Santa didn't buy me one... but I just did! :D

Better bloody work or you're getting sued aswell as pimpdriver.. :lol: (still hasn't snowed here!)

My pal who is one here sometimes said Festool for him, but he will and does use it all day every day, too expensive for me!!!:eek: Look nifty though.

Can't wait to screw some stuff!:ihih:

Works well..:tup::tup:

Just built this thingy with it. One battery just about lasts all bl**dy day! Quite amazed.

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Needs a barbecue to christen it