Thread Number: 37946
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
What's the best screw gun for restoring vacs? |
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Post# 404491 , Reply# 1   1/23/2019 at 22:32 (1,891 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Eh, whatever you get, I wouldn't recommend an impact screw gun unless you're accustomed to them already. Especially when you're working with plastic and aluminum, it's very easy to drive the screw in past being tight, and strip it. They're amazing for removing stubborn bolts, and if you're good with one, they're no problem putting bolts in.
Other than that, pretty much anything will work. For that particular issue, I'd get one with a torque setting, you know, those numbers around the area just behind the chuck? Most drills and screw guns have that feature anyway. And get one with a lithium ion battery, because those things are awesome. |
Post# 404492 , Reply# 2   1/23/2019 at 22:40 (1,891 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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If you mean a cordless screwdriver to save your wrists from all the turning, then any one priced under $20 will be fine that has an assortment of bits. You're not going to be drilling anything, you only want to twist the screws in, so a cordless drill would be way overkill and too powerful, it would be very easy to squeeze the trigger too hard and screw in a screw too far. You don't want to strip the heads or break the screw posts in half.
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Post# 404521 , Reply# 3   1/24/2019 at 14:44 (1,890 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Screw guns Milwaukee Bosch are best bet.
The bits are what you need quality. I researched and Bosch bits are highest rated. I have Milwaukee bits and Bosch and Bosch are the best by far. I attached 2 pics I bought second pic. I have a black and Decker 20 volt drill driver. It works pretty good. I did buy and return a DeWalt drill I was not impressed the drill had no torque. But my black and Decker a little more torque than DeWalt and a crap ton longer battery life. |
Post# 404540 , Reply# 5   1/24/2019 at 17:25 (1,890 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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I use Milwaukee power tools, but then again I run a Handyman business...
For basic and light use a Black and Decker will work fine. Any heavy use and you can expect to spend a pretty penny for a quality drill. I have a 20 year old Milwaukee that works just fine, although it has been through several batteries. |
Post# 404572 , Reply# 6   1/25/2019 at 08:34 (1,889 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I have a Black & Decker drill/driver with a 20v Lithium battery much like the one linked below. Believe it or not, I found it on the sidewalk in front of a friend's house one Saturday morning a couple of years ago. Must have fallen off of someone's vehicle. As others have mentioned, the battery life is amazing. And more importantly since I don't use it all that often, has a low self-discharge so that it's ready to go when I pick it up after a few weeks, or even months, of non-use.
That said, I really don't use it that much on vacuum cleaners except maybe to break loose a stubborn screw or bolt, although some Liquid Wrench and a screwdriver bit on a ratchet seems to work equally as well. I just prefer to be able to feel what I'm doing, which you can't do with a power tool. CLICK HERE TO GO TO human's LINK on eBay |
Post# 404600 , Reply# 7   1/25/2019 at 18:26 (1,889 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Here’s what I use, a smaller Hitachi cordless drill. From playing with it the 6 setting on the torque clutch it about the same as hand tight. If it’s delicate I’ll lower it.
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Post# 404641 , Reply# 8   1/26/2019 at 14:39 (1,888 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell )   |   | |
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I am also a huge fan of Hitachi who's now rebranded with a different name for some reason.
The mechanical clutches on the Hitachi allow you to do delicate work. If you set the clutch 1 through 5 you won't strip out plastic . I have been using can I talk to you for the past 10 plus years without any problems. The batteries on the nicad and lithium-ion seem to charge super fast and hold a charge for years. I also have a Bosch driver that I really like but it's just too powerful. Boss uses an "electric clutch" which is really an electric sensor and it's just not sensitive enough for plastic or aluminum. Also highly recommend a good set of precision screwdrivers personally I like PB Swiss. they have a kind of torque wrench that's built into the kind of steel that they use that you can tell how hard you're torquing by how the screwdriver turns. |