Hi, and welcome to lowyat.net.

Thanks for visiting this thread and, purchased the CORDED impact driver. Yeah, it is very basic, but, it fulfilled most of my needs in DIY, home fixing and PC repairing. You may broke several screws or even screw driver bits, but, your finger will know how much to pull the trigger, especially when using it for PC reparing. I am planning to make a video, using the impact driver to unscrew/screw an electronic appliance, to demonstrate it is possible to use the impact driver for a delicate work, which already available in more advanced cordless impac driver which costs 3-10x of the this basic corded impact driver.


IMHO, better get the power tools locally. It will be handy especially dring warranty claim. FYI, the cheapest price for the Makita TD0101F is MYR248, which was on special deal during the Makita power tool's road show, few weeks ago at Kepong. You always can try Internet shooping and find deals in your country. Or, you can call authorized distributor and asked for the nearest dealers around you, and shop around to get the better deal.

Hope you can share with us your opinions/reviews on the impact driver.

Good luck and thank you.

all drill specialist,

i Would like to get an impact drill.

which is better between Borch and Makita?

Any shop in JB for recommendation for best price?

Thanks

what is your budget bro for the drill? few post back i did mention places that can be bought. which area are you in???

I staying in AUstin Perdana.

Just need the drill for simple task to hang some decoration. Think the normal drill will do. Seldom use.

any recommendation on the brand and model.

This post has been edited by uchi78: May 14 2012, 05:38 PM

check out our sister thread about drills.. this one is about screw drivers...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2051914&hl=drill

This post has been edited by JinXXX: May 14 2012, 07:57 PM

Yes, there is a dedicated thread for masonry/concrete/wall drilling which JinXXX mentioned.

Any percussion/impact drill may usable for drilling into wall, and you may suffer a bit if it hit concrete slab, such as, concrete ceiling or beam on the top of the windows. Also, the drill bit is easy wear out. You can find cheap MYR100 or less impact drill, but I always prefer rotary hammer, even a cheap well made Chima rotary hammer, which is around MYR200. If you want the lightest and smallest rotary hammer, Makita HR1830 is my choice, cost around MYR400. Our LYN DIYers prefers Makita 2470, Bosch GBH 2-24 or 2-26.. Yeah, go ahead to the thread and hope you can find something useful.
Oya, Bosch or Makita? Yeah... up to you.. Both have great products. I picked Makita for price/performance.


Thank you.

This post has been edited by bahathir: May 15 2012, 09:24 AM

Thanks for the advice.

Any shop at JB i can get best price if i wan to get a Makita HR 1830?

uchi78, i saw there is one shop that sell makita product. at mcd tebrau (near carefour). there's a shop lot there. i cant remember the shop name. and the other one is at taman tasek, oxygen state.

finally something to share..

my new toy




didn't know the power of impact driver at 90Nm is damn alot...

special thanks to a forummer, who help me with my procurement

This post has been edited by JinXXX: May 17 2012, 10:10 AM

hi Jixxx,

wauuu....very jerlous .......how much it cost you and where you bought it?..


TQ

This post has been edited by tomjason: May 17 2012, 11:01 AM

Wuh! Finally. ha...... I bet you won't use it. Look like Limited Edition Set.

Get a tool waist bag and can carry like a gun.

Congratulation... You got the LCT302W, which include TD090WDE impact driver and DF030W drill driver. Nice.. nice..
In impact driver's world, 90Nm is at middle, where the lower torque about 10-20Nm (Makita Penpact or TD020); and 140Nm-170Nm is at the higher torque (BTD144 or TD147). It is not about the torque, but how the impact driver utilize the impact mechanism to transfer all the torque to drive screws/bolts efficiently., as I demonstrated driving screw using impact driver and rotary hammer (substitution of the driil driver). The impact driver also dramatically reducing the hand twisting especially at higher torque, and we able to drive long screws very comfortably and accuratel y without damaging the screws or screw driver bit.

Enjoy you new toys and good luck.

Thank you.

This post has been edited by bahathir: May 17 2012, 02:43 PM

wahhhh...i ask around...still no luck.
you already have one...
all forumer, lets rompak JinXXX's new toys.

got it from amazon us .. just search LCT302W in amazon us

like cowboy..


will test it fully when i install my rain gutter

no luck ? meaning ? either u want it or not only the price for the impact driver + 2batt is MYR 450 that one cannot run..

How much was the shipping and how was your experience with shipping?

a forummer helped me get it the shipping well shipping lo ... not as cheap as i wished it to be.. but then

sometimes u just really need to spend on some tools that you really want

My estimation is around MYR 1k

for the set ? nope its less than that cause i bought extra 2 stuff.. but those werent that expensive la

Yeah, so it is an awesome deal. Great, but, money doesn't matter much if you are happy



This post has been edited by bahathir: May 19 2012, 06:33 PM

As I said earlier, I just published a YouTube video demonstrating using impact driver to screw and unscrew an electronic appliance.


Makita TD0101F impact driver has 100Nm of torque. The torque is enough to break 'high quality' screwdriver bit. In my case, this impact driver had broke two 100mm Vanadium Chrome Steel Phillips #2 screw driver bit, and one of it is is the 'ICEBIT'. It also can drive 5" lag bolt into wood without any stress. It seem that, these kind of power seem to be useless for PC repairing which only needs small torque to tighten the screw without damaging the thread. In this clip, I am using Makita's torsion screw driver bit, which is an excellent, tough and durable bit.

I demonstrated the impact driver can be used to screw/unscrew an electronic appliance, in this case, my 20 years old digital audio effector, Sony DPS M7. I have open it up for several times for tweaking and replacing CMOS battery.

Scene 1: Unscrew and screw.
This impact driver does NOT have electric auto-brake, the mechanism which stops the spindle to spin as soon as the trigger being released. so, the spindle keep spinning due to the inertia. I let inertia to tighten the screw until it stop. Usually it stopped after 2-4 clicks of impact, which IMHO, gives a good tighten torque.

Scene 2: Close up.
Notice the screw's head. Very little damages, after the years..., which most of the time, I was using a normal Phillips screw driver.


Enjoy.

Thank you.

This post has been edited by bahathir: May 19 2012, 07:03 PM