• Hammer Drill Vs Impact Driver Video



    Few power tools are as versatile as a handheld drill. It makes holes in wood, steel, non-ferrous metals, concrete, drywall, plastics and goodness knows what else. It makes threaded holes to accept a machine screw. It drives any number of threaded fasteners from wood screws, to drywall screws to concrete screws. It not only drills specialized holes for pocket screws, it drives the screws themselves, and you’re one step closer to being a furniture maker. Use a nut driver bit or a socket to zoom through assembly work, tightening a bolt head or a nut. Specialized drills have a chisel setting that allows the tool to work in a percussion mode without rotary action at all.

    1. Hammer Drill Vs Impact Driver
    2. Difference Hammer Drill Vs Impact Driver
    3. Hammer Drill Vs Impact Wrench
    4. Hammer Drill Vs Driver Drill
    5. Hammer Drills For Sale

    Here’s what you need to know to select the right drill.

    Ever wondered about the difference between a drill, a hammer drill and an impact driver? Here we'll explain the differences and help you choose the right tool for your project. Here are the tools used in this video. Hammer drills ‘hammer’ as well as spin - their sole use is essentially for drilling into masonry, where the concrete has to be broken up in order for the drill bit to penetrate effectively. Regular drills just spin. An impact driver has a mechanism within that increases the torque (rotational force) of the driveshaft. 'It turns things with more force.' A hammer drill has a mechanism that moves the bit in and out of the hole it's drilling.

    Cordless Drills

    DeWalt

    What it is: Often called a drill/driver. It’s a battery-powered hole maker and a fastener driver for screws, nuts and small bolts. It’s equipped with a clutch that disengages the drill’s drivetrain when the tool reaches a specified amount of torque (turning force). By disengaging the drivetrain at that point, it prevents stripping the fastener head, snapping the fastener off or driving the fastener right through a piece of wood.

    Where to use it: Use these anywhere you need to make a hole or drive a screw, set a nut or tighten a small bolt.

    Mechanical insight: Four things determine the work that these tools do.

    Battery voltage: It ranges from 8 volts all the way up to 60 volts with 12-volt and 18-volt the most common voltages. The larger the battery/motor voltage, the heavier work these tools can do. Increase the voltage and you can drill larger diameter or deeper holes, drive larger screws or tighten a bigger nut.

    Battery size: This is measured in amp hours. The larger the battery’s amp hours, the longer you can operate a cordless drill.

    Functions: Cordless drills are always equipped with a clutch that allows the tool to drill or drive, but it may also be equipped with a hammer function that allows the tool to drill a hole in concrete or stone using a carbide-tip masonry bit.

    Chuck size: Cordless drills are equipped with two different size chucks, 3/8 inch or ½ inch. Choose a product with a larger chuck diameter if you expect to routinely drill larger diameter holes.

    Purchasing power: There’s no shortage of great deals on cordless drill/drivers, hammer drills and specialty tools.

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    DeWalt’s Flex Volt system allows you to use the company’s 20-volt max tools and a 60-volt battery. This enables cross compatibility between the company’s 20V Max and 60V tools. Also some of DeWalt's 60-volt tools accept a 120-volt adapter that lets you run off a generator or wall outlet.

    One of the best buys in the power tool kingdom is Ryobi’s little 18-volt drill (this one comes with no battery or charger). Why own it? For this money, you can have two drill/drivers set up and ready to go. Drill with one, drive with the other. This is the one we keep in the PM shop.

    Another tool that we keep in the shop is this slim, little Bosch 18-volt kit. I’ve sent PM’s drill home with countless staffers for fix up jobs at their homes or apartments. It’s hard to beat, especially because it comes with two batteries at such an affordable price.

    This combo kit is an incredible value and really is contractor duty. The drill has a ½-inch chuck and both it and the impact driver will do several hours of hard work before you see any sign of battery fade. But if you need more capacity, this one from Milwaukee Tools is also a great pick.

    Pro Tip: Consider buying a factory-reconditioned tool at a steep discount. Sometimes these are essentially brand new tools that have no more than a few minutes or a few hours of run time. They have to be cycled through the factory reconditioning process because they are no longer considered a new product.

    Impact Drivers

    Bosch

    Professionals and homeowners alike find themselves using impact drivers instead of cordless drills, especially with the advent of bit sets with hex-shank accessories that are specifically designed to withstand the stresses that these drivers impose on a bit.

    Impact drivers are high-torque tools primarily used for driving screws and tightening nuts (an operation known as nut setting). Their chuck accepts only bits with a ¼-inch hex shank. You either pull up on the chuck sleeve to insert a bit or you just slip the bit into the chuck.

    Drill

    These tools are lighter and smaller than drill drivers, and although they are not as versatile, they will perform many of the same functions. Since their torque output is higher than a typical drill driver, they get through work more quickly.

    Purchasing power: Like cordless drills, great deals are to be had on some of our favorite impact drivers if you know where to look.

    American-made impact drivers are a rarity, but we’re glad to see them when they do pop up. This DeWalt is one.

    Milwaukee’s 12-volt impact driver might be small, but it’s feisty. This helps explain its popularity with electricians and HVAC contractors. I know several that use it.

    If extreme compactness is important to you, then this stubby version might be the answer to your drilling and driving problems.

    Bosch calls this hybrid tool 'The Freak.' The 18-volt drill is a combination impact wrench and impact driver, owing to a unique chuck that accepts bits or sockets.

    Corded Drills

    Bosch

    What it is: A drill powered by a 120-volt motor and a conventional 3-jaw chuck. These drills are traditional products and are often used for heavy-duty applications in drilling holes in wood, concrete, and steel. Since they are not equipped with a clutch, they are not designed to tighten or drive fasteners. They excel at hole drilling.

    Where to use it: Use these anywhere you need to make a hole, and especially in places where the drill’s size will not limit its usefulness. Where the drill’s size might pose a problem, see the specialist sidebar for right-angle drills.

    Mechanical insight: Four things determine the work that these tools do.

    Amperage: Amperage is the flow of electrical current. Corded drills come in a range of motor capacities from 6 to 13 amps. The more amperage they draw, the heavier the work you can expect to do with them.

    Chuck size: Corded drills will have a 3/8, ½-inch, 5/8-inch or ¾ inch chuck. Choose a chuck with a larger capacity diameter if you expect to routinely drill large holes.

    Hammer

    Functions: Corded drills may or may not be equipped with a hammer function for drilling concrete and stone.

    Most corded drills are variable speed to help you better drill a combination of materials. But a few are single speed.

    Purchasing power: There’s no shortage of great deals on corded drills, hammer drills, and specialty tools. You're going to want to buy a little more drill than you think you might need, but don’t go too crazy, either.

    A good example of a high-quality, light-duty drill is this Bosch with a 3/8-inch chuck and a 6.3-amp motor.

    Hammer Drill Vs Impact Driver

    This DeWalt is a bit heavier and a little bulkier than the Bosch, but that’s a tradeoff you might want to make for heavier-duty drilling.

    Difference Hammer Drill Vs Impact Driver

    Moving up in capacity, you have this brute of a Makita drill with an 8.2-amp motor, variable speed and hammer function. It’s an extremely well built power tool.

    For tight-spot drilling between joists and studs, Milwaukee’s Super Hawg drills are legend. These monsters will drive just about any drill bit and can rotate for improved hole drilling position.

    When it comes to home improvement projects, a power drill is one of the most common tools you’ll need. But an impact driver is perhaps an upgraded version that you should consider adding to your arsenal.

    Power drills and impact drivers are similar tools: both look a lot alike, and they both are able to drive screws into different materials. However, impact drivers make the work a lot easier.

    Hammer Drill Vs Impact Wrench

    What Impact Drivers Do

    Here’s the main difference: Impact drivers utilize the same rotational motion that power drills use, but as you’re driving in a screw, impact drivers also mix in a hammering action that not only hammers down, but sideways. This makes it way easier to drive screws into tough materials, and it prevents the drive bit from slipping off the screw head, which could potentially strip the head and ruin the screw.

    If you’ve ever heard an impact driver in action, then you’ve probably noticed this in the form of a really loud, repetitive clicking noise that it makes as it’s driving in a screw. That’s the noise of the hammering action, and it occurs dozens of times per second, depending on how fast you’re driving in the screw.

    With a power drill, you’d normally have to apply a lot of pressure in order to prevent the drive bit from slipping, but the hammering action of impact drivers mostly prevents this, and all you have to do is apply enough pressure to keep the screw guided and on point.

    Impact drivers are also great for removing stubborn screws or bolts when reversing the spin direction. The hammering action can make it easier to remove fasteners that corroded or were over-torqued.

    What Impact Drivers Can’t Do

    If you end up getting an impact driver, it’s important to know that there are a few small disadvantages compared with power drills.

    First off, impact drivers really shouldn’t be used for precise drilling—your power drill will always do a better job at that since you don’t want a hammering action when drilling. Plus, power drills have a chuck, which is a device on the end of the drill that consists of claws that can open and close to accept all different sizes of drill bits. Impact drivers have a quick-change sleeve that only accept bits with 1/4-inch hex shanks. You can find drill bits with hex shanks, but they’re few and far between.

    Power drills also have two gears: one that’s slower with more torque for driving in screws, and a second gear that’s faster for drilling holes. Impact drivers only have one gear, so you have to be a bit more precise with the variable-speed trigger if using an impact driver.

    Hammer Drill Vs Driver Drill

    Power drills also have a clutch, which is similar to having a built-in torque wrench of sorts. It allows you to drive in a screw, without accidentally tightening it down so much that it blasts through the material. Instead, you can set it to a number and when it gets to a certain torque level, it will stop driving. Impact drivers don’t have clutches, so you’re at the mercy of your own strength and precision.

    Use Both for the Best of Both Worlds

    Hammer Drills For Sale

    Contrary to what you might think, power drills and impact drivers actually complement each other rather than compete, so it’s best to have both tools in your tool box if possible—power drills are great for drilling and impact drivers are great for driving. In fact, many tool manufacturers sell power drill and impact driver combos, like this one.

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    With that in mind, I always like to have a drill bit ready to go in my power drill, with a drive bit ready to go in my impact driver. That way if I’m drilling a lot of pilot holes, I can drill them using my power drill and then just quickly switch to my impact driver to drive in the screw—no need to constantly change bits in my power drill.

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