Hello gamers i dont have any tools and Im tired of borrowing them. Bought some basic hand tools I know I'll use, but I need a drill mostly for doing simple framing and fixing some old buildings on my property.I'm at a bit of a loss at what to get, everything has confusing model names and it looks like amazon is pushing like nearly 10 year old stuff, which I would imagine is bad since battery tech moves fast? Im looking to spend like 300 or so on a drill + battery and charger, have the bits I need already. I dont know shit about any of the specs.Also i have a metric shit ton of rough cut limestime and other stones laying around I want to use for lanscaping. I dont want to use/buy a saw. Is there a method to just using a hammer and chisel to get some basic shapes out of these? And if so what so I need? Tried just wacking on them with a sledge and they seem to break unpredictably.
>>2992252The baseline Makita, DHP482, is good if you don't mind brushed, that will be under 200 with battery and charger. If you get one of the fancier ones with brushless motor and high torque then you get it being brushless and higher torque. For most things I think the DHP482 is perfectly fine, it was my main go-to combi drill for many years. I bought a DHP486, which is a fancier, more compact and high power combi drill, but it has a very annoying design flaw that when fastening the chuck, you can easily change the mode on the selector wheel, typically from hammer to not hammer or from drill to lowest-setting clutch, both of which are annoying. Frankly I'd save the money and buy the 482, plus maybe a cheap impact, helps a lot driving wood screws and masonry stuff. Also buy a big battery, at least 5Ah. Drill or impact decidedly don't need a big battery, but later on you might buy more stuff and it'll be better to have a big battery around. >limestoneNo idea, ask Grok.
>>2992257Do i actually need the impact/hammer versions? I think the heaviest things ill be doing is driving 2 inch wood screws and drilling pilot holes for them maybe a few dozen at a time at most.And is it worth saving 50 bucjs on 3rd party batteries or is it too much of a gamble?
>>2992265>need impactNo, you don't need impact, it's just nice to have.>3rd party batteriesYeah no, just buy the genuine ones. I've messed around a fair bit with batteries and the only aftermarket purchase that isn't full regret is a 8Ah 21700 Makita battery pack, which isn't really 8Ah, but delivers current better than a 6Ah 18650 pack, so it's good for high power tools like rotary hammer or angle grinder. The one thing you can save money on is battery for impact and a few other small intermittent use tools, where you can get away with a 2Ah pack. But I don't recommend 2Ah for combi drill. Also if you are in the US, you get tons of tool and battery combo deals, so just grab something like that.
>>2992265Get a big impact drill that you can turn off the impact. Use that to drill holes in the limestone in a line and put dry sticks in there, then wet them to split it predictably.Makita is one of the better choices if you’re going to go battery powered. They basically invented them.
>>2992269>>2992271Thanks guys. Makita uses XPH instead of DHP here in the states so that was what confused me. Looking at them the XPH16 looks good?Im also looking into how to store and move things. Veto packs seem to have really great reviews but at 300 dollars im not really sure. Id like a backpack style tool bag. My job is moving me to do some traveling work which will be oitdoors, and id like to keep my shit organized and not have to worry about them getting fucked up.
>>2992281I'd maybe go with the 14 if you go brushless, just to avoid that stupid integrated clutch wheel thing I described with the 486. XPH10 is the DHP482, XPH16 is 486.
>>2992269>No, you don't need impact, it's just nice to have.no you need it
>>2992626Only time you ever explicitly need it is when driving something high torque. Drill maxes out at 60Nm (fancier ones at 150), impact even cheap ones do 180Nm, fancier/bigger 1000+.
