Addicated to power tools

[Kin Hell]

Aye, I guess boys will be boys when it comes to their toys.

I built a small Kitchen Extension & re-built my rear outside sheds adjacent to the extended kitchen. Plant tools were hired where needed & I even managed to borrow an electric Cement mixer from as friend, but two choice buys were an 18V Makita Drill (What a Tool) a Metabo Table Top Chop Saw (Priceless)
Without either of them, I could not have dry lined everything I did as quickly as I did.....
Aside from the time saved factor, it was almost effortless. That Makita Drill put a 25mm Stub Roto-broach cutter through 6" x 2" Tanalised Timber 96 times on the same Battery to make breather holes through the Flat Kitchen roofs Noggins. I was truly gob-smacked.

However, I am sensible to the point of having the right tool for the job, but making do if it's a one off. My 240v Metabo Hammer Drill is now 20 years old. Expensive @ the time for £125 but good tools last. When it comes down to buying a Good Power Tool, consider the Motor Quality & gearbox Quality if applicable. More Cost usually means Better Quality.

Industrial Tools were always Hilti back in the days when I was on a site. As Teho mentions, they are bulky & Heavy but the gearboxes in those things are almost Bomb Proof. They use a Quick release mechanism called SDS which smokes conventional Chucks that require a key. When you're up to your neck in mud & freezing cold, the last thing you want to be trying to do is fumble with a chuck key to swap bits around. Pull the collar back, pull out the tool bit & insert another so you're good to go. Switch from Drilling to a Chisel Tool with Hilti meaning one tool in the hole you're in & not two.

I dare say there might be other modern runners with Hilti these days, but I've not had any site work as such in over 20 years now, yet most of the tool hire companies round here still appear to to like Hilti.

Anyhow Harrison, I'd say you are a proper Power Tool Addict if you gotta come in here & brag about it.