That’s awesome! My dad had one like that when I was a kid. He picked it us off the road. He used to charge it with a couple cotter pins shoved down the sides of the battery where the contacts were and clip the leads from a regular car battery charger to the cotter pins. Worked for years like that. I think it was finally lost in a garage fire.thanks for sharing
I bought 4 of these tools in the 80's. Drill, Jig saw, Miniature circular saw, and Miniature sawzall type saw. Good to know the batteries can be replaced with more modern batteries.
Nice job 👍👍 I did much the same thing with a couple of old DeWalt drills, swapped out the old NiCads for LiPos, worked a treat. Pretty impressive gearbox in that drill. Cheers, Alan.
Great work. I would make sure the battery has overcurrent protection circuitry. Lithium ion batteries can degrade rapidly without them. In some cases, they can overheat and self-combust.
I have the same drill and a stapler (still have them); the battery pack was more expensive than a Ryobi drill. I modified the battery pack to hold a Lipo but the problem is there is no voltage limiter in the drill, you can accidentally deplete the pack under it's safe voltage causing the new pack to die. I used it for a while and finally bought a Ryobi, still using it (about 10 years now) but replaced the battery pack with a Lipo. I really liked this drill Rich
You should add a charge controller to the battery pack that has over-discharge protection. They are pretty cheap online. Just search for the battery type and cell configuration (ex. lithium 18650 3s2p where s and p are the number of cells in series and parallel).
It's a shame that battery technology wasn't very good when those came out. They are indestructible. Makita should make lithium 18650 replacement batteries and chargers, but it wouldn't be profitable enough.
Be careful. the discharge rate of hobby pouch LiPos may not be enough for a drill like this. one would be better off replacing the NiCad cells in the battery case with Lithium dry cells
Yes! I'm not exactly a "treehugger" but I do worry about all the waste that we produce. It can't be ideal. So if a device such as this little drill is still good why not give it a new life.
Man, I'd forgotten about those old Makita drills. A real blast from the past!
I have one just like that I bought in about 1974. It's on its third or fourth set of batteries, and still works just fine. I use it every few days.
Old meets new, perfect combination.
You can replace the cells in the original battery for modern li-ion ones. They are even higher capacity than li-po pouch batteries.
I have the same drill with dead batteries. Thanks for the tip
That’s awesome! My dad had one like that when I was a kid. He picked it us off the road. He used to charge it with a couple cotter pins shoved down the sides of the battery where the contacts were and clip the leads from a regular car battery charger to the cotter pins. Worked for years like that. I think it was finally lost in a garage fire.thanks for sharing
I always say, get quality and take good care of it.
I have several of these and you can feel by the weight they were quality.
I don't have one but have seen them. I was gonna say they sounded sturdy
I bought 4 of these tools in the 80's. Drill, Jig saw, Miniature circular saw, and Miniature sawzall type saw. Good to know the batteries can be replaced with more modern batteries.
Beautiful casting.
Wow look at the quality of the motor and gears !
Very nice work sir.
Got your sticker. It’s going up in the video in next week.
Thanks
Nice job 👍👍 I did much the same thing with a couple of old DeWalt drills, swapped out the old NiCads for LiPos, worked a treat. Pretty impressive gearbox in that drill. Cheers, Alan.
Brilliant, I have one of these of about the same age and I have a spare LiPo battery, thanks, I will do the same.
Great work. I would make sure the battery has overcurrent protection circuitry. Lithium ion batteries can degrade rapidly without them. In some cases, they can overheat and self-combust.
You can spot a qualified electrician miles away. Just look at the techniues and quality of your soldering!.......... It never leaves you.
I have the same drill and a stapler (still have them); the battery pack was more expensive than a Ryobi drill. I modified the battery pack to hold a Lipo but the problem is there is no voltage limiter in the drill, you can accidentally deplete the pack under it's safe voltage causing the new pack to die. I used it for a while and finally bought a Ryobi, still using it (about 10 years now) but replaced the battery pack with a Lipo. I really liked this drill
Rich
You should add a charge controller to the battery pack that has over-discharge protection. They are pretty cheap online. Just search for the battery type and cell configuration (ex. lithium 18650 3s2p where s and p are the number of cells in series and parallel).
Works well. Did same to my old makita. I added typical rc battery connectors so I change out the battery
Thanks for sharing 👍
That looked identical to my first cordless a ryobi back when they made quality tools (early 80's). Plenty of torque even though it was only 9V.
Thanks for sharing
When the notification popped up, I read it as "new light" so I thought it goes as "through old windows" 😅I think it's time to go to bed 🤣
Super job
It's a shame that battery technology wasn't very good when those came out. They are indestructible. Makita should make lithium 18650 replacement batteries and chargers, but it wouldn't be profitable enough.
Great upgrade 👍No undervoltage protecton for the lipo pack ?
I am using a LiPo I already had so not worried about that.
So the planet doesn't have to make another one👍
Be careful. the discharge rate of hobby pouch LiPos may not be enough for a drill like this. one would be better off replacing the NiCad cells in the battery case with Lithium dry cells
Is that an aermotor casting?🤔
Yes it is.
@@myfordboy wow nice, it would be nice to see you make model petrol engines😎
Nice one squirrel
Aliexpress sells replacement batteries. Then it's still NiCad so this is better but if you don't want to open it up, that's an option.
just need a more practical electric connector to battery
Yes! I'm not exactly a "treehugger" but I do worry about all the waste that we produce. It can't be ideal. So if a device such as this little drill is still good why not give it a new life.
is this work your main job ?
Just a hobby.
waste not want not
Want to share the battery number and supplier for it with us???🤔
Any 3 cell 2200mah lipo. Amazon, Ebay, or local hobby shop. They're used in rc airplanes
Don't leave it fully charged for a few months because the battery can puff. Not too big of a deal though if you use drill regularly
Lookin good. How's the lubrication on internal gear train?