Craftsman V20 Drill Driver (Teardown and Test)
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- CMCD700C1-10LW We hook it up to the test rig and then go full grizzly and tear this sucker apart. The question we all want answered is "Has Stanley brought Craftsman back into the Light".
This is the CMCD700C1-10LW. On sale at Lowes for $69 plus a $10 off coupon.
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Perfectly adequate for a homeowner, which is the target audience with this offering.
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Drill- Packedge in typical box, came with a tool bag (added bonus), two batteries, one charger, drill, and driver. Two words "plenty of Torque" ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxW1vOBRCMrgTCDEijzpVzDWsgI-Jm2iQv well I guess that's three. Nice upgrade from current setup. Has belt clips, I don't think I will be using those. Driver and drill were bigger than what I expected but it is an upgrade from the current setup. For the money I would say that this is a great setup for Professionals and DIY/Weekend warriors.
i don't need dewalt and makita, im going to keep paying lower prices for craftsman, great drill for the price, also my first drill and i love it
Me too bro
I love mine to but it's not working.. 😪
Can’t beat 24$
Keep spending on craftsman or spend once on quality? Choice is yours good thing folks think like you though cause it's what keeps the economy afloat.
This tool is 60$ around here and it's definitely one of the better options for the price I've seen. I actually bought the brushless version. It was 170 and came with two batteries, charger and a small bag. I feel it was very worth it.
I've been using pretty much all the v20 hand tools for the past couple months to build my house. For the price it's hard to beat.
Got an update on the tools?
@@MexicanChrisKyle still going strong! Sawzall is kinda weak. The American made impact and drill are great! Batterys don't last as long as my Milwaukee stuff. Broke a battery case in half and one of my battery's stopped working. Other than that they're still very good.
Can it drill through metal?
@@chavez349 yes
@@sirkodex thanks for the reply
Anyone else think it's weird that the Bear puts on fake human hands for his tool reviews? 😉
Why isn't this the most upvoted comment! LOL Give it time. I gave it an upvote.
Hey he has a right to bear arms or not. Thats what the second amendment is all about.
Lol
Sad to see Craftsman not living up to what they were in the 60's- 70's when every house I knew had craftsman tools in the toolbox.
This will probably change in the future. The Texas factory that is supposed to build the new Craftsman products won't be finished until 2021 I believe. Until now these new Stanley Black and Decker owned ones seem to be rehashed/branded porter cable, dewalt and black & decker products.
@@deuswulf6193 hopefully that stuff will be of good quality and fully compatible with the existing battery systems.
Own nothing but craftsman, old and new. Work great and do everything I need. If I have a problem, walk in and easy warranty return. I have had zero problems with performance or warranty. Dont know why all the haters.
Just bought the combo kit with that drill and they're amazing
Does it have a hammer drill setting
This drill got me back in the game I have upgraded since then but it got me through my first 90 days with no problems
It still feels strange seeing Craftsman being sold at Lowe’s.
Not as weird if it was Ryobi
Nevermind Craftsman being sold at Lowe's Craftsman under the Stanley Black & Decker umbrella that's a strange sight I personally think they should have done it in Black with red accents not red and black accents whatever that's up to Stanley Black & Decker how they wanted to release the products
Lowes is closing in my town in mn Sears already closed .....
@@bluemantom77 Stanley has made a bunch of craftsman tools through the years so not really strange
Justin White 😂
I work in the electronics, alarm, and security industry. I use Craftsman tools daily, the impact driver and drill in the v20 series. Both are brushed and not brushless. I've used them every day for 2 years. I also own a electronics repair store. Long story short after two years, battery life is 90% of new. I have seen other techs have many issues with (insert every premium brand here) units and I have never had an issue. I cut 6" holes with a drill based hole sale with either unit without issue. I can torque down buss bars to 160ft-lb without issue. For $149 when they first came out, well worth it. Also the Samsung's are now v30 brown bombers - known in the vape industry as the defacto 18650. The new battery's coming out in December use quad 21700.
I had issues with a dewalt so I grabbed this drill almost 2 years ago and I really like it. I recently needed/wanted a driver to go with it and I usually do cars so the driver could do double duty and the craftsman didn't rate highly so now I have 2 systems on batteries...oh well. As an aside I have been amazed at the battery on this drill but it is still young.
That hole on the charger @4:14 is for a clip so it can go on their versatrack wall system. You will see the same type hole on the sides of the power tools as well. As an owner of the old C3 line (made by TTI) and having a couple of the newer tools I will say the C3 was better quality. Most important to me is rubberized coatings on impact points including the battery.
The lowend drill in this video does not demonstrate the quality aspect put into higher tier models such as the new CMCD720D2 which compares with the DeWalt DCD791.
Infact there are 6 new craftsman cordless drills. 4 drill/drivers and 2 hammer drills.
I had that drill and it is a pretty good drill! The only reason I returned it was because the Sawzall in the 6 piece combo kit went up in smoke demoing a porch. So I returned all of my Craftsman V-20 tools. Now I have some Kobalt, Bosch and Makita cordless tools and they have all been fine.
I’m always amazed when consumers react to perceived (brand) quality and price. For less than one hundy I bought a nice Bosch set, 12v drill and impact. As a heavy use homegamer these will probably last a couple of decades and they are MUCH more compact
Yes, when you can get Bosch on sale you often get better than average tools and a very good value for the money.
Blue Bosch or Green Bosch
I don't mind the 1.3 ah batteries. They charge in 20 minutes and last at least that long. For a home user 2 batteries you're golden
Just bought 20V Litihon craftsman combo drill and impact from Lowes for $99 on father's day.... came with 2 batteries..... I'm impressed..... Great weight distribution and plenty of power..... They feel as they are part of your hand... Yet, robust and heavy to the work load.... 3 year warranty .... But the tools feel so awesome and ready for any job.... I was extremely pleased and surprised.... I'm a 35 year experienced carpenter and contractor, BTW.... Seen it all.... Good bad and ugly ... Reinforced my large deck with new floor planks with 1/2 battery than 140 feet of vinyl fencing .... this is the real deal
RE my earlier comments about the chuck: I got it off finally by putting the body in a vice and unscrewing the chuck. I figured it was toast if nothing was done, and went for it. Used a cutoff wheel to get down to metal in the chuck. Then I grabbed my bigest pipe wrench.
Thanks for this review on the Crapsman tool.
Yesterday I saw a Craftsman two drill special at Lowe’s $99.00 and includes a bag and two batteries. Not sure of details because I was in a rush
Just found this video. I have a coworker who has this drill and their compact sawzall. And while the drill doesnt have a hammer drill function, so drilling for tapcon can take a minutes, it seems to hold up. 3 months as a commercial electrician and he hasn't killed it yet.
putting the bearings/gears back in was what I was looking for and it's off camera lol
Props for the Fifth Element reference at 4:39; "Aziz! More light!"
i had a full set of craftsman c3 19.2v that started ni-cad then was able to upgrade to lithium without reolacing the tools. i used this set as a gc and a licensed plumber and it lasted 14yrs. i had to replace the 1/2" hammer drill driver once when i cored a 16" thick solid concrete catchbasin with a ln 8" core bit. it made it through the whole hole, but the next day it smoked out on a 3/8" tapcon bit hole. other wise 2 sawzalls. the rest of the set never had issues. the bulbs in the hand held florescent lights seemed to go out faster than they should have. nut i beat that set hard and it never stopped. i still have 80% of it just cant get batteries anymore except oem. it out lasted 2 dewalt sets, and a Milwaukee. i replaced those tools several times, and had to change battery format. this wasnt homeowner use either. i had employees using these tools which we know if you didnt pay for it its fine to trash it. ill buy craftsman again in a heartbeat. i stopped sinking money in expensive tools. right now i have a mix of ryobi, skil, and Bauer. im more than happy. i still have a couple m12 in use, but wont replace them once they go
I just scored some really sweet old craftsman stuff from the 50's n 60's, in original hard cases and everything. Bench grinder on original stand, ancient lathe, belt sander, jigsaw, all aluminum cased, cool stuff. I was kind of hoping for a revival, but this stuff seems just as junky as the sears stuff, with the exception of being updated to as feasible point. Although those sears craftsman routers are great deals and work fairly well too. Probably the best value in the business right now. SBD really needs to focus on their porter cable line, it's their best value by far, although I feel craftsman is going to muddy the waters in the mid market for them, and really d*ck it up.
Sears never had their own manufacturing plants to make craftsman tools, other tool manufactures made and rebranded them. Stanley Black and Decker bought the Craftsman name early in 2017. Stanley also owns other tool brands including Dewalt.
True Sears never built anything. However, back in the day they designed pretty much all their tools and many of their other products and contracted out the manufacturing. The rebranding started small and over time encompassed everything.
I got one and love it. Light to medium use
“That’s crafty of them!”
You’re punny Bear!
The automated captions are a hoot:
"craftsman 1.3 mil ant battery"
Ant-power can be your angry pixies.
I got a Workforce at Aldi's a year or two back. It's still running. Great for jobs around the house. The LED on it though is useless. Lights ur toes not what you are trying to see.
As of 10/2/2019
lowes now is offering this with 2 batteries and charger for $89 and throwing in another cordless tool of your choice from the craftsman line(circ saw,sawzall,grinder,light or inflator) you can't get a second drill or impact driver,I handled this drill in store and it felt cheap and light
I switched to Kobalt. The 1/2 inch impact works awesome. the impact driver and drill as well. Very happy!!
TwiZ1975cj5 Kobalt 24v platform can’t be beat at the price.
Sucks they increases the cost of the 1.5 amp hour batteries. Good thing I bought a few dozen for my company at 10 dollars each lol
For the power test, run the drill into a DC motor and measure the volts and amps going into a resistor block. Essentially a dynamo setup.
I've used craftsman cordless drills for over a decade and I beat the hell out of them and they work great. Just always remember to maintain the batteries and don't leave the batteries outside all winter and it'll go the distance
3:27 your unboxing skills have reached epic level!
You don't know!
You need AvD'S Micro chainsaw!
$59 bucks at Lowe’s right now. I just ordered one to pick up. Can’t beat that when the battery alone is $69 and the charger alone is $74 bucks. Divide all three by $59, and you’re getting a drill, battery, and charger for less than $20 each.
It's a home owner tool people calm down it's just as good as a ryobi and that is its competition not a fuel Milwaukee give me a break
Uh no it's not it's fairly clear a homeowner/diy drill and is priced like one
I'm really sad to see craftsman shit the bed. They used to be the go to brand. I still remeber seeing the bob villa craftsman commercials as a kid and sears being the place to get pictures and appliances.
Rest in peace.
I remember getting photos at Sears. Heck, I still have sears portrait studio floppy discs.
@@Legoguy1979
Stand still. Get the back ground, then snap. Last time was my prom pictures. The sears photos was a damn good service. I'm really upset about it.
My wife was going to buy me a tool chest at our local sears, then they closed. She bought me a really beaten up, but still usable craftsman tool chest on marketplace.
We still got a damn good pair of Electrolux washer and dryer months before they closed though. Damn good deal too.
What did Tim the Toolman say: "A man is not a man until he can find his way to Sears."
Remember, the shit for brains who owns Kmart owns Sears. He's destroying both companies on purpose. Wanted to tank Kmart in '08-early '09 but the economy tanked. Then he had the balls to ask Trump for between 400-500 million to save Sears Holding. He was closing them, both stores left & right before he asked. He's a puke!
Me too. Very sad. Just another piece of American history down the drain. Most of my tools are Craftsman from the mid 1960's. They were excellent and 100% guaranteed. Back then, we had to supply our own tools for our factory jobs.
Did anyone else notice the bears jacket doesn’t actually say craftsman? It says “craftsbear”😂
Easy-peasy test rig! 1X2 pine stick 24" long, 1/2" fine thread bolt, nut, washers are the variable clutch and shaft, cheap digital scale for setting torque. Set torque appropriately and let her spin against brass or greased steel washers acting as clutch disks.
I bought the 59.00 craftsman actually two of them and they are adequate but except for the trigger on one sometimes doesn't make contact and i have to tap it but for light usage they're fine .
I know this video is 3yo but I just had to add that I just bought this drill then found this review (unfortunately), and found that once the motor gets warm (wich doesn't take much) it takes a long time to cool. I now understand why after this demonstration
I've got a cheap black and decker cordless. I've used it to run one of those pumps. Crazy stuff.. i know many companies outsource manufacturing and slap their name on it. Kind of surprised.
Can it pump water? is good for a disqualifying test.
Im proud of what CRAFTSMAN is doing. Il be purchasing the new v20 line up!👍💪🏻
Danny Boy D-Boy Lil D labrada why are you proud? All they have done is decreased quality right?
I mean Craftsman power tools used to be direct black and Decker clones so if anything they are clearly better than they used to be and at that price point they don't have to be anything special
I own to many drivers and I thinks me kind of sorta need this one as well
The bear I see why you like brushed tools now. Easy and cheap to fix and more water resistant. I saw some minority trying to defend brushed. They said the chips or motors in brushless will burn out before brushless. I bet it's planed obsolence by the big company's. Sorry for replying to comments in old video. It's cool that harbor and fraight sells parts. Im thinking of teaching my self to repair my own power tools. It's crazy how much company's are making things unrepairable.
Nailed it in one. Well brushless may give you Maurice Spencer that motor / empower in the end the ability to stay on task to stay at work and keep working through self-service to quit it's going to net you for more dollars than a 10% game in battery usage
I got the 20v hercules drill driver kit for $53. It was a sealed store display with battery, bits, and hard case.
I can only hope they put more effort into the brushless model.
Start with a sufficient small amount of water equally in each container.
Mark the level on the containers. Prime the pump and adjust the water
levels. Add 2 gal of water to one of them. Don't dally between
forward and reverse (it might siphon). You might add a hose end
shut-off thingy to one side of the pump if you need to pause between
directions.
It's just their "kit drill".... The brushless is much nicer....
I have the brushless hammer drill and I love it great little drill
The brushless 1/4 impact is 1700 inch pounds which is about DeWalt territory, but I think they have a DeWalt impact driver that has a higher inch lbs rating.
I have the brushless duo drills and they are amazing
Buy the better brushless drills. Their impact driver drill with a 4AH battery is a much better tool.
For my needs, I just went out and bought a new Ryobi drill driver with a 4AH battery and charger for $99.
I used it on a job to drive screws into cement walls. The drill worked great.
That weird protrusion on the charger, I’m not sure if it’s there by design but when it’s on my bench at work and I need to remove the battery, that plastic bit hits the lip of the bench and gives me enough room to get the battery out. If it wasn’t there I’d go to grab the battery and the battery would make contact with the lip. It’s hard to explain but take that charger and put it on a table against a wall (putting the charger all the way against the wall) and you will see what I mean when you go to take the battery out. Im a mechanic and I’ve been using this drill along side the 1/4 drive impact and I can say they are both very ATF proof. The drill has enough torque for most jobs. The chuck steel is a little on the soft side and gets chowdered up easy. The forward reverse switch sucks with gloves. The gears also whine pretty loud when you have a wire brush which puts side loads on the gear box.
3:44 lol--in the audio industry we call that "a Factory Road Case"
Thus is why, in the back corner or the netherworld of Lowes, I bought into Hitachi Metabo. 99.00 for a impact driver, 3.0ah battery, and a basic charger. 3.0ah batterie are 39.95 a piece, so I bought 2 extra. Broke the driver in on 12" lag Bolts. Nearly lit driver and batteries on fire! Got the low end Sawzall(66.00/amazon) for when I don't want to drag the heavy corded Milwaukee outside. Als got a 70.00 grinder. (also Amazon). Broke all of these tools in by murdering them. 6 months later, their all perfectly fine in a professional environment. May upgrade to the triple hammer impact driver, but I already snap adapters in half with the little guy. My 15 plus year old Dewalt 12v drill driver and 2 ( 1.5ah) batteries that is made in China is doing great. I use it every day and throw it when I'm mad. 15 years and it runs like a champ and the batteries still hold a charge like new. These overpriced newer tools are not impressive. It's a game of who can be cheaper and still sell this crap. Milwaukee is retarded expensive, Dewalt seems like overpriced junk, Kobalt looks OK ish until they change the line and you're screwed. I dunno. I'm happy with the Hitachis and will update every few months.
I got this one combo kit drill and impact for $51CAD clearance
I would just relocate the same pump pickup/exhaust ports to the bottom of each tank, that way the pump is primed with water/fluid so it doesn't matter how fast the impeller is spinning to move said fluid therefore removing the necessity for higher RPMs only available on higher end ones. Thanks for the uploads and have a good one bud.
I think you're onto the right idea.........put the intake and discharge hoses in the same tank along with the pump. Connect the drill to the pump with a longer shaft so the pump and hoses can be completely submersed while keeping the drill dry. Then turn on the drill at it's lowest speed to prime the pump, once primed, run it at full speed.
I was thinking of using a small waterbrake dyno. I think land n sea makes a tiny one but that may be cost prohibitive. Otherwise I would build a brake rotor dyno and control it with an arduino ( or possibly the ardyno)
Them bolts are security torx they have them at H.F.
So, let me understand this water transfer test .. Are you saying that the 1500 RPM setting isn't fast enough to prime the pump?
Craftsman says it's a 2-Speed gearbox with speeds of 0-350/0-1,500
When you were looking at the battery case, reference the large metal strip. I couldn't tell for sure from the video, but wasn't that a bi-metal strip? If so, that would be the overheat protection.
Amazon has 20V 5.0Ah Battery Replacement for Craftsman 20V • CMCB204 CMCB202 CMCB201 CMCS500B CMCD700C1 Cordless Tool (for Craftsman 20V Max V20 Series)
Hey Bear, looking at the battery chart I see the Ryobi P193 6000 mAh battery shows a price of $119 but that price is actually for a two pack, so using that criteria that puts the Ryobi batteries at the top of the list.
I am not a fan of Ryobi tools, but when you buy them in the bundles, I consider them to be the best tool *_value_* available. Example, right now you can get a hammer drill, impact driver, sawzall, full-size skill saw, saber saw, 3Ah HP battery, 2Ah battery, battery charger and a carry bag for $259 and *_all_* of the tools are brushless! Add a 10% coupon or military discount and there is *_no way_* that you can beat a deal like that. They are offering similar bundles for the same price with different tools. Years ago I paid $300 just for my Dewalt hammer drill/battery kit.
You are correct! Thanks for catching that. I'll update the matrix!
It's a good 60 dollar drill. My only gripe is that Stanley branded it a craftsman product. I get it, Craftman was never considered top of the line but they still marketed great products throughout thier time. Imagine however if this drill was the buyers first purchase of a craftsman product, it would tarnish their perspective on all things Craftsman.
Here's an idea for your test rig instead of the water pump since the Craftsman obviously can't hack it and your thinking other equipment may not either you can use drill winch. It is very similar to your water pump test except for the fact that you can change the capacity of it by changing the weight that you are trying to lift with it. This is perfect for you because you won't be wearing it out like you are the water pumps and having to run out to the store and get a new one or 10 of them like you said you only need one and you can put whatever size weight you want on it for whatever kind of test you're trying to do. You want a duration test put a smaller weight to see how many times you can lift it at a given height and weight. You want a strength test see how much it can lift 1 pull keep adding more weight. You want strength and endurance test how much can it pull and how high can it pull it
I entirely agree with you I just bought this drill, not impressed. I bought it because my 5275.1 C3 1/2" Driver shaft snapped and Craftsman Club blew me off because I didn't keep the original receipt. So my question is ...can I replace the shaft. The old drill is great, I can't even see a part number. Was hoping you could help.
Hey thanks for taking time to do this video. It's great to see. And the comments are great. Could you take apart craftsman brushless drill to compare to other manufacturers. Thanks
Ask AvE
I'm wondering if the slow RPMs is an indication of more torque. Which is an important test.
I know NOTHING about tools but I can say from another video I saw because I just brought this drill today that on the impact driver even though it’s rated for 1460 torque it can do 1600 torque so you may be right
I built some heavy duty shelves in shed with 2×4 and it worked fine I also used the kreig gig a lot doing this project drilling a lot holes and it work just fine in fact I tried to use my dewalt driving drill to drill some holes cause I was lazy to change bits with the craftsmans drill and the dewalt could not drill the holes , obviously that drill is not made for that purpose ,what I'm trying to say that you can do some pretty rough work with the craftsmans drill and it will work fine for a home owner, you can do more than just drill some holes on the sheet rock actually you can use it for carpentry work.
2x4s stacked 4 high and 2 feet long. Take the longest self tappers and drive 20 of them and see how they do. Then a 5 gallon bucket of concrete and drive tap cons. See how far they get and measure that.
To answer your question- The rear of the drill is coated with a small amount of UV reflective material. Brushed motors emit lots of UV light on the brushes.
Why don't you use a large mortar mixing bit in a bucket of water to test run time. You could set up something to hold the drill and zip tie the trigger and walk away.
All of this is more of a test on battery life than anything else. Think you need to also look at torque vs speed etc.
@@worldofzap yeah there's a world of difference in doing something with little to no torque for a long time verses doing something with a lot of torque, like 3" wood screws into oak/hardwood. That's where you really separate the cubs from the papa bears.
"They made it bear-proof, how crafty of them.." I love the dad jokes!
For a test maybe try a fan blade set-up,could be something attached to a board with bearings and pulleys and a spindle to attach the drill chuck.
You mentioned thermal management--I bought the 8 piece kit last weekend (about 85 degrees, no shade) and was working on a project (jigsaw 23/32 osb) and each time I had to recharge I had to cool down my batteries before I could recharge so this definitely seems to be an issue.
I needed some power tools and HF didn't have any lithium ion, yet. The manager couldn't give me an estimated eta. So, went with porter cable 20v from Lowe's. They're reasonably priced and I have no complaints in power on any of them. Far out powers my brother in laws B&D impact driver. They seem more powerful than the Bauer line but, not quite there with Hercules line.
Craftsman brushless vs Porter Cable brushless. Both aren't top notch professional grade, just in the middle. Which one would you go with?
My tool brand preference in order
1.kobalt 24v
2. De Walt 20v
3. Milwaukee 18v
But my question is why is the drill being slow important.... your suppose to drill slow... and driving screws a little slower isn’t a big deal and will probably result in less camming out. Maybe it just has a steeper fear reduction? But it’s probably just a lower grade motor.
Trying to understand whether even bought Craftsman anyway. I mean with Black and Decker and Porter cable brands it's not like they needed another segment of low end tools.
A 2 pack of 2 Ah batteries is $99. I got it for $89 and it included a drill, impact driver, and charger. Now I have spare parts! lol
The FLEX pully weight test seems pretty non-bias.
cmcd700 20v drill/driver. I let the smoke out of mine after boring 7 - 2 1/8" holes in 3/4 plywood.
"Aziz! Light!" got you a video like from me! :)
Did I just watch a bear disassemble a drill and talk about it?!!..., please someone pinch me.
Although I haven't tried it , if you turn your water test upside down (letting gravity act to prime the pump) you could still keep the same methodology, You just need to suspend the Utz containers and waterproof the connections.
Also a phototach to actually read the RPMs might be nice.
Hm. Disappointing performance. I’m still thinking about picking up the set with this and the impact for $99. Hard to beat that price.
I bought the kit and I love it.
DoubleMM70 I ended up getting it. Saw another review where they performed pretty good in some real world tests (drilling holes and driving fasteners). Only used once but so far very happy!
It would help if you put it in front of the camera so everything can be seen and how that part was put back together
@thedenoftools I'm a bit late to the party here I know. I would suggest redoing your pump with smaller diameter hoses. I would think that would make it easier for lower speed drills to prime the device.
Big fan of the Fifth Element reference 👍🏻
The brains are inside the driver. That's why the packs are so small. Low voltage and thermal shutdown don't happen unless connected to the tool.
I have both Dewalt XR and regular 20v there is a difference in performance. Not huge but there is a difference imho. Great video it compliments AvE's videos. Good job.👍
I have a crafstman drill best ever
lol 😂
Year later Craftsman is still far from the best.
I trie to get more craftsman tool when possible. Except for powertools. Just sockets and stuff. I wish their quality and brand was better.. I love craftsman but its not the same as it use to be. I wish they would sponsor more woodworking shop and some other industries. Everyone loves craftsman for the nostalgia. I have hope for them still.
Lowe’s had open item for drill and charger paid 40 and flashlight open item for 15 so payed 55 for double set .
I love the Fifth Element quote.
For a more fair test you could get a dc motor, hook it up to the chuck and connect it to some high power resistors. Then get an energy meter (around 10$ from ebay) and measure the energy the motor outputs. Even better would be an electronic load connected to the dc motor, but it's more $$$.
Yep, this is the way I was leaning. Any recommendation on a good motor to use that is cheap and anyone can buy it. The point is to make it easily repeatable by anyone else. Someone suggested using an alternator but that seems like a bit of overkill.
Mine had gotten screwed up but craftsman is sending a replacement so I took the opportunity to take the broken one apart and see what was going on.
I see on one of the ring gears there’s a groove cut into it. Is the 1/2 selector wire supposed to fit in that groove?
Come on Bear you run a tool channel on You Tube and you don't know that only Specific Tools are assembled in the USA with global materials. The brushless tools are the ones that fit that description as well as the portable tool boxes and some other stuff.
Den of Tools
Empire of Dirt
God help me I cant be in two places at once.
Looks like a 550 or 540 (36x60) size "sealed" can motor. So when it's time to replace the brushes it's gonna be hard to open. Pretty much the same motor you would find on 80s era hobby rc car. Even the gears look like the same 48 pitch.
So, you're a grizzly, huh? Learn something new every day! 😁 Yeah there's no case, but for $59... I think they are going for the Milwaukee look... Interesting that the Hercules is the shortest. That yellow drill is strike two against the DeWalt brand after your mother saw tests and now this ..
Thanks for this video Red! I have the old c3 Craftsman line of cordless tools and was wondering how the new ones are, it appears they just put lipstick on the pig if you know what I mean. Upgrade the dated design but lower the parts inside the new pretty case. Very sad to see. Was also thinking being a 60ish dollar drill how does it stack up with the Bower from HF being around the same price point? Would love to have your thoughts on that!
the other set they have for 160, has a drill impact 2 batteries charger and a bag on sale for 99 dlls now,