How secure and how do the bits stay in the shaft? I'm used to the ball/spring retention like Craftsman has on their multi bit screwdrivers.
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Same retention system, but the tolerances are much tighter. As an electrician klein is the only tool company I trust.
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Look up "mini drill chuck", pretty certain it will bring up some decent choices that will hold your bits mentioned.
117763
Wouldn't it be nice if it had a place to keep the bit you're not using attached to the drill?
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Well if they fit into the driver absolutely, I even use the driver as an extension for my drill I just take out the plastic holder. I also use different bits other than the ones that came with it
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That would not concern me. Mine does too. A lot of slotted tools that take bits do that, but if you're holding it upside down and the bit is falling out without touching it, your bit-extender is probably the problem and it's not retaining the bit. Otherwise, I wouldn't be critical if there is some movement.
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I use mine all the time. Works great as a drill and impact driver. The chuck locks in just like any other attachment for the driver mine catches just fine. Unless I'm not understanding your question.
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I keep a small (~4mm dia) neodymium magnet attached to the bit receptacle barrel; very strong so won't fling off, & magnetizes any bit inserted. Also helps keep any loose bit from falling out during vertical use.
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There is not a built in shaft / rotation lock.The shaft is held by one wrench (supplied) and then the collet nut is loosened with a 2nd wrench (supplied)
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Any regular drill can hold these bits. I wouldn't put them into any really high torque drill and obviously not into a hammer drill though.
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I have a set of dewalt bits that are very strong and take the abuse! I use them everyday they hold up well. Try dewalt metric impact set.. Good luck! Reagon
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short and Long #2 phillips screwdriver bits and ones I use most outside standard drills.I had a good assortment of drill bits already and they all work.I picked up a 1/4 inch socket drive to use with my 1/4 inch sockets and that works great.
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If you look at the pic of the driver, the black collar slides fwd and back to lock the bit in. Additionally it comes with a bit that locks into the driver, that just has a magnetic tip to hold regular bits that don't have the little indentation.... So I think I boil it down for you by saying....... yes it locks bits that have the indentation/ground down spot on them and if it's s smooth quarter inch hex bit it doesn't lock them. Hope this helps..
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it shouldn't be too stiff. i've never had a problem pulling the bit out. Perhaps your release is stuck? When you press on the area with the 5 grooves, the area near the bit should lift off a little showing that it's unlocked/released.
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The motor and drive mechanism are certainly stout enough. I would think the main variable would be the quality of your drill bit.
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The bit tightening and untightening mechanism is different on this drill than ones I have used in the past. You can use the drill's motion by holding the black portion of the chuck. However, I do not do it that way, especially for tightening. The drill has an internal self-locking mechanism. So, if you start turning the chuck as if to manually loosen, it will lock and just turn it hard to loosen the bit. For tightening, it is the same, but in the other direction.
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I have both a Black & Decker & a Dewalt drill. They both manually close on the bit with a hand twist, no chuck key needed. I'm not sure why a Dewalt bit would be any different than any other bit.
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The shaft is 3/8 on the tool but, it is tapered so the drill chuck jaws can bite down so it will hold on to it, I have used it in my 3/8, 1/2 and my 1/2 mill, with no problem, I hope this helps you!