Screw/drill position

The lower speed will give you more torque when driving screws, and the
higher speed will give you faster drilling with twist bits.

Kevin
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"Irwin Schwartz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All:
>
> I'm new to woodworking after 61 years of living. My wife bought for me an
> 18.2-V Makita cordless drill, which I'm delighted to have.
>
> My question (which isn't adequately addressed in the users manual): There
are
> two settings -- one for drilling and one for screwing (be kind!). If I use
the
> drill setting for screwing or the screw setting for drilling will I go to
jail
> without passing "Go"? What's the difference between the two?
>
> TIA.
>
> Irwin

"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Irwin
>
> Basically the SCREW setting is a lower RPM than the DRILL setting.
> You can use EITHER setting with Screws or Drillbits, but you will
> likley find that the higher speed does better for drilling, and the
> lower speed is more controllable when driving screws

No, the screw setting engages the clutch and has no effect on the speed. The
speed setting switch changes the overall RPM's

ya do like john says. the switch simply changes the gearing inside so
basically you got low gear and high gear.

or just do like me and leave it in high gear. who needs a slow speed <g>

randy

"Irwin Schwartz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All:
>
> I'm new to woodworking after 61 years of living. My wife bought for me an
> 18.2-V Makita cordless drill, which I'm delighted to have.
>
> My question (which isn't adequately addressed in the users manual): There
are
> two settings -- one for drilling and one for screwing (be kind!). If I use
the
> drill setting for screwing or the screw setting for drilling will I go to
jail
> without passing "Go"? What's the difference between the two?
>
> TIA.
>
> Irwin

But if you happen to be drilling in metal the slow speed is often
better. The high speed is good for drilling in wood.

Dick


> Irwin
>
> Basically the SCREW setting is a lower RPM than the DRILL setting.
> You can use EITHER setting with Screws or Drillbits, but you will
> likley find that the higher speed does better for drilling, and the
> lower speed is more controllable when driving screws
>
> John

If you use the drill setting to drive a screw you may break the screw or
drive it too far into the wood. If you use the screw setting to drill you
may lock or jam the bit in the wood as the clutch may slip. Basically, the
screw setting engages the adjustable clutch. Adjustable clutch settings
help prevent breaking screws or driving screws too far.


"Irwin Schwartz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All:
>
> I'm new to woodworking after 61 years of living. My wife bought for me an
> 18.2-V Makita cordless drill, which I'm delighted to have.
>
> My question (which isn't adequately addressed in the users manual): There
are
> two settings -- one for drilling and one for screwing (be kind!). If I use
the
> drill setting for screwing or the screw setting for drilling will I go to
jail
> without passing "Go"? What's the difference between the two?
>
> TIA.
>
> Irwin

Irwin

Basically the SCREW setting is a lower RPM than the DRILL setting.
You can use EITHER setting with Screws or Drillbits, but you will
likley find that the higher speed does better for drilling, and the
lower speed is more controllable when driving screws

John

On 05 Jun 2004 19:59:23 GMT, [email protected] (Irwin Schwartz)
wrote:

>Hi All:
>
>I'm new to woodworking after 61 years of living. My wife bought for me an
>18.2-V Makita cordless drill, which I'm delighted to have.
>
>My question (which isn't adequately addressed in the users manual): There are
>two settings -- one for drilling and one for screwing (be kind!). If I use the
>drill setting for screwing or the screw setting for drilling will I go to jail
>without passing "Go"? What's the difference between the two?
>
>TIA.
>
>Irwin

(The people who don't own the Makita M-Force drills may not realize this
but... he may be talking about a switch that locks out the clutch!)

Is the drill an M-force model? It will have two black switches on the top:
http://makita.com/Cordless_Image_View.asp?id=265

The first one (the "Shift-Lock drive" switch), if moved to the "drill"
setting, locks the clutch. The "screw" setting allows you to set
variable fastening torque via the large collar with numbers 1-16 on it.

The switch behind the shift-lock sets low speed, high torque (labeled
"1") or high speed low torque (labeled "2"). You typically use "1" for
screwdriving and "2" for drilling.

Tell us the model number of the drill...

Irwin Schwartz wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I'm new to woodworking after 61 years of living. My wife bought for me an
> 18.2-V Makita cordless drill, which I'm delighted to have.
>
> My question (which isn't adequately addressed in the users manual): There are
> two settings -- one for drilling and one for screwing (be kind!). If I use the
> drill setting for screwing or the screw setting for drilling will I go to jail
> without passing "Go"? What's the difference between the two?
>
> TIA.
>
> Irwin