Dewalt drill gravity compensation

On 2/13/2013 3:03 PM, basilisk wrote:
> I am most impressed with Dewalt.
>
> In a Momentary Lapse of Reason, I dropped
> my 18v battery drill about 17 feet off a ladder
> onto a concrete floor, the battery ejected, landing about
> 6 foot from the drill, trigger popped out a similar distance.
> After gathering the pieces and snapping it all back together
> all is well, can't really find any permanent damage at all.
>
> Kudos to Dewalt for making a product that will take that kind of
> abuse.

I have done the same thing with both DeWalt and Makita drills for the
past 30+ years with the same results you observed.

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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:07:07 -0600, Swingman wrote:

> On 2/13/2013 3:03 PM, basilisk wrote:
>> I am most impressed with Dewalt.
>>
>> In a Momentary Lapse of Reason, I dropped
>> my 18v battery drill about 17 feet off a ladder
>> onto a concrete floor, the battery ejected, landing about
>> 6 foot from the drill, trigger popped out a similar distance.
>> After gathering the pieces and snapping it all back together
>> all is well, can't really find any permanent damage at all.
>>
>> Kudos to Dewalt for making a product that will take that kind of
>> abuse.
>
> I have done the same thing with both DeWalt and Makita drills for the
> past 30+ years with the same results you observed.

On the other hand, I dropped the most expensive drill I own (Milwaukee
right angle drill) less than 3 feet and snapped the shaft in between the
chuck and motor.
Which reminds me, I need to order the parts to repair it.

basilisk