Driverdrill as powergrinder

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails. I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel

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Posted by jerry weinraub (zayde@…>)

Besides torque,you need a tough gearbox. I had tried a Dewalt 18v drill.
The gearbox died the first try. I have an18 v Milwaukee right angle
drill-5 years and no problems. Plenty of power. I made my own bits from
17 mm square stainless bar stock.The bits are available on the net at
approximately $35 US

michel.capel wrote:

After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails. I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel

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Posted by Payne, Doug (doug.payne@…>)


My Milwaukee 28 Volt Hammer drill, ½ inch
drive has a max torque rating of 600 inch pounds. It takes my main on my F28 up
so fast I have to slow the drill down sometimes. Only at the very top does it
labor, I use the winch handle for the last foot or so. As far as I know it is
one of the most powerful drill drivers on the market. About $370 online price. Key
is a well lubed sail track. I use the Harken dry lube product

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Driverdrill as powergrinder




After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am
contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails. I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel



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Posted by Al Lorman (ajl@…>)


Michel:

There
are two suppliers of winch bits who regularly sell on the US eBay site (fixed
price, not auction). They both ship worldwide. Just search for “winch
bit.”

In
the US, many sailors use the 18v Milwaukee right angle drill which, as I
recall, developed about 600 inch pounds of torque. (The new 24v Milwaukee drill
develops over a thousand inch pounds.) I don’t know how that
translates into Nm.

Al
Lorman
F30
Ab Initio



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After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am
contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails. I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel


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Posted by jerry weinraub (zayde@…>)

440 Nm = 3806 in lb
600 in lbs = 69.4 Nm
1 nM = 8.65 IN LB
1 in lb=0.1156 Nm

Al Lorman wrote:

Michel:

There are two suppliers of winch bits who regularly sell on the US
eBay site (fixed price, not auction). They both ship worldwide. Just
search for “winch bit.”

In the US, many sailors use the 18v Milwaukee right angle drill which,
as I recall, developed about 600 inch pounds of torque. (The new 24v
Milwaukee drill develops over a thousand inch pounds.) I don’t know
how that translates into Nm.

Al Lorman

F30 Ab Initio

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After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails. I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

Thanks for the advice guys. I’m going to buy this tool.

michel

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

Last week, I bought a 1/2" to 3/4" tool adapter. The 3/4" end is
just a bit larger than a standard winch hole. I had a tooling shop
grind 1 mm from each flat side of the 3/4" et voila, a 17 mm square
was bormn that fits into the winch.



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After two weeks of sailing with the F44 I am contemplating the
purchase of a 24V powertool to help me raise the two heavy sails.
I
can get a 440Nm torque tool quite attractively priced.

My question is, does anybody know how much torque you need to
raise a
fully battened sail?

I have a 1/2" square bit attachment and I know there are winchbits
for
sale, but can we get these in Europe?

Thanks,
Michel