Posted by Jerry Weinraub (zayde@…>)
Note that the ad shows a DeWalt. I have one,and it is not suitable for a
winch motor. The gearbox is fragile,and I went thru one in about a dozen
uses. Quite expensive to fix. Milwaukee evidently is not so fragile.I’d be
leery of Sears for the same reason.The DeWalt,originally cheaper,ended
costing more,and I still have to make sail by hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: “rick_simonds” <rick_simonds@…>
To: <freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:18 PM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Remember the “cordless drill as an electric
winch” thread? Well…
Here ya go:
I saw this at the Miami boat show a few weeks ago. They were also
showing some sort of foam padding jacket for the drill, too. I’m not
sure if it was supposed to be padding if you drop the drill on deck
or a “PFD” for the drill if you drop it overboard. It wasn’t
waterproof.
The bit looked good and I don’t want to admit what a cheapskate I am
here but it seems like you could just have one machined for about the
same money. Maybe some smaller, cheaper cordless drills would work
but an 18 volt Milwaukee right angle drill would work best with it
and it’s at least $250.
Humm,. 3 boat bucks.
`Ya gotta really want this thing.
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