How To Use a Cordless Power Drill
Dec 9th, 2008 by Kenny
With any power tool it is important to think of safty first. Drills are not toys and their is a chance that you could inquire personal injury or electric shock if you are not careful. So, it is important to go through some safty rules before we touch on the major components of a cordless pwoer drill. These safety rules should always be followed when using cordless drills.
- Don't operate a drill in a wet and damp area. Even though this is a cordless drill it still operates on a electric current. These currents can produce electric shock or in the worse senario produce a fire.
- Wear safety glasses. Actually I should have made this the first rule. Safety glasses protect your eyes from flying debris like wood or metal particles. These particles can damage or even blink you.
- NEVER charge cordless drill in an environment where the temperature is less than 50 degrees F or more than 130 degrees F.
- INSPECT your cordless drill and and the charging unit PERIODICALLY for loose or broken components. REPAIR any defects before further use. Remember, you are dealing with a dangerous electrical current.
- USE ONLY the charging unit that came with your drill to recharge the batteries. Using a charger other than the one that came with your system may cause serious damage to the charger or the battery. There are different volt chargers and each charger is designed for the cordless drill it came with.
Now that we have gotten through some of more important safety rules lets discuss how to use a cordless power drill.
A cordless drill two parts the drill and the battery. The battery fits into the base of the drill and clicks into place to make one continuous unit. When it is time to charge the battery is removed and placed in the charging unit for an overnight charge.
The top unit or the drill has a few moving parts to make the drill work better in different situations. First, you have the trigger. When holding the drill your index finger should be directly next to the trigger. Right off the thumb you have clockwise and counter clockwise switch. You would use this switch to make the drill change directions. Either drilling in our out of a structure.
On the head of the drill is the chuck. The chuck is used to open or close on a drill bit. Most chucks require two hands, one to hold the back of the chuck and the other to twist the body of the chuck. With the drill shown in this picture, the chuck opens by turning the body of the chuck clockwise and closes by turning it anti-clockwise. Always ensure that the chuck is tight as a loosely held bit can damage the chuck!
Going down the drill from the chuck you have the torque setting. The torque setting can be turned clockwise to add more torque or counter clockwise to remove torque. This is useful if you would like the drill to stop at a particular torque.
This is the basic operations of a drill. Some drills have one more switch to operate the speed of the drill. This is an advance operations as most people will never need to use it.
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