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Clutch drills Mike S. 06-07-2007
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Posted by Mike S. on June 7, 2007, 11:57 pm
What is a clutch drill? What's the difference between a clutch drill
and a regular/non-clutch drill? Which one would be better for a
beginner?


Posted by Eigenvector on June 8, 2007, 12:15 am

> What is a clutch drill? What's the difference between a clutch drill
> and a regular/non-clutch drill? Which one would be better for a
> beginner?
>

A clutch drill will disengage when it meets a certain amount of resistance -
nominally it keeps the drill from ruining whatever it's screwing in, or
keeps it from breaking drill bits, or I guess keeps it from driving screws
in too far or marring the surface. I haven't seen one that could be
controlled enough to prevent a screw from sinking beneath a wood surface but
I don't really care about a clutch anyway. I'm sure one of the old hands
here will have a better description though.

As for which is better for a beginner - you can always turn the clutch up so
high that your wrist would snap before the clutch disengaged or you can not
worry about it until you run into a situation where you'll need to use a
clutch.



Posted by John Doe on June 10, 2007, 12:39 am

> A clutch drill will disengage when it meets a certain amount of
> resistance - nominally it keeps the drill from ruining whatever it's
> screwing in, or keeps it from breaking drill bits,

Drills have a drill setting that bypasses the clutch. I think the
overriding concern is that you don't want the drill bit to bind. If
you used a clutch setting for drilling, I think you would be asking
for trouble.

Posted by Eigenvector on June 10, 2007, 1:26 am

>
>> A clutch drill will disengage when it meets a certain amount of
>> resistance - nominally it keeps the drill from ruining whatever it's
>> screwing in, or keeps it from breaking drill bits,
>
> Drills have a drill setting that bypasses the clutch.

Some do anyway.

> I think the
> overriding concern is that you don't want the drill bit to bind. If
> you used a clutch setting for drilling, I think you would be asking
> for trouble.



Posted by dpb on June 10, 2007, 1:49 am
Eigenvector wrote:
>>
>>> A clutch drill will disengage when it meets a certain amount of
>>> resistance - nominally it keeps the drill from ruining whatever it's
>>> screwing in, or keeps it from breaking drill bits,
>> Drills have a drill setting that bypasses the clutch.
>
> Some do anyway.

Unaware of any drills that don't -- drivers, otoh...

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