Sometimes you do projects where there's very tight space in which you have to work, - those
are times when a right-angle drill-driver can be useful. In this video, I'll describe to you the
Milwaukee C18 RAD right-angle drill- driver. So join me in this video & I'll also show you a
demonstration. I have a normal drill but sometimes it's too long because the distance between the
rear of the drill to the front of the chuck maybe that long. And that's about 200 to 250 millimetres.
And then, by the time you add in the drill bit... could come up to that.
So I bought this Milwaukee C18 RAD right-angle drill-driver. The distance between
the back to the front of the chuck is 100 millimetre. It's about half the length of a traditional
power drill. That means it allows me to get in the spaces that are narrower. So this is the
Milwaukee C18 RAD. It's 18V cordless. Let's start with the batter. It takes M18 batteries.
Remove the battery & that's just a traditional Milwaukee M18 battery housing. Now at the top
there's a drill chuck. The grip of the chuck is plastic. I would have preferred it if it was steel.
And the maximum diameter of drill bit the chuck takes is 10 millimetres. It's the trigger handle.
The trigger handle is very long so that you can hold it in different positions -
which makes it convenient. When I squeeze the trigger, the LED front light comes on.
The length of the drill-driver without the battery is about 285 millimetre tall.
On the side, there is a push knob. I can push this in this side. Turn around I can
push it in the other side. When I push it like that & squeeze the trigger,
you'll see that this spins clockwise. And if I push it in on this side & squeeze the trigger, it's
now spinning anti-clockwise. At the base on the rear, there is a clutch. The clutch graduation goes
from 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & then the next setting is clutchless - is when you just want it to be a drill.
I must say that when I was using the clutch to drive timber philips head screws in, the torque
was still very high even when I had it on the low settings. Give you a spin around to look at the tool.
That's the other side.
And that's the front again. That's the top.
The maximum no-load speed is 1,500 rpm. The maximum torque is 20 newtons meter. The recommended maximum
diameter for the wood drill bit is 28 millimetre. And for steel is 10 millimetre.
The weight of the drill-driver - without the battery - is 1.24 kilogram. I will now demonstrate using the
right-angle drill-driver to drill through a block of hardwood using a spade bit 25 millimetre wide.
A 10 millimetre diameter drill bit. And to drive Phillips head screw,
as well as a HEX head screw. Let's start the first test. The 10 millimetre diameter steel
bit. Make sure I turn the clutch off. It's on full drill mode.
So i've just drilled that deep.
I need to sharpen the drill bit. It's a bit blunt.
I'll now use a 25 millimetre spade bit.
I've just drilled that deep. So it's pretty effective. Give you a better view.
I'm now going to drill a hole for this Phillips head wood screw.
Oh it's gone in that deep. I've got the Phillips head drive bit #2.
There I put the clutch to the lowest number 2 & if I need to increase it i'll increase it.
Better start low & go up.
It's in. I'm gonna increase the clutch.
Increase it to number 8.
There you go - easy. Give you a better look. That's the Phillips head wood screw. I now want to drill
a hole for the HEX head wood screw. Make sure that the clutch is off. It's on drill mode.
I've drilled up to that deep. Now to put the HEX drive head in.
Make sure I turn it back to clutch & I'll put it on 4.
It's flush. I'll increase it to 6.
Yep, it's flush. Give you a better view.
There's the Phillips head screw on the right. And the HEX head screw on the left.
I do find that the torque is very high even on the low settings - especially with the Phillips head
screws. So you have to exercise caution because it could over drive it even on the lowest torque
setting. I do like this right-angle drill driver. It's not often you need to drill & drive in
tight spaces. But when you do, it's good to have a tool like this. The one negative is
it's pretty heavy. So if you're drilling overhead, it can get heavy. So it may pay to get a smaller
battery. This is 6Ah. I believe there may be 2 & 3Ah batteries that will help make it
lighter. Well, I do hope you liked this video & found it informative. Do hit the LIKE button &
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