Cordless drill features: Chuck size
A chuck is a specialized type of clamp used to hold materials or rotating tools.
A drill chuck is a specialised three-jaw chuck, used to hold drill bits or other rotary tools. 
The image above show the traditional keyed style of drill chuck. These chucks require a key to provide the necessary torque to tighten and loosen the jaws. The rotary action of the key turns the outer body which acts on an internal screw; this in turn moves the threaded jaws in or out along a tapered surface. The taper allows the jaws to encompass various sizes of drill shanks.
Chuck size is important feature in determining the purchase of a cordless drill. At cordless drill market you can find two main sizes, cordless power drill with a 1/2" chuck and cordless power drill with a 3/8" chuck. With a 3/8" chuck size you are limited to only using drill bits with a 3/8" shank. Anything larger needed for your project you would need a 1/2" chuck size. But with the 1/2" chuck you can use all bits with a 1/2" shank, and most bits that are 5/8" or larger.
For the average homeowner for a general-purpose tool a 3/8" should be fine, however for heavy-duty work a half-inch (1/2") chuck drill should be the best choice.
Also I suggest to choose keyed drill chuck since it is very hard to loosen up jammed drill bit with keyless drill chuck.
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MAKITA CA, MAKITA COM and other regional sites of Makita Corp.
Today I looked at statistics from Google Analytics, and saw that a lot of people looking for address of Makita web site in Canada, therefore I decided to publish a list of almost all regional Makita web sites:
- Makita USA (also known as Makita Com)
- Makita Canad(also known as Makita Ca)
- Makita Latin America
- Makita Brazil
- Makita Belgium
- Makita Russia
- Makita Austria
- Makita Czech Republic
- Makita Denmark
- Makita Finland
- Makita France
- Makita Germany
This list is not full, if you want to view full list of official sites please visit
this page
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If you are looking for Makita tools try to visit this site
Also you can read about Makita company - top cordless drill maker
Milwaukee Cordless Drill Review
Tool review from Toolbelt Tips where Collin De Ruyck talk about his favorite cordless drill made by Milwaukee.
Makita customer service e-mail address. Where to find?
Who knows where to find the email address of Makita customer service?
I can't find it, I spent several hours trying to find e-mail address and did not find it at all. I just want to ask them a few things about cordless drill Makita BDF452HW. It is so easy to put e-mail address to your site, but they think that it is not necessary.
P.S
I checked sites:
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Cordless power drill + Office Chair = Fun!
Do you love spinning on office chair? Then try this steps bellow and have much more fun.
How to have fun with cordless drill:
- Install a hook into the basement ceiling
- Buy a steel rod from Home Depot and bend one end of it to form a mating hook
- Insert the other end in a powerful cordless drill
- Position a spinning chair under the hook, connect to the ceiling, and start spinning insanely fast
Idea and photo was "stolen" from Cevyn
What's the difference in Makita BDF452H and Makita BDF452HW?
The answer is there are NO DIFFERENCE, because model BDF452H does not exist, this just misspelling. You can check official page of Makita BDF452HW
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