Great drill

[dcxplant]

My Makita keyless chuck let me down for the last time.

No matter how tight I try, the chuck lets the shanks slip. I had a bad day, and was looking forward to some garage time on a train board drilling pilot holes and installing supports with 3" #6 screws. That Makita had me drilling multiple pill holes or get to the right size because the bits slipped, stripped screw head after screw head, and ruined three #2 Philppes bits. I got so mad I used the chord to get serious air and build speed as the drill made it's ascent and descent to its final doom and destruction on he driveway cement. Gotta admit, it felt good.

Went to store picked up a Milwaukee 1/2" Magnum keyed chuck 8amp drill. Did not like it. Cheap, and the T handle flexed and had no groove to keep it from slipping off. No warm and fuzzy with three inches of wood to go through and an 8amp motor in my hand.

Bunch of research, then I found the best drill I've ever used!

Metabo BE751. Why so great?
-made in Germany to a high degree of precision.

-efficient. 6.5a vs 8a for the Milwaukee, but the Metabo is far more powerful. Don't ask me how...it just is. It drilled and drove with much more authority and ease than the higher amp Milwaukee.

-two speeds; 1000rpm/3000/rpm vs fixed 850rpm

-clutch. Yeas, a clutch. Ever have a powerful 1/2 in high amp drill bind and fling your wrists halfway to China, yeah, no fun, Metabo's clutch prevents that by disengaging in a bind.

-ambidextrous, solid, and positive acting direction switch.

-T hande has teeth all around the collar vs. Just one detent, and the Metabo has a groove so the handle will not slip off vertically.

-comfortable rubber grip.

-German engineering and build quality and it is $10 less than what I paid for the Milwaukee. I paid $129 from an Amazon retailer with free shipping.

This is a serious commercial drill.

 

[arjay]

The Germans know how to engineer power tools to work.The others engineer for the accountants...

 

[dcxplant]

What amazed me is that it is engineered and built in Germany, but was $10 less than the Milwaukee Magnum made in China!

Trust me, no German works for $5 a day or whatever slave wages they pay in China.

We have been conditioned to be happy with utter garbage for products from decades of a big race to the bottom (taking economics).

 

[Kinman]

Years ago I bought my first battery powered drill/driver it was a Porter Cable made in the USA, it was only a 12volt but I did a ton of work with it, dropped it off a roofing project and cracked the handle, duct taped it and used it another 6 years. Finally the batteries would not hold a charge and the price of another pair of batteries was nearly $120, I went shopping for another drill/driver. I talked to guys in the trade that used them daily and was sold on a new 18volt Makita, I bought a set with the drill/driver and hex head impact driver. They both have headlights and have been amazing in every way, I've worked on deck projects with friends that after using the little impact driver went out and bought the set. So far the set has done countless drilling around the house and two or three deck projects a couple of wheelchair ramps and one of the neatest things I figured out polishing and champhering cartridge cases. I chuck the Lee cartridge holder into the drill and slip a 45/70 case in champher and bevel the neck then with super light 00000steel wool put a nice polish on it.
I hardly ever go to the trouble to dig out and hook up my Milwaukee power drills unless it requires real horsepower and the impact driver will outdrill even my big hole hawger when it comes to driving screws, even 3" deck screws (especially if you spend a little more for square drive), if the screw will hold together that impact driver will sink it faster than anything I have ever used...BBBBBRRRRRTTTT.....Next

 

[dcxplant]

My Makita 18v cordless has been awesome. The Makita I sent to its fragmented doom was a corded model I got because I needed more power and didn't want to buy several batteries to be able to work all day.

I've used this Metabo now for almost a week and I'm practically inventing stuff just to use it.

Their motto is "don't play. Work".

I think it should be "Metabo the best drill you've never heard of".

 

[jimmib]

never heard of it but will check it out

 

[Nedroe]

Metabo Drills......

I have 2 of 'em. One 1/2", one 3/8. I've had 'em for 20 years. They used to be a lot more expensive & not near as well known as they are today. Just keep puttin' new cords on 'em & go. Droped 'em from30 feet. You just can't wear 'em out!


Ned

 

[bamabiker]

Reading their website they have 2 manufacturing sites, one in Nurtingen, Germany and one in Shanghai, China.
Wouldn't you know it.

 

[chief38]

I've got 2 Milwaukee Drills but they are both from the the mid 80's and were both built in the USA. One is the 3/8" "Hole Shooter" and the other is the 1/2" Magnum. Both are 30 years old and both get used weekly. They are work horses and have never given me a any issues to curse at them.

One of my friends admired my Milwaukee Magnum model and he went out and bought one - but to my surprise yes........ they are now made in China.

 

[H Richard]

My wife is a decorator, and does her own installing of draperies and window treatments. She has a Makita 9.5V that she has been using for over 10 years, and won't part with it. The batteries died several years ago, and I was able to find replacements. To her it is the right weight, size, and power. The trigger switch went about two years ago, and I had to find a repairmen that could replace it. She won't part with it.

 

[bamabiker]

My wife is a decorator, and does her own installing of draperies and window treatments. She has a Makita 9.5V that she has been using for over 10 years, and won't part with it. The batteries died several years ago, and I was able to find replacements. To her it is the right weight, size, and power. The trigger switch went about two years ago, and I had to find a repairmen that could replace it. She won't part with it.

Are they the long black batteries or the short orange/red ones?