Archive for April 30th, 2008

My cordless drill says it’s got an electric brake as a feature? What’s the brake for?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Narky asked:


I’ve got this exact drill….. (although paid lot lot less than this)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Makita-Combi-Drill-18V_W0QQitemZ260110664763QQihZ016QQcategoryZ20777QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Can you please explain in simple terms why it’s got an electric brake? Surely if I’m drilling in to something difficult I don’t want it to brake to be somehow applied to make it even harder.

Also I need to put up some brackets in the garage, and the garage is made of brick. Would I be able to use this type of cordless drill to drill in to brickwork, or is it not suitable? I don’t want to wreck the drill.

Thanks.

Edith

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