Battery powered hand drill speicial for tapping.

[Black Forest]

I watched a video on YouTube of a guy building a high end hand rail on customers home. He was tapping holes using a Metabo drill and it has a built in tapping setting to reverse the tap just like using a tapping head on a drill press. The chuck apparently has provisions for the square end of the shanks. Metabo used to make really good drills so I am not surprised. I have an electric plug in model and it just keeps on working no matter how much I abuse it.

Here is a German link. Metabo Akku-Gewindebohrer GB 18 LTX BL Q I Kunststoffkoffer; 18V 2x5.5Ah LiHD + ASC 145 | Contorion.de

[eKretz]

Saw that. Pretty cool.

[DrMike]

For someone who needs something like that, it's not all that expensive
Metabo-602362840-GB-18-LTX-BL-Q-I-Cordless-Tapper

[Toolguy]

Here is something I use a lot in regular reversible cordless drills. Just add a 1/4" hex to 3/8"square adapter.

https://www.amazon.com/Hanson-3095001-2-Piece-Adjustable-Socket/dp/B000TGM7HY/ref=sr_1_48?keywords=irwin+tools&link_code=qs&qid=1673809720&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-48

[old mart]

Metabo are top quality, and only for the seriously wealthy. The only Metabo product that I have is a right angle attachment for drills with the 43mm front collar and that cost, without even a chuck, £50, 20 years ago.

[boslab]

They were £206 in a local outlet (ffx I think) not that bad really, a Milwaukee isn’t far off that, if I get a serious amount of tapping I’d get one to be honest, plus the nose fits a cheap drill stand so you can go bench top, very tempting ( my tapping is not as square as I’d like since glasses!
thanks for the tap, I mean tip
mark

[Ed ke6bnl]

Here is something I use a lot in regular reversible cordless drills. Just add a 1/4" hex to 3/8"square adapter.


https://www.amazon.com/Hanson-309500...search&sr=8-48

thats what I have and can have a long extension for hard to reach items, also have the fixed size ones as a set.

[Paul Alciatore]

It sounds neat, but I am not going to accept cookies in order to see it. Got a better link?

[CarlByrns]

Metabo are top quality, and only for the seriously wealthy. The only Metabo product that I have is a right angle attachment for drills with the 43mm front collar and that cost, without even a chuck, £50, 20 years ago.

Most of my cordless tools are Metabo- they're not that expensive, competitive with DeWalt and sold at blue big box stores in the Colonies.

You want expensive, price out Fein or Festool.

[Doozer]

Here is something I use a lot in regular reversible cordless drills. Just add a 1/4" hex to 3/8"square adapter.


https://www.amazon.com/Hanson-309500...search&sr=8-48

Lisle tap sockets are good as well.



--Doozer

[Dan Dubeau]

These are my favourite tap drivers. .

Bottom to top is 4-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-24, 1/4-20. All work great in a 1/4" hex driver (not impact) drill with clutch, or standard battery drill. As well as a host of 1/4" drive accessories like an angle head, and extensions, put this little ratcheting hex driver. Not an end all be all solution, but my go to about 80% of the time.


I do like that instant reverse feature of the drill shown though. That would be really handy for site work when you have to tap a large # of holes. Something like building 80/20 extrusion frames etc, or similar. That's would also be great to integrate into an articulating tapping arm. I like them, but would prefer an airless system sometimes.

[Toolguy]

What are those called? Where do you get them?

[Dan Dubeau]

I just call them 1/4" hex tap drivers. Something I made about 10 or so years ago. Hole in the end is sized to fit the tap shank, and the slot from the side to fit the square drive. How they intersect makes a nice tight fit to hold the tap, yet still allows the tap to be removed. If the fit is a little off you can prick punch the slot to raise some material to provide a bit tighter fit, as seen on the 10-24 (2nd from top). They were a lunch time project at work many years ago that have paid dividends ever since.

[old mart]

That one in Black Forest's # 1 post is priced at 587.66 Euro's, if thats cheap to you, good luck, my limit is 1/10 of that, Parkside from Lidl.

[Noitoen]

That one in Black Forest's # 1 post is priced at 587.66 Euro's, if thats cheap to you, good luck, my limit is 1/10 of that, Parkside from Lidl.

You're comparing apples and pears (rotten). The regular Metabo drill will have almost the same price. In my opinion, Metabo is still one of the best brands of tools around.