1/4-Inch Hex Adapter Chuck

[cwsmith]

I just got an E-mail for this "special buy" from Lee-Valley and thought many of you might be interested.

Good price, but limited quantity on these: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...,42334&p=69869


This was quite timely for me, as I just went through the task of hanging some shades in which I had to drill the mounting holes close to top inside of a window frame. My drills were too fat to fit and the only drill that I had that was small enough, had a hex chuck (Ryobi Tek4). The 100 year old oak was like a rock, and I snapped the only hex-drill bit (speed load) that I had.

None of my local stores sold (or even heard of) an adapter chuck. Now it looks like I'm going to have a couple.

CWS

[cabinetman]

What's the advantage of having a chuck with a hex shaft mount?

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[BigguyZ]

There are a couple of advantages with these.

-For standard drill chucks, many of the chucks don't tighten down to a very small diameter. So if you have a small drill bit for fine work, you can't use it with your standard 18v drill.

-For those using an impact driver or 12v driver like the Bosch that only has a hex shaft, this will allow them to cheaply and quickly adapt to be able to use a standard non-hex shaft drill bit.

[pelligrini]

What's the advantage of having a chuck with a hex shaft mount?

Quick swapping between a hex bit and drill bit would be one. I love my flip drill/driver combos, but the drill bit sizes are limited.

I picked up a hex bit adapter for my Yankee driver, one of those chucks would be nice for it too.

[tommyt654]

Thanks ordered 1 of each,looks like they'll be handy to have around

[herb fellows]

i looked at it, but the shipping was $3 more than the product.

[cwsmith]

Yeah, the "shipping" will certainly cause one to blink... but without a local source the total (for me, anyway) of $14.64 for both the large and small chucks still makes it a good buy.

Unless you can find a free shipping point, (and those usually require a minimum order of $50 or so), there are not usually any alternatives.

CWS

[pelligrini]

i looked at it, but the shipping was $3 more than the product.

Throw in a low angle jack, or a block plane with a new PM-V11 iron and shipping would just be a fraction of the total cost.

[dbhost]

Guys,

This thread has been reported as having inappropriate posts. While I don't see anything in appropriate in any of the posts directly, some of the language can be construed to be aggressive, and potentially if taken to an extreme, seen as attacking another member. Let's please be mindful of our tone and word selection. Let's keep bt3central / sawdustzone a friendly place for folks to share ideas and experiences.

Thank you.

[big tim]

Guys,

This thread has been reported as having inappropriate posts. While I don't see anything in appropriate in any of the posts directly, some of the language can be construed to be aggressive, and potentially if taken to an extreme, seen as attacking another member. Let's please be mindful of our tone and word selection. Let's keep bt3central / sawdustzone a friendly place for folks to share ideas and experiences.

Thank you.

Wow. I have read this thread and then of course noted your post and then read it again very carefully, but I can't for the life of me figure out why someone would suggest that any of the posts in this thread is inappropriate. What am I missing.
Regards,

Tim

[cwsmith]

Guys,

This thread has been reported as having inappropriate posts. While I don't see anything in appropriate in any of the posts directly, some of the language can be construed to be aggressive, and potentially if taken to an extreme, seen as attacking another member. Let's please be mindful of our tone and word selection. Let's keep bt3central / sawdustzone a friendly place for folks to share ideas and experiences.

Thank you.

[pelligrini]

The posts were removed. I've got a quote in mine above from Cabinetman, but the originating post and a couple other posts are gone. No big thing anyways, not even a burnt popcorn kernel worth.

[Black wallnut]

As mentioned several posts were removed. One has since been restored. Bargain Alerts is for the posting of bargains. Off topic posts may be removed. This is not the forum for discussing the relative merits of the tools posted, we have Tool Talk for that.

[big tim]

As mentioned several posts were removed. One has since been restored. Bargain Alerts is for the posting of bargains. Off topic posts may be removed. This is not the forum for discussing the relative merits of the tools posted, we have Tool Talk for that.

Thanks, Mark.
That explains why I couldn't find anything inappropriate!

Tim