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MTB-Idle

Yup I love my Makita impact driver which I got as part of a combo set a few years ago. You can clearly see that the impact driver gets far more use than the drill.

Which reminds me, why does the bit keep rounding off. Poor technique or cheap bits or summat else?

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Kimmo in reply to @MTB-Idle

Cheap Philips bits are useless for impact. Good ones last a great deal longer, but still gradually wear - you can minimise this by paying attention to driver setting and the angle you hold it, to try and ensure the rattle you hear is the impact mechanism and not the bit turning in the screw.

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MTB-Idle in reply to @Kimmo

Sure, I rounded one off shortly before posting the above and went and got yet another one from my box of accumulated drill bits.

Stuck it in and it rounded off after using it to insert just 3 screws. Pretty sure it wasn't my technique at fault and just a cheap bit.

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