Bob77064
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Are there any good 3/8" corded drills that have a key chuck. Seems like they all are keyless now. It seems to me that with a key you can tighten the chuck more.
Keyless Chucks
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EddieWalker
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I have a Bosch corded 3/8's drill with a keyless chuck that is a little over a year old that is doing very well. No complaints.
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Bob77064
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Bosch is a good brand, I need to look at those.
BHD
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If one tightens them correctly the key-less are a very good chuck, snug it up and then turn it until it clicks a few times, (and think they hold as good as any keyed chuck),
the first key less I did not know how to work correctly and had trouble with it,
the first key less I did not know how to work correctly and had trouble with it,
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Bob77064
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Thanks for the advice, I did not know that.
We use cordless keyless drills everyday at our manufacturing business and have found Milwaukee drills to have the best keyless chucks as well as having long operating lives. We just bought reconditioned 18.2 volt lithium ion Milwaukee drills because we needed the tax deduction and figured the lighter weight would be would be beneficial. The NiCad units are still in use but moved to a less active area. The same is not true for our Craftsman drills of the same age.
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DeWalt 21002 is super nice keyed drill.
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I like Makita cordless drills, also with keyless chucks. I think they are very good and tighten well enough for any application, including steel. I also have keyless chucks for my drill presses, one dedicated, and one with morse taper (so removable). On Drill presses I use Albrecht keyless chucks, which are made in Germany, and are very strong. I'm a bit of a drill press collector, so I also have keyed chucks... you can never have too many drills and/or drill presses.
Hmm...
Hmm...
Scooby074
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like many things there are different levels of quality for chucks.
My dewalt XRP came with a good jacobs metal chuck. It was "good" only as it would slip the occasional time. I had it replaced with a revised model under warranty that was 10x better. It basically never slips when i tighten it correctly.
To tighten correctly, you have to tighten it several "clicks" (it has a ratcheting mechanism) past "snug". Its hard to explain, but you can feel the ratchet making it "extra" tight.
Id have no qualms about recommending the ALL METAL jacobs ratcheting chuck on the XRP's. If the chuck has any plastic on it (like the area where you tighten) walk away.
For comparison the plastic jacobs on my homeowner grade makita is basically worthless.
My dewalt XRP came with a good jacobs metal chuck. It was "good" only as it would slip the occasional time. I had it replaced with a revised model under warranty that was 10x better. It basically never slips when i tighten it correctly.
To tighten correctly, you have to tighten it several "clicks" (it has a ratcheting mechanism) past "snug". Its hard to explain, but you can feel the ratchet making it "extra" tight.
Id have no qualms about recommending the ALL METAL jacobs ratcheting chuck on the XRP's. If the chuck has any plastic on it (like the area where you tighten) walk away.
For comparison the plastic jacobs on my homeowner grade makita is basically worthless.
ThomasH
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Most of the industrial drills come with good keyed jacobs chucks, or a specialty chuck such as a snap hex chuck. You should be able to get a drill from Milwaukee or Bosch that has a chuck. It might have to come from a tool place though, rather that one of the big box stores as they keep cutting back on what they are carrying.
Good luck!
Good luck!