Product Details
* Amazon Sales Rank: # 16,910 in Home Improvement
* Brand: DEWALT
* Model: DC988KA
* Number of items: 1
* Dimensions: 5.25 "H x 14.25" W x 16.00 "l, 13.75 pounds
Features * Ideal for drilling in a variety of materials, concrete blocks and plaster and stucco for Adobe
* Three data rates and robust engine produces 500-inch-per-pound of torque
* 100-hundred-slide metal ratchet reduces bit 'Chuck
* The maximum speed of 34,000 BPM BPM Masonry
Complete with two batteries XRP Extended Run Time, 1-battery hours, double ended screwdriver bit, 360-degree side handle, and a carrying case *
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description Ideal for drilling in a variety of materials, cement blocks, plaster and stucco and DEWALT DC988 Adobe is a workhorse for the powerful, boasting 1.2 inches is 100 percent ratchet plate with powerful jaws carbide, a three - during transmission and a robust engine produces 500 inch / lb of torque. The XRP DC988KA uses a permanent ramp more time to save battery and a screwdriver, unit holders and the die size standard in your body. Addition, the tool will ratchet prevents hammer action that the Union, and combined with an ergonomic design to reduce user fatigue. Finally, a maximum speed of 34,000 BPM BPM is achieved - ideal for masonry work. DC988KA XRP batteries comes with two days of continuous operation, a charger hours, double ended screwdriver bit, 360-degree side handle, and pouch.
Reviews
Rotary hammer drill vs hammer
A note for "R. Saccenti" There's a big difference between the rotary and hammer. To use the hammer, even cordless DEWALT 2 plates which in turn channeled toward one another. when they hatch and into the slots of connection with the explosion is heard. This "hammer" of food, which in turn drives the bit in the masonry material. I remember the masonry drill by hand? He had shot himself with a heavy hammer and struck him, as drilled. A hammer drill is the same principle. Tips for masonry are more effective than a reason to dust off more quickly, so that the bit to go further and faster.
rotary hammer is extremely more efficient than a jackhammer, because driving a piston that releases the energy of the chuck with measurable impact. in reality there is no doubt about which is better. Hammers are heavy and expensive. Hammers are larger, less noisy, expensive, and part-time work 95% less with less effort.
Now we hammer around, but expensive. Hilti is a 18v, 24v and 36v a book. DEWALT and BOSCH 24v one. Milwaukee is a 28V. I apologize if I left a couple.
when drilling in concrete, I use a jackhammer, especially if it's old (heavy) of cement. Concrete is hard, but light on concrete block, stucco, clay, plaster, this one I DEWALT hammer drill and I enjoy every time I use it. I drill the hole in the drive and TAPCON (blue concrete screws) with the same instrument. Driving with a Tapcon hammer drill, which is usually broken into two.
Everyone should have a hammer drill of the battery, rather than a standard cable. is much more versatile. if you have one, you will use. Most professionals have a cordless hammer drill and a regular exercise at the same voltage. and for drilling and one for the unit.
When you buy this year, will be satisfied not only the use but to be used, namely the hard cement.
fastest 18-volt hammer, never going to use, the new Makita lithium-ion. Es) of energy compared with low-quality cable rotarty hammer hammer (for holes of small diameter.
DC988KA 18-Volt Hammer 4
I've seen recently purchased the new model and still has all of the last two 18-volt 1 / 2 "cordless models. Older units have many years of heavy daily use in the field and held up well, but they and their batteries I'm tired. You only need occasional maintenance, such as boxes, new brush engine manifold garments, interior cleaning and lubrication. the service of all my instruments, and this is just regular maintenance they need most of my power tools, at least one year. I also have other brands and the use of cables 1 / 2 "hammer, and various sizes of SDS and spline drive rotary hammers.
The DC988 is my full story Screwdriver / Drill all purpose workhorse, I put on my belt clip or in my tool bucket and goes everywhere with me in every workplace. Battery life is very good with the hammer, as it was, my old patterns. The road block is excellent and even in older models and now it is something that could never do without.
Contrary to some opinions of people, a hammer, is not the same as a bum and never has been a unique tool for drilling in masonry.
Although cable hammers have more power, even a cordless phone, like them, is more versatile than a standard drill.
With disabilities how to hammer, which is used to adjust the drilling metal and wood, or the unit with screws and fasteners.
In hammer mode, often with a saw, especially the larger ones used for the production of clean penetrations through exterior walls covered in wood for pipes, cables or 4 "ventilation hood. L 'Tools Hammer Action Ratchet helps cut the hole saw wood chips from the teeth and reduces binding to accelerate drilling, which is much easier for the operator. Spade / Paddle bit type work faster in hammer mode. Because the function of a hammer that regularly use the DC988 with up to a 4-5/8 "hole saw DEWALT said that although the maximum size is only 2".
Cordless Impact Wrench Although now widely used, I use even in low-speed with the nut and plug adapter driver for driving fasteners such as # 14 hex head screws or 1 / 4 "wood screws pre-beam pilot holes . hammering the fixing unit quickly and helps the screw heads up driver taken outside. DC988KA cancellation up to 34,000 BPM, and works with 1 / 4 "or smaller rotary percussion bit to make holes in the concrete block and holes for plastic anchors conical or Tapcon fasteners. If you have lots of this kind of attachment to do all day, it will be much higher productivity, with a standard cable. If on the other hand, may be in the middle of a task can be done and just need a couple of 1 / 4 small holes or anchor, sometimes, this tool can save another trip by truck to his grave with Trapani cable and 100 foot extension cable. N. hammers, regardless of voltage or the manufacturer is suitable for drilling in hardened concrete is poured. cable models also are not the best choice for this type of work and particularly with pieces 1 / 2 used "in diameter or less, but since most of the time enough electricity to make a hole through a sheet of 8 inches to 3 / 4 inches in diameter, although unnecessarily hard on the instrument and the operator and other people around you is without doubt the most angry and bleeding from the ears, because the sound of intense screaming that make the models use long cables. A small cordless SDS hammer drill as the 18 volt Dewalt DW999K-2 is best for this type of work. I also have this model, and contributed a few years ago it was. "He knows drill bit but it is too cumbersome and heavy for all uses.
According to DeWalt, DC988KA Drill ,05-oz weighs little more than a standard 18-volt Drill Driver DC987KA. Torque, speed and all other details are exactly the same. Since there are only twenty dollars more in price, for my needs, greater flexibility in the application, which offers low weight makes a difference DC988KA Hammerdrill the obvious choice for my whole day's work in drilling and fastening technology .
Do not buy for Hammer feature
The names are kept in this exercise, of a letter here and there, but the difference is the packaging. Attempts to hide comments on this book. I love my old Dewalt drill / driver. But back to the "Hammer" model is a bust, and it should be. This is far from what you are trying to get to drilling in masonry, especially concrete. And if you're not, why buy this instead of the drill / driver model (which I own and love)? The good news: a major transformation of the spin. The bad news did not have the power to work, even the most basic (drilling) of 3 / 16 "hole a few inches in a heavy slab of concrete. I cut my teeth into a high power drill (worth at least twice the purchase price, I know) I had to borrow more. DeWalt, model, and has gone through several bits, fucking bits. Worried, I went ahead and borrowed the real instrument in one of the bits I 'd been a curse, and the right ... zip zip zip through the material. If you are considering buying a high What a bore, you will be disappointed. Unfortunately, a Heavy-Duty Hammerdrill time is twice what I wanted here. There is no free rides. I needed the hard way that the purchase of more money to learn, I hope you saved a lesson.
