You would be amazed the situations absent of mains power making cordless necessary. I must insert I've a Milwaukee Magnum 1/2" Holeshooter which is 20 years old and will outlive every cordless I've ever purchased as will the Sawzall, Circular saw, etc., Eliminating the umbilical cord though will always increase productivity while decreasing frustrations to an extent making cordless indefensible when power isn't available. In the States availability of High end cordless tool's is evidently 1/2 what you are paying in your locale giving great credence to your solution. Sorry If I offended yet I still feel converting cordless to corded kind of defeats the original purpose, convenience, and increase in utility of the new cordless offerings. I have been fortunate that the majority of jobs I've worked on were inhabited by person's aware that my tools are my living and have respected that fact. I'm adverse to the cost of the required XFMR to supply needed power for cordless tools. There's nothing I hate more than a derelict attempting to sell stolen tools on a jobsite for 1/10 what they actually sell for. If job site theft is a main concern when purchasing, choosing, and comparing available tools I believe I would locate workmates a tad more respectful of others tools. The corded tools do have an appreciable increase in torque and speed over battery operated though and in your situation I believe, given the cost, I would stick with corded exclusively and invest in heavy duty extension cords. $1000.00 for a rechargeable Lithium set-up would reduce me to corded tools also. I appreciate your reasoning and well know the sinking feeling when quality tools grow feet and are never seen again. Sand the ID of the clamp halves until you get a snug fit around the jacket Make sure the clamp halves can completely encircle the OD of the outer jacket of the cableħ. The swivel adapter consists of (3) partsĦ. Cut back about 6" of the outer jacket insulation from the cableĤ. I've also uploaded the stl files onto under the title of "18V Battery Swivel Cable Lock" if you have access to a 3D printer.ģ. The remainder of this tutorial will be using the swivel adapter. This swivel adapter allows the cable to pivot from the front of the battery pack to the rear anywhere within the 180deg angle. Option B: Install a swivel adapter I've designed and will be making available on in the near future. You can even add a rubber boot over the wire as it exits the battery cover to act as a strain-relief. Routing the wire.There are 2 options Option A: Drill a hole in the battery cover the diameter of the outer jacket of the wire. Remember this cord is going to be connected up to your power supply, but you can always use an extension cord if your tool will be far from the power supply. Using heavy gauge power cord (16 awg) cut off the female receptacle end. Wiring of the power supply to a dead battery is very straightforward, but the following instructable goes through the details step-by-step.ġ. I eventually chose a 350w AC/DC power supply produced by a reputable company called Meanwell with a voltage range of 15-18volts DC. Turns out, switching power supplies are very common everywhere in the world, affordable and come in a variety of voltage and power ratings. After a little more research I found that the common everyday laptop power supply is what they call a "switch power supply". The principal of the pc power supply was sound, I just needed something bigger. Even at 180 watts, the biggest pc power supplies couldn't provide enough to overcome the start-up current of my battery operated circular saw or angle grinder. Then I came across the idea of using an old laptop power supply in place of the battery.The voltage seemed right, but alas the wattage was too small. I found guys connecting car batteries to their drill.ummmm no thanks. As anyone in my situation might do, I scoured the internet for an alternative solution. Neither one of those two options appealed to me nor did I have the time to order the parts from overseas. Your faced with two options.Drop $50-$100 on a new set of batteries or try rebuilding them yourself. Then the inevitable happens.you get the dreaded blinking set of lights on your charger and the batteries die out almost instantly. Now I enjoy all the benefits of battery operated power tools just as much as the next guy.They're convenient, flexible, and you can usually get quite an assortment of tools that run off the same battery. So I came up with a setup to run my tools off AC (household current) safely and with no worries of my tools dying halfway into the job. About a year ago, I found myself with a dead battery for my Ryobi 18V cordless tools and no means of getting a new one as I was working overseas. Necessity is truly the mother of all inventions.and my case was no different.
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