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This drill is fantastic in all aspects. It handles real good and perfect for drilling big holes.
With the switch fully depressed the drill would start and stop on its own. Mine broke the handle off due to a faulty trigger switch. Buyer beware.china.really. Stop, don't buy this if you expect the typical quality from Milwaukee. These are now made in China. It almost broke my wrist.
I returned the drill for a refund and purchased the standard right angle drill instead. Needless to say I am unhappy with the delay, since I am a small contractor and should be starting another job Monday instead of having to spend another day on this one.Amazon was very helpful in returning this item. For this to happen, the screw had to be loose from the factory. Upon examination I found that the left hand threaded screw that locks the chuck on the shaft was broken allowing the chuck to unwind off the shaft when the drill was reversed. The reason I say this is that while drilling the third 3/4" I reversed the drill to clean the bit, the chuck wound off the shaft and there between the joist was a bit half way through with the chuck attached. This is a very powerful drill and I have no doubt that it will drill most any size hole that you have a bit for but I think that Milwaukee should have a little better quality control. The only to remove them was to back them out useing a pipe wrench. A quick inspection would have prevented this and I would not have lost 2 days on a job that I needed to finish by this friday.
This drill powers through studs and floor joist like butter. I'm an electrician and I have to drill a lot of holes when roughing in a house. I love it and would recommended it to anyone.
I now understand why the manual devotes significant time to being careful. To the gentleman who reviewed the 1680-21 and gave it 4 stars for simply arriving at the house and didn't test it;"gee that makes sense" During installation of a waste line section (4") the bi-metal bit jammed on low speed. Two days and some Ben-Gay does wonders.
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