BOLTR: Makita Brushless Impact Driver

[@LordDratsab]

Props for showing the result of the click-bait thumbnail in the first 30 seconds.

[@DetourswithFrank]

LordDratsab do you understand how asinine what you just said is? Of course not. If he showed the results, then it is not click bait!

[@Cipher160]

Welcome to the modern youtube. Where interesting = click bait now apparently. I miss the good old days where it was just misleading stuff that sounded interesting but was a boring story.

[@mysss29]

...that doesn't even make sense...

[@biguprochester]

Your mom bought the click bait when she met your dad. Here you are.

[@jbGraphics_]

^

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

Can't believe KZbin allows that rough 2-on-1 hammering.

[@802Garage]

I finally found out what S, H, and T stand for. I kid you not I spent 10 minutes searching for a model that had it, since they use 1-4 or a 1-9 digital display now, and then had to look through a PDF of the operator's manual. Soft, Hard, and Tighten. Soft for a gentler blow, Hard for really beating on your nuts, and Tighten to get it right to the edge without busting it. In case anyone was wondering, it was driving me crazy.

[@goose300183]

Nice, thanks! I thought it must be in a language other than English.

[@Heggethorn.warrior]

thank you for your service!

[@802Garage]

@@Heggethorn.warrior Very welcome!

[@tylerthegrimm]

Thank you

[@wwsxa39]

And there was me thinking T mode stood for "Tek mode" since it's used for Tek screws (self drilling screws for metal). It spins fast initially for the drilling part and then slows down for the impact part so as not to damage the threads formed in the metal. H and S stand for "Hard" and "Soft" according to the manual.

[@3GForestproducts]

high speed camera on the internals of a working impact gun, way cool!

[@microbuilder]

Made me wonder if some sort of cam system could be used rather than a spring, so that the hammers engage the anvil more directly, rather than bouncing around. Would probably be a costly nightmare to manufacture though.

[@mikesavage8793]

That bounce made sense to me for an impact driver, the secondary strikes increases the effect of the impact.

[@nbrosens]

No it doesn't, since it strikes with way less energy than the first impact, therefore producing less torque and being inconsequential to smacking the nut or farstner.

[@laamatoro2684]

uhmw has superior wear resistance against low speed abrasion compared to hard steel. Its tougher so it deforms around abraision points and springs back rather than fretting, micro fracturing, or the plastic flow of softer steel.

[@campbellpaul]

A plastic spacer is a good thing. Why would you want metal-on-metal friction on a passive part?

[@colinmcewen9512]

I have been pleasuring myself with the Makita for the past 2 weeks and I am in love. Plenty of torque and really handles my wood like a pro

[@samueleclarke7736]

scott harwood Toss up between squeeze to please or drill to thrill

[@userPrehistoricman]

Do you hammer the drill, or does it hammer you?

[@johnussss]

The multi tools are best adapted for pleasing ones self

[@colinmcewen9512]

@@userPrehistoricman neither, we screw

[@tomcelona3533]

one of these guns just survived a 25' drop at our jobsite yesterday. battery poped out. put er back in. no problems at all. no cracks.. nothing. kind of amazing

[@ulle500]

Pretty impressive. I've done a accidental karate kick to a pneutrend cordless impact wrench from 6'ish meters(20feet) Something came apart in the battery during that but when it works, it works fine.

[@andyv4585]

dropped my Dewalt from about 20ft on to concrete and it survived too. battery didn't pop out but it did get cracked. i thought i was gonna be going to buy a new drill, very impressed how tough some of these tools have become

[@Bacnow]

Tom Celona -- My makita slid off a roof of a two story home and 3 weeks ago! As i was staring in horror, it seemed to fall in slow motion, hit the concrete, battery flew into the bushes......15 minutes later she was back in business. No cracks, no chips, no scratches! I think that damn tool is either a zombie or knows how to skirt the laws of physics!

[@antonylopez5742]

if you get lucky they'll break.

[@whitacrebespoke]

I dropped my old dewalt NIMH drill from 10ft and it imploded spread its guts all over the place. I dropped my Makita impact driver 14days after I got it there’s a scuff on the battery and a mark on the over moulding other than that it’s going grand. Cordless kit has moved a long way in past 5 years.

[@jimmybobhere]

AvE shows us how to CAREFULLY remove stickers off of tools, etc so as to avoid voiding the warranty, then he machines a big hole in the driver end of an impact drill. I'm so confused! Joking aside, great videos!

[@NickMoore]

Thanks for the shout out. Great pick for the milling music, it's my plant's maintenance crew theme song!

[@алекским-х6ч]

on your channel too smartly assembled)

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Cheers Nick! Still working off my fuse debt. ;-)

[@NickMoore]

Holy hell my inbox, consider it paid! Your impact gun peep hole is way nicer than my angle grinder job, I wonder if I can fit a mill in the basement...

[@probsty13]

there is only one way to find out eh lol

[@AnarchistAaron]

Great stuff, both of you guys keep up the awesome content been a fan since the start

[@VisceralApex]

Love your videos! I work at an Ace hardware and these videos help me explain to customers just how complex tools and fasteners really are. Thanks for your commitment!

[@e-diy]

I used to work with Makitas all the time building wind turbines. Once, one of them felt from the third tower to the second one inside (right next to me). It was a 25m drop. Grabbed it, pushed the button and continued to work (Note: it dropped on a metal floor, not on a soft spot that could work as a "pillow"). They are great tools.

[@Blakehx]

Cool stuff as always, thanks! I agree, I like the lower weight but I'm tired of the plastic clamshell overmolds! I miss the days of solid metal housings that you could clean with a rag and some gas!

[@andrewspar436]

Great teardown! Since I own this impact driver myself, I am very glad to see, that I bought a good quality tool.

[@CheveeDodd]

better than Saturday morning cartoons!

[@DoRC]

0:45 it actually only twisted 1.5x as there are 6 sides originally

[@jfrohne]

Do R/C! one and a third to be precise

[@gpcgamerTV]

The slow motion footage of the hammering mechanism was amazing! Never seen something like that.

[@Zaku186]

Im in school now to be a machinist and ive been running around the shop saying "Skookum as frig!" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!

[@billcodey1430]

Who would have thought some crazy Canadian bumble would change the world..

[@unity3938]

Zaku186 I find myself doing the same all the time and it confuses the frig out of my coworkers!

[@mikezeke7041]

Tim Dodgson my helpers/coworkers have started saying skookum

[@laamatoro2684]

I don't even notice, I grew up with everybody using skookum. Its even part of place names around here. I'm not in Canadia but I am in the old chinook / H.B. Columbia district.

[@Zaku186]

It was a completely alien word to me before AVE. now i cant stop myself.

[@JordyValentine]

Ah, so that's how the Chineseium drill bits are made haha

[@The4362mont]

I can't get over the engineering. The sheer genius of design and invention. I realize everyone stands on the shoulders if the previous creator, but goddamn...just amazing to watch you disassemble and explain the work behind the tools...thx!

[@nelsondisalvatore9812]

12:40 "you gotta be shiting Me" 10 seconds later "no, no I did that on purpose, I'm a genius!" love it, and love this channel

[@JanBabiuchHall]

"Wouldn't be able to take much load because the balls are so small" I know that problem, bro.

[@Anguisette]

still waiting for AvE to discover the Hitachi Power Tools brand, so he can start tearing those apart.

[@prf4510]

Anguisette i would love to see him take apart table saws

[@Skidtire]

And kawasaki tools.

[@ovais909]

Hitachis are underrated

[@naebamil67]

Anguisette He reviewed their Magic Wand.

[@Fuzzycat16]

He already did a Used Magic Wand.

[@someone2506]

Worked for a contractor in an Intel factory, I've been handed this impact driver brand new. Most of the work was attaching pipe hangers on the ceiling H rails - 22mm bolts, alot.. I was absolutely amazed - the auto-impact setting lets you tighten to a certain degree, keeping the trigger pressed and it starts ramping up the torque - got another couple of turns effortlessly as if the bolt was loose again. Awsome tool 👍👍👍😎

[@timrr7]

the extra setting is for tek screws it adjusts the speed once it feels resistance.

[@darthtiberius3716]

AvE thank you for helping my anxiety and Asperger's there is nothing more satisfying than tearing something down other than watching someone else repeat my process

[@AfterDark33]

I remember, back when I was a young child, my dad had Makita drills, the real old kind with the big long battery that stuck itself in the handle.

[@viperstrike3827]

i still have one

[@sheldonfrey1]

These guns are the best of them all. I work in the RV (Camping Trailer) business. These brushless Makita guns are the favorite 4 to 1 over all other brands combined. I own the first version of the Transmission model and still works like a dream after years of heavy industrial use.

[@Michael-db1ce]

Without a doubt, the best tool review yet.

[@ChuckPuffe]

AvE, I never knew what an impact driver was for or how they worked until I watched this video. Thank you sir! Probably going to start my Milwaukee M18 tool collection with an impact driver now.

[@LazerLord10]

I've always wondered what the difference would be between the control loop in a brushless system like this in comparison to the ones in the hobbyist RC motors I'm familiar with. Those only have 3 wires for power to each field, and that's it.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

The difference is the load. RC controllers use voltagespikes from one of the magnets passing by a coil to estimate the location of the rotor. But those RC motors stall way sooner then the tool version. (I know your comment is 3 years old but maybe someone else has the same question)

[@needleneck3770]

@@SuperUltimateLP Some hobby motors have hall-effect sensors in them for position. They're called sensored motors and most people use them in crawlers from their excellent control at low speed.

[@mcgallionjr]

The narration is given in the barest shop/garage grammar, but it does not subtract from the excellent descriptive summaries of the bill of materials and enginerding processess. An unparalleled introduction to troubleshooting and root cause investigations. A real pro presentation. Best mfking teardown video on yourtube.

[@cspenley]

The music major in me appreciates the concert band music, while the 10 year old me who disassembled almost everything in the house appreciates the rest of the vijeo.

[@satchelsieniewicz738]

not twisted 8 times you would have to divide by the number of initial ridges like starts on a thread. so 8/6 its only been twisted 1.33 times

[@777warhero]

Cold air intake for tools? Why didn't I think of that? It's genius.

[@zendell37]

I've got a DeWalt brushless impact and love it. It works so well. It's amazing how far handheld power tools have come in ten years.

[@rattatoolie7253]

You should try this with a 3rd gen Milwaukee impact driver

[@user-km6yl9tu6v]

learn a lot from your videos, they are entertaining and educational, not just in terms of the tools but other stuff too Thankyou for linking Nick Moore's videos, the one about the Paul Trap helped but things into context what the lecturer was saying

[@Lzryde]

Very cool. But brushed milwaukee didn't stand a chance against brushless makita

[@jeremyfisher9102]

Lzryde I was thinking it would be closer to an even match seeing as how they are both made by the same company.

[@JoeBrommer]

Jeremy Fisher you are mistaken. Makita is still owned by Makita. Everyone other tool how ever yes, is owned by Techronics.

[@summitm18hvac90]

Close match? Put that makita against a brushless equivalent

[@BenJamin-ou7kd]

I saw that coming, after dismantling many impacts, that flat part of the aluminum housing is there to help it stay together with the plastic housing and keep it from spinning

[@PatrickRich]

couldn't be better timed. Shopping that makita right now.

[@MikkoPaakkola]

I think the max spinning speed is measured without load and the hammering frequency is measured with load, and the actual motor speed at that moment drops significantly.

[@iamjackalope]

The rubber over molding keeps the driver from sliding on a flat surface like a roof.

[@paulwharton1850]

Truly fascinating. Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to show `'Hammer Action". I never really understood before.

[@ericgirard1745]

I am in Japan for my yearly trip, Makita comes in 6, yes 6 colors! Want a 36V brown or red Makita?

[@wwsxa39]

I'll stick with my pink one. Nobody will steal it.

[@StreuB1]

No lie, the potatovision "through the looking glass" speed hole in the top was fucking amazing. You get an A+ and a golf clap from me today for that. Honestly, that came out FAR better than I expected.

[@jmswilliams70]

I think tool manufacturers could make a fortune by putting windows in or making see through tools. everyone is curious to see how shit works.

[@justinlalugski2083]

so glad I found this channel....this guy knows everything about everything

[@hyperplastic]

I think the two ratings are under different conditions: max speed 3600rpm with no load and 1900rpm with infinite load. Amazing slowmo shot there! Are you planning to get a dedicated non-potato high speed camera? Also doesn't the hammer retract because the motor twists the spring and pulls back the hammer?

[@shadowwynd6641]

I love my Makita impact driver. It is one of the most ridiculously well balanced power tools I've ever used in my life in terms of weight distribution. This is a huge plus when you're using it at weird angles sideways upside down and so forth in terms of the strain it it's on your wrist. It is incredibly powerful and runs for a long time on a charge.

[@MrGuvEuroman]

A lot of the big Makita gear is actually still built in the UK 💪

[@noobgamer-qb3gq]

Grinders are made in Romania

[@RossMitchellsProfile]

@@noobgamer-qb3gq Really is a mix, got a Makita Jigsaw made in the UK, a drill made in China and an impact driver made in Romania.

[@GearheadDaily]

Just wanted to say thanks for your Makita tear down. I held off buying cordless tools for years because I thought they were low on torque and rather anemic. But now after buying the impact torque wrench from Makita... HOT DAMN! That's a beast! Will need a bigger battery though. Thanks!

[@OldGlory1776]

I like how you used a brushless makita against a brushed milwaukee..... Get a milwaukee fuel so it's comparable to your tool and see what happens.

[@neoklisneokleous734]

Exactly

[@relaxitsalmostdone]

Butt hurt..... much. ;)

[@bassikproform2391]

Exactly, it’s a last ditch effort to save Makita

[@Chames_Chaikowski]

My grandfather always loved makitas. He Used to have a bunch of life size makita girl posters in his shop. He used to have the old green ones with the battery that resembled a magazine on a pistol.

[@ErwinEnterprises]

Looking forward to the Millsuckie review. I'm partial to the red and black team colors even if they are no longer made in WI and less choochy.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Very cool to see the high speed camera footage looks pretty awesome @AvE

[@WCamden]

You aren’t even using a brushless Milwaukee lol

[@user-lq1dk6gr3p]

Will Camden yeah wtf

[@outlawgonzalez6471]

5 amp vs xc also

[@bobcougar77]

You guys missed the point, it was a joke.

[@toolplayer]

I like the most beautiful way to describe the impactor.

[@Aaron-pj2wy]

that was amazing in the beginning there

[@davidvikken7510]

Aaron Kalevik I think I have to try this too. For science

[@vince9051]

On the tab on the foot its three speeds and the "T" is for self tapping in sheetmetal. High speed until it penetrates the metal and then once it feels the screw bite it slows down so you dont blow the hole out. Really nice feature. Ive used this exact impact for the last 3+ year. Have definately punched some 3/8 hex holes in some fender washers with this thing

[@gromett]

Thanks AvE, Thanks to your channel I went out and bought my first impact wrench. The only problem is I am now looking for stuff to use it on over and above the one I bought it for... *evil cackle* My toolkit used to be all electronics and computers. It is now half mechanicals as well. Doing the welding on my van, installing a tow bar this weekend and much more. You are an inspiration........ And a trouble causer :)

[@darthrainbows]

I bought a Makita impact driver a few years back. Its a beautiful tool. Love it.

[@buckshot0203]

I wonder what kinda quality junk is in the blackened pecker 20v max impact.

[@1966johnnywayne]

One of the best channels I've come across on the Tube...thanks for the edutainment.

[@Robberbarron27]

"I don't want to weaken it" >removes thickest part of housing

[@Eleanor_Ch]

The way impact drivers work is extremely brutal, it hammers itself into submission!

[@geirstein6386]

The makita didn't win. The bit broke at the Milwaukee because it was either of a defect in the bit or the Milwaukee was had more rpms than the makita.

[@lewismescudi1404]

That wasn't a brushless Milwaukee either

[@casefarley5744]

Oh Man the laugh I had when you put her back together and the freshly machined viewing port was obstructed. That was gold.

[@MikesToolShed]

hey you don't have a nickname Makita

[@doorguner01]

Mike's Tool Shed I call them a fajita!

[@lucaspilgrim8064]

Scrap heapa

[@microbuilder]

Mashita

[@jfrohne]

microbuilder like that one

[@greenskiis]

Mesquita

[@ph33lix]

The contact leads are definitely nickel instead of chrome plated. Nickel is also resistant to oxidation and the process of swapping the batteries refreshes the contact surface to maintain the conductivity of the contact point. Also, the T mode is for use with self-tapping screws. The slower ramp-up to rated RPM makes it much more controllable for getting the self-tapping screw started on a metal surface without center-punching.

[@nelsondisalvatore9812]

the Milwaukee is not the "fuel" one but the less powerful one

[@jessecain3560]

Milwaukee fuel...rules the world...nothing can beat it

[@jessecain3560]

Iloveapplefritters ur crazy...milwaukee fuel!

[@jessecain3560]

Nelson he just doesn't get it I don't think

[@jessecain3560]

And fan boy all my tools run of the same m18 5.0 and 9.0 batteries....buy yourself a rapid base charger and I can charge 6 9.0 batteries in 25 minutes fanboy.....get your facts straight

[@jessecain3560]

Listen here apple fritter fanboy u stop it already cause u know nothing about what u speak of....goodbye fanboy

[@RidgelineJames]

Oh man the humour and personality is what keeps me coming back.

[@St0RM33]

6:40 METAL GEAR!? IT CAN'T BE!!!

[@srirangdhawale5242]

Thank you for Nick Moore! Loved his snail egg video!!!! Binge watching him today!!!!

[@jasonwarnock707]

So 5amp battery and brushless ... against a 10yr old Milwaukee drill with a regular battery hahaha

[@albertlagerman]

yay thank you for putting that part at the beginning unlike how all the clickbaiters would have put a tiny snippet of that at the beginning and then put the rest of it in the middle of the video.

[@sirtnfol8476]

saturday morning cartoons!!!

[@aserta]

I did this when i restored a piece of old (100 and some) fence. And at the time my forge setup sucked balls. So i did what all industrious people do, used a Makita to twist 1cm thick bar. It worked, for a while, until i cooked the battery in its own juices. Smelled like burnt pork for a few days after that.

[@dil6969]

12:39 - To be expected from old Bumblefuck.

[@NevinWilliams71]

I made a plop in the bowl; a double-ended snort, so to speak, when I saw that.

[@kiltedcraftworks4609]

Really cool cut away, thanks for showing exactly how that works.

[@neoklisneokleous734]

Try your makita with Milwaukee fuel and we talk after!

[@pamcandas]

spent a full day of quality time with the new little makita brushless sub-compact hex-bit drive ... lordy, lordy, it packs a mighty wallop ... It's a very impressive thing with the 2.0Ah battery and just keeps going, when I switched to the 5.0Ah battery borrowed from the chainsaw, it made 4 inch coach bolts into redwood seem like drilling 3/32nd pilot holes into pine ... the new "A" mode (torque limits to drive screws) is marvelous, just keeps adding torque to maintain rip-'em ... goes from a quiet whirr to a clattering gatling gun driving the bolts home. Saved me a lot of grief on a ladder balancing with my knees.

[@HDXFH]

Skookum as Frig

[@Branden787]

a new upload makes my night shift fixing a bucket conveyor way better 👍

[@Abib0510]

The Milwaukee is not a brushless no fare!

[@EdwinHenryBlachford]

that's quite an impressive demonstration of the torque of geared down DC motors. All in the first 45 seconds too. If I smoked I'd have a ciggy now

[@jkjoshua567HD]

Early commenter gets the pin!

[@NickPopGamezAndTutorials]

Jkjoshua567 good comments get the pin

[@damm315er]

The hex-stock twist at the beginning was roughly 1 & 1/3 twists, as there were 6 high spots to start with per revolution, and you counted 8..

[@vinnyvince23]

Wooo

[@ajtrvll]

That's AvE: he shows you something you wouldn't have thought possible, then he carefully screws-up a good idea, which he fixes to show you something really cool!!

[@patrickpierce7625]

Milwaukee Wins dont be confused.........

[@keithklassen5320]

I love how you put a sock in its mouth while milling it. Keeps the shrapnel only coming in at the controlled cutting point instead of anywhere else...

[@AirCooledPictures]

notification gang

[@ashtonb6535]

AvE, The Impact driver has 4 different modes which you change with that button on the bottom of the driver. You have your 3 different speeds and a self tapping mode which spins as fast as it can to drill out the hole and than slows down to impact the screw/Bolt into your material. This stops the drill from stripping the shit out of the screw or ruining your driving bit.

[@JW77]

This world needs more of these head 2 head tests.

[@thartwig]

I appreciate when you show us the mistakes that any one of use would. Also bloody funny.

[@hambone4402]

My first time on this channel and way better than I expected! Thanks for doing this. It helps in the decision making process.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

That makita impact driver is defenitly very nicely made 👌 @AvE

[@michaellathrop3640]

you know I am not an engineer, or a handman, but I love this channel.

[@ikswotianop]

the spring and hammer is tuned for driving standard 3" #8 construction screws in pine at full power, having the bit clamped in a vice or driving a big lag bolt with lots of resistance will make the hammer act differently