I haven’t seen anything like that in this drill, not yet. I have overheated cordless drills before, and the motor will usually start burning up the insulation covering the copper windings around the same time it gets uncomfortably warm or even hot. But I haven’t seen any evidence of overheating yet, under normal circumstances or the first round of torture testing. If I have to bring out steel plate, or turn more 2x4s into Swiss cheese, so be it. But if not, I don’t see any reason to continue with unrealistic rapid-drilling torture tests. If you are, maybe there’s a specific application or test I can do in an attempt to replicate what you’re seeing. If you’re a Milwaukee M18 Fuel Gen 3 brushless drill user, have you experienced any unusual overheating? I stopped only to take a quick photo and change out the 2×4 test block. I ran it through a fairly tough task for maybe 10 minutes, and without giving the drill much of a break. Or maybe I can use a paddle to pix a bucket of mud or other viscous material.īut, from what I’m seeing so far, there’s nothing unusual. Maybe I’ll need a longer bit even, the kind that is normally used with heavy duty right angle drills or impact wrenches. Or, I can push a 1-1/4″+ auger through the side of a 2×6. There are a few things I can do to torture-test the drill even harder, such as drilling a 1″ or 1-1/4″ hole through the 3.5″ edge of a 2×4 with downwards pressure, either with a self-drilling spade bit or self-drilling auger. Long story short: overheating? What overheating? Not many cordless drills could have done this a 1-1/2″ self-drilling spade separates the light and medium duty drills from the higher-powered ones. My thermal camera is charging, but before the battery gave out, I saw temps of maybe 110☏ for the motor, and 200☏+ for the drill bit. I drilled the 12 holes as fast as I could, and at the end, the motor area was warm, but not uncomfortable.
The drill also feels less controllable, which can be dangerous, and is NOT recommended. So I drilled 12 holes in another 2×4 section, this time at the higher speed setting, which can be more taxing on a drill.Īs mentioned, this exceeds the maximum recommended speed of the bit and is NOT recommended. Okay, I needed to push the drill a bit harder.
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