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Mikegyver1
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« on: February 06, 2009, 08:20:53 AM »
 Found this story on another site, Thought it was kinda' a cool idea. Mike  ThumbUp

I've seen write ups on this before, so when I came across this 12v Makita Drill I decided it was a good time to make a portable drill for my Jeep. The concept being that you'll always have a usable drill on the trail, not needing to worry if its battery is charged or if the charge will run out


I found this one on Craig's List for twenty bucks! It came with a flashlight, and a case. No battery, no biggie, I didn't need it anyway since I wired it to work off a 12 volt car battery. I took the case apart and soldered some wire connectors to the battery contacts. Then I attached those to a standard 110v electrical cord prong. Then by plugging that into a spare extension cord with some alligator clips attached, I can now hook up to a battery. I'll make a similar conversion for the flashlight as well and the extension cord can be used to power either device.



In place of the charger and battery in the case I'll load up some drill bits, grinder discs and cut-off discs.

Now I just need to make room for it in the Jeep!
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2009, 12:37:32 AM »
Nice.......I have that same exact drill and flashlight, now I now what to do with it. The flashlight runs for a real long time with a charged battery so I'll just keep mine for around the house but the drill is a great idea. Cheers
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 08:04:47 PM »
should have got a little more creative mike ...... eek how about a sprint phone car charger wired to so you can use it without opening the hood or having an extesion cord plug in on it ... but you cant copy me so you have to use something other than sprint lol
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2009, 04:14:18 PM »
Post up ur pics  NoPics Sprint  tt2
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2009, 04:32:54 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2009, 06:03:40 PM »
still havent uploaded the pics of you ...well....... lets just call it giving the jeep some much needed body work that night hopefully ill get around to it.
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