Anyone know how to convert a cordless drill to corded?

[geezer]

I would skip the cordless drill thingee and just ust an ordinary 110 volt cheap drill with a router speed control, the router speed controls will let you plug in any thing like that and let you dial your speed. Others have use household dimmer switches on old drills and that works also.

[deranged]

You would need a DC converter to change the AC current from the wall socket to the DC current the drill motor is going to need. Shouldn't be difficult at all, just make sure you find one with the proper voltage rating or you'll fry something. I believe radio shack has one that can be switched between different voltage outputs. As for the connection on the drill, there should only be a positive and negative terminal and it won't matter which one you connect to the pos or neg wires to. If you hook it up with the wrong polarity the motor will just run in reverse.

[DaveO]

I've used "wall wart" AC to DC converters, usually from a kids toy, to supply DC power in various applications. (For instance, my Mom was visiting and brought the car charger to her mobile phone, instead of the wall charger. I used a 12 volt wall wart to supply DC to the car charger and charged her phone for the plane trip home.) You *might* rig up something similar, but another consideration is the amperage: wall worts usually deliver less than 1 amp and your drill will require more. I've seen DIY projects that will convert a computer power supply to 12 volts / 12 amps (http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Com...b-Power-Supply), which may be closer to what you need. PC power supplies can be had for nothing if you pull one from a throw-away PC.

Like you I've got a couple cordless drills where the batteries have gone south. It's expensive to rebuild the batteries and expensive to buy new or rebuilt batts- almost as much as a new higher powered drill. My son is young enough that he thinks it's REALLY cool to have a drill "just like Daddy's" even though technically it doesn't work for more than a few seconds.

[worntorn]

I'm not sure that it is worth the effort to convert a cordless drill to run off wall current. I used a 14.4 Volt Makita cordless for the weld positioner because I had one with a couple of good batteries to go with it. Also, it has a really nice variable speed.

For the bead roller power conversion http://www.everlastgenerators.com/fo...ead.php?t=1256 I used a Harbor Freight drill which came in a pile of stuff I got off Ebay. I paid just $19 for the entire pile . It included a good 1/2hp bench grinder with worklight, an 18 volt cordless drill, a 7" Polisher with several discs and polishing heads and a 1/2" heavy duty variable,reversible corded drill. All of the items were new return items. The only flaw I could find in the whole bunch was a bent work support on the bench grinder, took about a minute to fix.

I used the 1/2" corded drill for the bead roller because the cordless drill would not have enough torque to do the job.

[everlastsupport]

I would head for HF tools and get a cheap drill. Not worth the effort. Download a 20% coupon before you head there. I have all the stuff here (caps, PS, etc) to do it and would still run out and pick one up.

They are on sale right not at the store for $14.99, normally $19.99 3/8" variable speed and reverse.