Comments on: Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week in Tools http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/29/toolmongers-top-5-the-week-in-tools-13/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/29/toolmongers-top-5-the-week-in-tools-13/#comment-1507 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:43:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/29/toolmongers-top-5-the-week-in-tools-13/#comment-1507 Ahh, just a point, that Dremel runs from *four* AAs. It switches them from plain series (6v) to series-parallel (3v) to accomplish speed control. Also, mere hours after publicly wishing that I could find a small power drill/screwdriver that runs from AAs, I ended up at Target and found just that, for ten bucks: It's called the Black and Decker AS600. It's single-speed (160 rpm), reversible, and according to the Amazon reviews, runs just fine on rechargeable AA's despite the package inexplicably begging for "alkaline batteries only". I haven't had time to fire mine up and test it yet. Ahh, just a point, that Dremel runs from *four* AAs. It switches them from plain series (6v) to series-parallel (3v) to accomplish speed control.

Also, mere hours after publicly wishing that I could find a small power drill/screwdriver that runs from AAs, I ended up at Target and found just that, for ten bucks: It’s called the Black and Decker AS600. It’s single-speed (160 rpm), reversible, and according to the Amazon reviews, runs just fine on rechargeable AA’s despite the package inexplicably begging for “alkaline batteries only”. I haven’t had time to fire mine up and test it yet.

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