Yesterday we posted a Mastercraft tool from Canadian Tire that turned an ordinary drill into a hammer drill. Today we look at their impact driver adapter, which turns a drill into an impact driver and supposedly can increase its torque by an order of magnitude.
The 3/8″ hex shaft input shaft chucks into the drill and a ring near the input shaft adjusts the torque setting. Although it’s hard to see it the above picture, the output shaft is a bit curious. The outside of the shaft accepts 1/2″ square drive impact sockets and the inside of the shaft accepts 1/4″ hex drive insert bits.
If you want to use the 6-3/4″ long by 2-3/4″ diameter adapter with a cordless drill, you probably should use a 14.4V model or better. Look to spend about $40 on this tool.
Impact Driver Adapter [Canadian Tire]
Impact Driver Adapter [Duluth Trading Company]
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“Easily converts an existing drill to an impact wrench or impact drive”
This sounds rather shady to me, i mean an impact driver and an impact wrench aren’t even the same thing. And what are the torque limits? Although for $40 I suppose its worth a gamble.
I have one of these, and it works surprisingly well. I dunno how much torque it actually puts out, but when I tried it chucked into a (12v) cordless drill, it was enough to loosen most of the lug nuts on my car wheels. (not all, though)
Now, those were tightened with the not-very-scientific “tighten, yank, then yank again harder” approach — I’m not sure what that translates to as ft/lbs output, sorry, but it was enough to be useful.
Anything with a Mastercraft label on it equals “run away” in my book. Every gimmick and geegaw you could possibly imagine is available for sale at Canadian Tire, their tool department is the equivalent of a carnival sideshow.
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I use my Makita LXT 18V impact driver for 90% of what I do – even drilling small & medium sized holes. I use it because it is light weight, convenient and powerful. My favorite tool!
It seems to me that adding a big appendage to a regular drill will eliminate two of those benefits – it will be neither light weight nor convenient.
If I didn’t have the Makita (or equivalent), I think I’d stick to my regular drill, and get out a wrench or a bigger drill if I needed more torque.
I’ve never used this device, but for the doubters Canadian Tire has an excellent return policy, so you can try it, and if you don’t like it, just bring it back for a full refund. I’ve never had a problem with them.