CORDLESS VS. CORDED DRILLS--What Are The Numbers For?! (Clutch Control / Slip Clutch / Torque Drill) 

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CORDLESS VS. CORDED DRILLS--What Are The Numbers For?! (Clutch Control / Slip Clutch / Torque Drill)
People always ask: What are the little numbers on my drill for?! In this video, The Honest Carpenter explains what the numbers on your drill collar are for, and the all-important difference between CORDLESS DRILLS VS. CORDED DRILLS!
Those numbers on the moveable collar of your drill are TORQUE settings. Essentially, they let you control how much force the drill applies to a spinning drill bit. (The collar is called the CLUTCH CONTROL or the SLIP CLUTCH or the TORQUE CONTROL.)
Torque is basically a measure of how hard your drill can fight to keep the drill bit turning or spinning. This is different from SPEED--which is just a measure of how fast the drill bit can spin.
But even drills that are spinning very fast will slow down when they encounter resistance. They need high torque to keep the drill bit spinning at a fast speed!
Sometimes, though, too much torque from your drill can be a problem because it can cause your drill to CAM OUT a screw, or OVERDRIVE a screw.
The numbered collar on your cordless drill lets you control how much torque your drill is putting out. You can adjust this collar up and down based on what kind of work your doing. Drywall screws and hobby screws are two examples of screws which require specific torque settings.
If you set your drill's torque correctly, then the drill will "clutch out" before it can fight so hard it damages the screw or overdrives it.
Clutch controls are native to CORDLESS DRILLS!
CORDED DRILLS almost never have clutch controls. Corded drills apply a constant amount of torque to the drill bit at variable speeds. This means that they are bad for driving fasteners (where they often cause cam out), but they're great for drilling holes!
CORDLESS DRILLS often have a "drilling" setting at the top of their range (it looks like a little drill bit). This setting will keep your torque dialed up high in order to assist you with high-speed/high torque drilling.
This setting is different from the little hammer--which indicates a hammer drilling function in some combination cordless drills.
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