Dewalt’s New Stud and Joist Drill - DWD460

  

Dewalt is launching its new 1/2″ stud and joist drill which is model number DWD460.  According to Dewalt the drill is built to drill large holes in wood using hole saws, ship auger bits and self-feed bits. 

One interesting feature Dewalt has provided on this drill is a Bind-up Control™.  This feature provides increased user control in bind up and stall situations.  Anyone who has had a powerful drill bind up, knows that this new feature, if it works correctly, will be nice.  By the sounds of it the Bind-Up Control senses stalls and binds and then adjusts the motor’s torque to make the drill manageable.  A user will know this by an indicator light. 

Over all this drill seems like a work horse.  It has an 11 amp motor.  There is a two speed variable control that is 0-300 and 1-1300 RPM.  As you would expect this drill has an adjustable bail and side handle, plus anti slip grip.  According to Dewalt it has a knuckle guard for hand protection, but again we haven’t seen this drill, so we can not comment if this knuckle guard is a gimmick or practical.