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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ConstitutionCowboy" data-source="post: 3929412" data-attributes="member: 745">I have both Makita and Ryobi battery powered drills and a Ryobi chop saw and skill saw. I use the Ryobi drill as the power feed on my lathe's compound slide. It is easy to control the speed which makes it ideal for that task.The Makita drill (9 volt) is at least 30 years old and was used almost daily in my former business. I can't find Ni-cad batteries for it anymore, but there are nickel-metal hydride batteries available, Those batteries, however, don't hold a charge for more than a week or so even when not being used. Other than that, they have plenty of power when freshly charged and deliver more power and for a loner time than the old Ni-cad batteries. If i could find lithium batteries for it, that Makita would likely last another 30 years.Woody</blockquote>