Best cordless drill for brain surgery?

[-Paul-]

It looks like Bosh are popular http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/17/ndrill117.xml

Would this sort of drilling come under light to medium trade?

 

[Softus]

You probably want to stay off hammer, to avoid cracking the cranium, so a powerful drill would be preferable. 18V probably, although DeWalt do a 36V now.

The distinct advantage of cordless is that there's no risk of electrocution should you mistakenly catch an artery.

Perhaps complement the tool with a set of self-piloting bits, to speed things up and reduce those lengthy sessions at the table?

 

[Bilioustrumpstaine]

Bosch power tools, as used by brain surgeons around the world

 

[^woody^]

Might need a Kango for some people though

I wonder if he finishes off with a stapler or brad nailer?

 

[gremlin16]

He was very lucky his battery was fully charged

 

[Softus]

I wonder if he finishes off with a stapler or brad nailer?

That would be Jolie.

 

[DoItWell]

I saw bits of the TV programme last about this surgeon. He knew about drill and was a bit of a DIY man himself. Being a surgeon who uses tools, it figured he like doing things himself and using tools.

As they were drilling with the green Bosch drill he said a 24v drill would have been better. He was also comments in the price of bits to drill skulls say carbide tipped bits used in routers would be better and cheaper. In Britain they used the bits once and threw them away at £80 a time. In the Ukraine they kept them for ever and reused them.

The green Bosch. Was that normally used by the Ukrainians? Did he take it over from the UK? It looked like a battered DIYdrill. His normal DIY drill in England was a DeWalt.

 

[gcol]

Shame we have to import doctors at our cost for our needs and our highly paid doctors s0d off abroad to work for free. Something wrong somewhere.