1/4" Impact Hex to 1/2" Chuck Converter

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Posted by rodaniel (Questions: 1, Answers: 3)
Asked on July 12, 2015 2:58 am
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Last year I installed a Racor Pro HeavyLift in my garage to remove/store my Jeep Wrangler Sport hard top and it works great! But so far I'm doing the manual crank thing with the winding pole which can be quite a chore, especially when I want to the lower the top all the way to the ground for cleaning.

I have the supplied drill adapter that would take the grunt work out of this, but it requires a drill with a 1/2" chuck.

Is there an adapter that would allow bits that require a 1/2" chuck to work in my almost-daily workhorse Milwaukee M12 driver (oh, I dearly love this baby!) that uses 1/4" hex bits? I've found plenty of inexpensive options like the Rockwell RW9275 but none that go beyond 3/8".
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Posted by jims (Questions: 1, Answers: 2)
Answered On July 12, 2015 5:54 am

I purchased the \"TEKTON 2902 Power Driver Extension Socket Adapter Set\" from Amazon and it works well. The local hardware store or home center should have something similar.
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Posted by rodaniel (Questions: 1, Answers: 3)
Answered On July 12, 2015 3:29 pm

Jims, I do already have a set of these driver adapters that are great for using standard sockets with my driver. But I’m looking for an adapter/check that will allow me to use up to a 1/2” drill bit with my driver.

Something like the Neiko 20754A 3/8-Inch Conversion Chuck for Impact Drivers would be ideal – but the chuck capacity needs to go to 1/2” instead of just 3/8”.
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Posted by dave367 (Questions: 0, Answers: 5)
Answered On September 12, 2015 3:51 pm

The lack of the converter you’re looking for is just the manufacturers’ way of suggesting that driving a 1/2” chuck with a 1/4” or even 3/8” drill motor isn’t a very good idea–you’ll overtax your drill motor. The universe is trying to tell you it’s time to move up to an 18 volt system.  ;-)
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Posted by thetoplistzone (Questions: 3, Answers: 3)
Answered On September 20, 2015 5:34 pm

Something like the PORTER-CABLE PCCK600LB 20-volt 1/2-Inch Lithium Ion Drill/Driver Kit would be ideal, You can check it here.
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Posted by kokothetalkingape (Questions: 0, Answers: 17)
Answered On December 13, 2015 3:31 pm

I don’t quite understand why you need a 1/2” capacity chuck specifically. All you need is some way to grab on to the winding crank, and there is no way it is 1/2” in diameter. It is more like 1/4”. More likely they are just telling you, like a previous commentor says, that you need a powerful drill, of the type that usually come with 1/2” chucks. If it were me, I would get a cheap 3/8” corded drill (not cordless), maybe a used one, and dedicate it to this purpose. Corded drills tend to be cheap and powerful. And because I enjoy this kind of thing, I would think about replacing that wiggly winding crank with something better, maybe with a shaft or pulley system, or maybe just mounting a power drill permanently to the Racor, and running a power cord down to a switch. 
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Answered On July 19, 2017 11:31 pm

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