Re: Righ-angled chuck adaptor

["leewild80" <muddyboots@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

I bought myself a Makita right-angled drill when I was wiring &
plumbing my self-build, to drill all my joists. Not cheap but much, much
better than trying to use an ordinary drill/driver as it requires much less
space.

If you're drilling smaller holes for cable or pipework, buy yourself some
Irwin Blue Groove 6x bits (eg: http://www.toolbank.com/p/C10481/IRW10506620
).
They are far better than ordinary flat bits, incredibly fast drilling, but
they pull themselves into the wood SO aggressively that the Makita couldn't
handle anything over say, a 25mm size (if I remember correctly).

Never tried using it with a holesaw, I suspect it would be OK so long as
the saw doesn't bite & pull itself into the wood too much.

Finally - when cutting through a joist - always check whether there's
cables clipped to the other side first ;)
Remember also the rules about where you can/can't drill into joists.

Hope this helps
Lee

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@...> wrote:
>
> I've hired a Makita (mains) right-angled drill before and it makes the
> job so much easier. As does auger bits rather than the cheaper
> flat-bladed variety I was using beforehand. The twist on the auger bit
> hels to pull the drill through whereas with the flat bits you have to
> scrape away at the wood.
>
> The power & torque from the Makita right-angled drill was greater
than
> my regular hammer drill...
>
> HTH,
>
> Tim.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Paul <paul@...> wrote:
> > Anyone recommend a good right-angled adaptor for a drill? Bought
one today from Toolstation and it is now in the bin. First use it couldn't
handle the torque of the drill into a hole-cutter which was making a hole
in a joist. The casing broke as the gears tried to make an exit, then spent
5 minutes trying to get my holecutter out of the chuck.
> >
> > For now I am managing with a Li-Ion screwdriver / drill which has
just enough power.
> >
> > Paul
>




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