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Re: Gotta Love A Hydraulic Slub Buster



"ABLE1" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I know most of you guys never need anything more than your old 7.2 volt
>>stick battery Makita cordless and a step drill, but yesterday I was really
>>thankful for my 18 Volt Milwaukee cordless and my hydraulic slug buster.
>>The problem I've always had with step drills is that you are basically
>>drilling the same hole 5 times even for a smallish half inch KO bushing.
>>Each step is harder than the last.  Still, if you only have one, and you
>>are drilling in a horizontal orientation where you can brace into it, its
>>not to bad and often takes less time than going and getting the right
>>stuff out of the truck.  It still takes some time, but at the end of a
>>dozen holes in medium gage galvanized steel your arms aren't noodles, and
>>your hands aren't numb from vibration.  1/2" pilot point drill bit with a
>>little Tap Magic cutting oil, and about five pumps with the slug buster,
>>and you are snapping in your bushing and pulling the wire through.
>>
>> Maybe not quite as handy as the scissor lift, but the next best thing
>> after you are up there.
>>
>>
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> Bob,
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> You mean like this???
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkVvNUsKguc
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No, mine is straight hand pump hydraulic, but that one is pretty cool....
until the battery goes dead.  I have to say its only marginally faster than
my hydraulic one.




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