Re: Gotta Love A Hydraulic Slub Buster

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday, January 10, 2014 12:59:10 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> I know most of you guys never need anything more than your old 7.2 volt
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> stick battery Makita cordless and a step drill, but yesterday I was really
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> thankful for my 18 Volt Milwaukee cordless and my hydraulic slug buster.
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> The problem I've always had with step drills is that you are basically
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> drilling the same hole 5 times even for a smallish half inch KO bushing.
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> Each step is harder than the last.  Still, if you only have one, and you are
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> drilling in a horizontal orientation where you can brace into it, its not to
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> bad and often takes less time than going and getting the right stuff out of
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> the truck.  It still takes some time, but at the end of a dozen holes in
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> medium gage galvanized steel your arms aren't noodles, and your hands aren't
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> numb from vibration.  1/2" pilot point drill bit with a little Tap Magic
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> cutting oil, and about five pumps with the slug buster, and you are snapping
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> in your bushing and pulling the wire through.
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> Maybe not quite as handy as the scissor lift, but the next best thing after
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> you are up there.
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I'd just rather use a standard hole saw without a bushing. I like to watch the insulation curl up as it shaves off the wire while I'm pulling it through the holes.