Re: Gotta Love A Hydraulic Slub Buster

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.

CRINGE !


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