Re: Gotta Love A Hydraulic Slub Buster

[G. Morgan <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.


They do make quick work of punching a slug.

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