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Post by petehodges on Dec 21, 2016 23:02:28 GMT 1
hi all
i,m investing more kit into man cave as im now doing more on my bikes as its winter so next up is a decent pillar drill?
what you all got im not really into buying chinese rubbish buy cheap buy twice ect
cheers lads
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Post by Ozhammer on Dec 22, 2016 11:13:58 GMT 1
Got mine from Aldi and it seems pretty good but then I only use it infrequently tbh.
Rgds
Ozhammer
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Post by tsa on Dec 22, 2016 12:51:39 GMT 1
buy the best you can afford. If your using it a lot then dont buy the cheap ones as they tend to be flimsy and wear fast so the chuck can wobble about.
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Post by headcoats on Dec 28, 2016 16:36:26 GMT 1
Yes I bought one for £70 ish and the chuck does feckin wobble  |
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Post by petehodges on Dec 28, 2016 23:12:45 GMT 1
bought a warco bench drill last week not cheap but should last me years  |
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Post by Yogi on Dec 28, 2016 23:52:22 GMT 1
I bought a big Sealey drill that was only used once a couple of years ago Bolted it on the bench,only used it a handful of times, can never get near it cos of the crap everywhere  |
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Post by ozzysbikes on Dec 29, 2016 21:03:53 GMT 1
I bought a small milling machine (a Sieg or same thing in a different colour paint), I had to be patient but eventually got a second hand one for reasonable money and use that as a pillar drill, some use pillar drills for light milling but it is not ideal as the pillar drill is not designed to take load on the horizontal axis,
of course it depends how patient you can afford to be, I find it handy having the mill for heads that can't be machined easily in lathe and for making parts as one offs
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Post by bare on Dec 30, 2016 0:01:43 GMT 1
Yes I bought one for £70 ish and the chuck does feckin wobble Me too ! Effing drill was nicely made and cheapish. Forgot to check for Chuck wobble... though. Cost me 2/3rds the price of the stupid drill press to buy a "good" Amurican made chuck.. that has virtually Zero runout. |
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Post by steven on Dec 30, 2016 11:44:35 GMT 1
I was going to buy this one, as i dont have a pillar drill in the garage, but as my 1950 Myford ML7 lathe I got a few years back, came with a vertical slide for milling on, I just use my Lathe as a drill. Every time I feel the need for a pillar drill, I manage to do it on my lathe and vertical slide. I dare say the day will come when I want to drill something that is too big to fit the lathe, when that day comes I will nip down to tool station and get one of these, its a Draper one, so cant be just as bad as a cheap and nasty chinese thing? , but id hazzaed a guess it probably is, but it will suffice for occasional home garage use. Remember to get a drill vice also when you buy your new pillar drill. I have heard some people recently saying "Draper is a good make"........ does anyone else remember when Draper were considered poor quality stuff, and you would not have been seen dead with draper shite in your tool box ? Sorry for being a "spanner racist." Happy Christmas. Steven. www.toolstation.com/shop/Power+Tools/d40/Bench+Tools/sd3353/Draper+350W+5+Speed+Bench+Drill/p83849   |
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Post by tsa on Jan 5, 2017 10:21:00 GMT 1
My Old drill was a Sealey made the same as the Draper one. Dont expect to much accuracy, the chuck will wobble and wander when drilling and lacks any power for bigger drills. My opinion dont bother with these small cheap ones.
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Post by headcoats on Jan 5, 2017 13:44:10 GMT 1
Mine is a Sealey too
Just don't clamp the piece down you are drilling so it follows the wobble on the chuck LOL |
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Post by nidgester on Jan 23, 2017 15:06:55 GMT 1
Surely the golden rule is buy old and English. I decent quality second hand one will outlast any sh!te coming out of China.
There are plenty of good secondhand ones on the market for a little under £200.
If you get a decent one you can add a compound table to it and then you can do a little milling.
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