Thanks for the help people

BTW

Didnt rip my leg open as the hand drill is in a stand with the work clamped
I'm a beginer but i can remember back to my metal work days at school!

cheers
dave

PS wont a power drill that allows screwdriving, or a variable speed drill be
able to run at slow speed?


"Dave" wrote in message
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Hiya

I have just tried drilling some 3mm thick mild steel with a 13mm
hole......... hell of a lot of noise, loads of vibration and now the drill
seems to do anything but drill!

Ok, please stop laughing, I'm a beginer!!

The drill bit was a Piranna 'Bullet' that it said was for drilling metal,
but what I have only just realsied is that the max recomended rpm for 10mm
was about 1000. The drill was the cheapest Clarkes one speed drill (i'm on
a
budget and this might be a '1 of' project) so I guess this is much faster.

So my questions a
Is the drill running too fast? What speed should i drill 12mm holes at?
Does
anyone know where I can the cheapest drill to drill at the recommended
speed?

Thanks for any help given

Dave