I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...illar%20Drills

But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.

Thanks, Rob

On 13/07/2010 10:41, Rob wrote:
I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...illar%20Drills


But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.

Thanks, Rob

I have one of the ultra-cheapie Clarke ones (Clarke CDP5DD 44.95+vat)
which I use for drilling the wooden bases for my stained-glass
table-lamps, also for diamond-drilling in glass.

It's cheap & cheerful - but effective - and a whole lot better than my
previous set-up which was a mains Black&Decker drill in one of those
'adaptor' drill-stands.

Motor start capacitor failed after about 18months of ownership (rather
than 18 months of use g) and CPC were no help at all, but Clarke
themselves in the UK shipped me a new capacitor for free! - so kudos to
Clarke.

It's probably nowhere near 'pro' standards - but it works well for me -
and given the ridiculously low shipping cost (to Ireland) from CPC it
was an absolute bargain. Just don;t ask them to ship you a dozen CFL
lamps on the same order!

Adrian

On 13 July, 10:41, Rob wrote:
I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...nch%20Pillar%2....

But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.

Thanks, Rob

I've got one the basic Clarke model from that page. It's adequate for
rough 'n ready work, but not for anything which needs to be accurate.
The motor isn't very powerful and bogs down easily when spinning
bigger bits, the chuck doesn't hold small bits very well (2mm or
less), and the head vibrates a lot (despite the base being securely
bolted to my bench). The first I had failed after a few days but
Clarke replaced it and the second has been okay. You are better off
spending more to get something decent.

dan.

In article ,
Rob wrote:
I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...illar%20Drills

But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.



I have an ancient PPower bought from B&Q for the then cheap price of 40
quid. And it's been a good workhorse for the things I do. Check any
sideways movement on the sliding part or bearings, though. I had to have
some work done on it to make this better.

It looks the same as the Clarke at the top of your list.

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On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:41:23 +0100, Rob wrote:

I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

What metal? Summat soft, medium, impossible to drill? (lead thru' to
stainless steel). Size of object, will the throat(*) be large enough
on a pillar drill.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?

I've got another £40 Performance Power jobbie. Does well enough for
me, you may have to spend a bit of time fettling it out of the box,
free play in the quill, lubrication etc and each time you use it
checking that it's set up for the task by measurement and possibly
test drills, rather than relying on any scales it might have.

(*) I think thats the right term for the distance from the center of
the quill to the closest edge of the pillar.

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Cheers
Dave.

on 13/07/2010, Rob supposed :
I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular holes
in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...illar%20Drills

But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.

Thanks, Rob

I bought a cheap Aldi/Lidl one about five years ago - about £30/£40. It
has been fine, apart from the vice rest thingummy plate (?) has a
tendency to bend down when pressure is applied. I tend to have to use a
car scissor jack to give more support.

If you need quality and accuracy you need to spend much more than £100,
or look at a second hand commercial one.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

In article ,
Rob writes:
I wouldn't expect to use one very often, but the need/desire has arisen
again, and I would like to drill some fairly accurate and perpendicular
holes in 2mm metal.

Could anyone recommend a reasonably priced pillar drill, up to say £100?
There's a fair selection he

http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/scripts/...illar%20Drills

But I'm having a wheat/chaff moment.

I have a floor standing Clarke one. Main reason was my metalwork
workbench usually has no spare space, and not a lot of clearance
under the cupboards above, but there was spare floor space.

I've been very happy with it except for just one gripe - the idler
pully on the belt doesn't have the bearing hole quite in the middle,
and this generates vibration. I kept meaning to contact Clarke, but
after some years, I never got around to it.

It has a nice chuck, but minimum grip is 4mm. For smaller bits, I
grip a chuck from a failed B&D drill in it, and put the bits in that.

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Andrew Gabriel
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