Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: 3/8″ Close-Quarters Drill http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/29/cheap-ass-tools-38-close-quarters-drill/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: David Bryan http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/29/cheap-ass-tools-38-close-quarters-drill/#comment-637610 David Bryan Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:39:28 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14743#comment-637610 I've got one of the little Sears drills that this looks mighty similar to and I like it quite a bit. The housing kind of half-shrouds the chuck and it's really easy to get your hand pinched if you're not careful enough. These little things (the Sears one, anyway) will make 1-inch holes in wood about as fast as I move these days, which ain't saying much, but I wouldn't mention them in the same breath as a Hole Hawg or other serious drill. They're really handy, though. I’ve got one of the little Sears drills that this looks mighty similar to and I like it quite a bit. The housing kind of half-shrouds the chuck and it’s really easy to get your hand pinched if you’re not careful enough. These little things (the Sears one, anyway) will make 1-inch holes in wood about as fast as I move these days, which ain’t saying much, but I wouldn’t mention them in the same breath as a Hole Hawg or other serious drill. They’re really handy, though.

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/10/29/cheap-ass-tools-38-close-quarters-drill/#comment-637281 fred Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:33:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=14743#comment-637281 Being in the plumbing and remodeling/GC business we use quite a number of Right angle drills. We also need to bore lots of holes – and like selfeed bits to accomplish this task. Lightweight attachments are clearly not up to this task – nor are any of the cordless drills that we’ve tried – so we use dedicated 110V - corded right angle drills. We had standardized on (have 12 ) using Milwaukee Hole-Hawg (1676-6) drills that have a ½ inch chuck, a reverse gearcase and 7.5 Amp motors. They are rated to use up to 4-5/8 inch selfeeds. Based on a past comment from another toolmonger – we decided to try out a Milwaukee Super Hole Hawg (1680-20) that’s rated at 15 amps. We bought one and also bought a Makita DA4031 that’s rated at 10 amps. We like both – but my guys give the edge to the Makita – it being a bit lighter and having better grips than the Milwaukee. Both seem powerful enough for anything we throw at them. In our carpentry work – we have been using several smaller Makita DA3000 – 3/8 inch corded right angle drills – but might replace them with the newer Makita DA3010F ‘s that have a more powerful motor and now come with an LED light. We had tried the Milwaukee close quarters drill (it looked to be based on an old Sioux design) some time back – but it did not hold up in use. I hear that Milwaukee has redesigned this tool. Being in the plumbing and remodeling/GC business we use quite a number of Right angle drills. We also need to bore lots of holes – and like selfeed bits to accomplish this task. Lightweight attachments are clearly not up to this task – nor are any of the cordless drills that we’ve tried – so we use dedicated 110V - corded right angle drills. We had standardized on (have 12 ) using Milwaukee Hole-Hawg (1676-6) drills that have a ½ inch chuck, a reverse gearcase and 7.5 Amp motors. They are rated to use up to 4-5/8 inch selfeeds.

Based on a past comment from another toolmonger – we decided to try out a Milwaukee Super Hole Hawg (1680-20) that’s rated at 15 amps. We bought one and also bought a Makita DA4031 that’s rated at 10 amps. We like both – but my guys give the edge to the Makita – it being a bit lighter and having better grips than the Milwaukee. Both seem powerful enough for anything we throw at them.

In our carpentry work – we have been using several smaller Makita DA3000 – 3/8 inch corded right angle drills – but might replace them with the newer Makita DA3010F ‘s that have a more powerful motor and now come with an LED light. We had tried the Milwaukee close quarters drill (it looked to be based on an old Sioux design) some time back – but it did not hold up in use. I hear that Milwaukee has redesigned this tool.

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