Comments on: Extend Your Drill’s Reach http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: tinbender2 http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-935266 tinbender2 Sun, 24 May 2009 07:27:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-935266 Probably okay for light duty work. A hobbyist/homeowner may find it useful. $17 is pretty cheap, assuming it is a quality tool. Unless it is hardened, I think any serious lateral force will warp that 3/8 shaft pretty quick. I already have 12" and 18" long drill bits, as well as in-line drills, so have no need for this. Probably okay for light duty work. A hobbyist/homeowner may find it useful. $17 is pretty cheap, assuming it is a quality tool.

Unless it is hardened, I think any serious lateral force will warp that 3/8 shaft pretty quick.

I already have 12″ and 18″ long drill bits, as well as in-line drills, so have no need for this.

]]> By: Mr P http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-932628 Mr P Fri, 22 May 2009 13:21:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-932628 toddi it may have a battery what you see there is a place holder for a bit toddi

it may have a battery what you see there is a place holder for a bit

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-931307 fred Thu, 21 May 2009 14:19:24 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-931307 Matt Selfeed bits are mostly one-way affairs - used with big right angle drills (we use Milwaukee Hole Hawgs, Super Hole Hawgs and similar tools by Makita). The lead screw pulls the cutting spurs into the work at pretty good speed. The big issue is sometimes reaction torque - and that's why the new big Dewalt right angle drill is being advertised as having attempted to solve that problem. Matt

Selfeed bits are mostly one-way affairs - used with big right angle drills (we use Milwaukee Hole Hawgs, Super Hole Hawgs and similar tools by Makita). The lead screw pulls the cutting spurs into the work at pretty good speed. The big issue is sometimes reaction torque - and that’s why the new big Dewalt right angle drill is being advertised as having attempted to solve that problem.

]]> By: matt http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-931043 matt Thu, 21 May 2009 03:25:34 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-931043 Hey fred, wouldn't that greenlee thing suck for going backwards? Hey fred, wouldn’t that greenlee thing suck for going backwards?

]]> By: Toddi http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-930996 Toddi Wed, 20 May 2009 22:54:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-930996 It works even better when the drill has a battery! It works even better when the drill has a battery!

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/20/extend-your-drills-reach/#comment-930941 fred Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=24664#comment-930941 This seems like a decent DIY'er tool - and the hand grip seems like a neat idea. We use a lot of selfeed bits - and Milwaukee makes several different length hexagonal drive extensions for these. The newer ones work with a quick-change chuck. I believe that Irwin and other make similar products. What I really thought was neat (being a plumber at heart) were the old Greenlee 1440 Pipe Bit Kits that came with two end adapters - one that you chucked in the drill - and the other that you affixed to the selfeed bit. Both ends faced-out on 3/8 NPT threads - so you used a piece of 3/8 black iron pipe as the extension. This gave you vitually unlimited length combinations. Sadly, Greenlee no longer makes these kits - but we still have a few around the shop. This seems like a decent DIY’er tool - and the hand grip seems like a neat idea.

We use a lot of selfeed bits - and Milwaukee makes several different length hexagonal drive extensions for these. The newer ones work with a quick-change chuck. I believe that Irwin and other make similar products.

What I really thought was neat (being a plumber at heart) were the old Greenlee 1440 Pipe Bit Kits that came with two end adapters - one that you chucked in the drill - and the other that you affixed to the selfeed bit. Both ends faced-out on 3/8 NPT threads - so you used a piece of 3/8 black iron pipe as the extension. This gave you vitually unlimited length combinations.
Sadly, Greenlee no longer makes these kits - but we still have a few around the shop.

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