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Assuming I'd be buying a new one from Amazon (birthday gift card extravaganza!) any recommendations?
Floor mount or bench mount, I don't really mind, around £200-250?
All opinions gratefully received, thanks in advance
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slater
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Don't. Find a 2nd hand proper one. Fobco, Meddings, that kind of thing.
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Don't. Find a 2nd hand proper one. Fobco, Meddings, that kind of thing. 100%
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How is he going to buy a second hand drill with a gift card?
£250 will buy a pretty good machine for the home workshop.
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zeberdee
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Don't. Find a 2nd hand proper one. Fobco, Meddings, that kind of thing. That’s what i did . Got a proper old English one , more speeds & a lot better quality for less money than a new one . 👍
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Depends what you want it for, really. For anything precision where you don't want any runout or vibration, a good used quality brand will work better. But... a new cheaper-brand will do absolutely fine for putting holes in stuff. Usual recommendation for tooling is the lowest amount of 'features' for the price will generally be the highest actual quality. Avoid things like digital speed/quill readouts, electronic speed control, work lights, keyless chucks and tapping heads for that sort of budget as quality examples of any of those additions will be worth more than that alone. Three or four sizes of pulley and maybe a high/low gear is all you really need. Electric speed control generally lacks the required torque at low speeds.
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mr2fc I have a similar Clarke drill. It's very obviously a budget item built to a price, and is not a precision item, but for putting holes in stuff at home it is fine. Definitely bolt it to the bench though!
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Cheers, MrB. Will keep looking, nut might end up with that one.
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If you buy second hand, DO NOT buy a geared drill buy a belt drive, mainly down to safety, if a geared drill picks up a job, you Will not be able to stop your natural reaction in trying to hold the job, you will be hurt unless you follow the proper protocols bolting down the Job or vice and never just hold it.
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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If you buy second hand, DO NOT buy a geared drill buy a belt drive, mainly down to safety, if a geared drill picks up a job, you Will not be able to stop your natural reaction in trying to hold the job, you will be hurt unless you follow the proper protocols bolting down the Job or vice and never just hold it. As someone who has narrowly avoided a manslaughter charge (and my father's head!) by starting a drill with the chuck key still in the chuck, I appreciate this sort of advice, thank you.
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Ahhh deep throat you know wins with us car types.
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Ahhh deep throat you know wins with us car types. I thought that as I pressed "send"!
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Feb 18, 2023 18:26:16 GMT
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Any more thoughts? Probably going for the Clarke unless anything else comes up...
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Any more thoughts? Probably going for the Clarke unless anything else comes up... How good are you at electronics? Rebuilding older stuff?
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Last Edit: Feb 21, 2023 8:47:52 GMT by grizz
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Feb 21, 2023 12:54:34 GMT
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My helper is better at that sort of thing, but I'm a new and shiny kinda guy!
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Dez
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Feb 21, 2023 18:27:47 GMT
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As posted repeatedly, by buying a new one you will be spending more money on a worse quality product. Anything that says Clarke on it is pretty low grade in terms of tools, I certainly wouldn’t waste my money on one.
Buy a good used 1950s-70s machine for half that money and spend the gift card on something else.
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Feb 21, 2023 19:04:17 GMT
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As posted repeatedly, by buying a new one you will be spending more money on a worse quality product. Anything that says Clarke on it is pretty low grade in terms of tools, I certainly wouldn’t waste my money on one. Buy a good used 1950s-70s machine for half that money and spend the gift card on something else. Like this….? Was £70.00 about 10 years ago. Three man lift, crazy heavy.
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Dez
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Feb 21, 2023 20:20:39 GMT
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grizz , yep the design of that looks surprisingly similar to my fobco star, although mines a floor stander. I bought this 20 years ago at an auction for £30. I found out after buying it these are pretty much the daddy of pillar drills, and they get all hot and bothered about them on the vintage tooling groups. It was the first proper tool I ever went out and bought for myself. It had a 3 phase motor on it but my grandad happened to have a single phase job the same spec under the bench. In 20 years it’s had a belt and that’s it. Still a faultless machine. It’s moved house with me 3 times and even survived the fire. If for any reason it died or went missing I’d buy the same machine again without even thinking about it.
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