we always use a squirt of Drill/Cut fluid it really does help
cuts quicker/better and the drill bits last a lot longer
cheers les g
ps: it also really helps on a jigsaw or hacksaw blade as well

When using my hand/pistol drill I had the work piece securely in a vice, I'm too health and safety conscious a the moment, I need to wait a while until I have the funds available to buy the pillar drill as I had less money than I thought. Still plenty to get on with now though, ill just finish cutting all of the chassis plates first.


Although....my university owns a lot of pillars drills...:D. Time to go ask one of my lecturers if i can put the money im paying the uni to good use :p.

stop farting around spend your student loan on a plasma cutter and live on beans and toast. i discovered when i was a student tesco value bread and beans weren't too bad after a couple of cans of tesco value beer lol

Bring it around and I will drill them for you :rolleyes:

I lived for a week or two on 6p beens and 19p bread..

1 can and 4 slices a day ... Cost about 10p a day for food... Totaly Rediculous!!!

Sadly tesco's put up prices.

TT

Oh come on, 1 can and four slices barely qualifies as breakfast:D .

D.

You need to learn how to sharpen you drill bits,allways buy quality ones.
Also some hand drills have a "bench drill attachment",they work well if you are on a budget.Maybe there are "universall models" that will fit your drill.
And you could do what I did 30 years ago,build your own drill press.Mine has worked perfect all this time,plans will be on the internet for all sorts of types,look at the old Popular Mechanics and Mechanix Illustrated,home built tools were very popular in the 50s/60s when credit was unavailable and if you were short of money you simply built the tool or went without.David:)

Trefolex cutting compound is a miracle!but you still need to learn how to sharpen your drills!,also dont overheat them,if they start to smoke and turn blue back off and let the drill cool.David:)

Just a quick update here. I managed to acquire a SIP F16-16 01374 floor standing pillar drill, you can pick one up new for £225, but i managed to get mine for the grand total of £40 :D. Its got a 0.75hp motor and seems to be in really good nick.

The only thing wrong with it is that it needs a new chuck, which will cost me £18.50 delivered for a 1-16mm chuck, i would go for a keyless chuck but it costs an extra £10 for that feature, many in the future eh :p

So it looks like i've solved my drilling issue for less than the cost of a clarke bench mounted drill. :eek:

Yeah, a pillar drill is a good piece of kit to have handy. Biggest favor you can do yourself is to run your drill at the correct speed and always to use a bit of cutting oil.

Enjoy.