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I have a customer looking for a mag drill for 1" drills? Most go with Milwaukee in my experience does anyone have a suggestion for a better option in terms of power & quality?
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I have a Hougen and it seems very good. I mostly just got it though because most of the contractors that I saw locally had them so I figured they must work ok. I did not really do real comparison.
I assume you mean for drilling 1" holes? Mine will go up to about 1.5" but I think the cutters have 5/8" shank.
1" dia. drills....you really need to narrow it down more than that.
Drilling a 1" dia. hole, how deep ?
Lot's-o access room ? or need the little pocket sized ones (with very limited
hole depth) to get in somewhere tight ?
Need to also attach a drill chuck for smaller holes ? Add a countersink ?
Need reverse to also tap ?
HMD905 is hougens part no.
Reason I say this one is IMO, 450 RPM is too fast for a 1" annular cutter...you'll wear them out prematurely. If you use 250 RPM, you can take a good bite.
The weak point on the mag drill is the coolant bottle. Take it off. I just used a squeeze bottle.
You don't have to buy Hougen cutters. In fact, I wouldn't...they are expensive. I use cobracut from American Punch almost exclusively.
Annular Cutters for Mag Cutters from CobraCut - Structural Steel Fabrication Applications
If you are a distributor, you should set up an acct with them. They also offer sharpening service, but just send it off to someone.
Yes, I have an old B&D, The one with a quick change adapters up to mt-3, but it's a bear to pick up, and when I drilled a headerI have a Milwaukee, I have drilled up to 1 3/8" with it and tapped 3/4" NC. Worked fine. It has had a lot of use with no trouble.
The customer wants to drill then tap 1"-8 & M24-3.00. The customer is large Stamping facility that has to do repairs quick
Thanks Snowman. That is a solid advice especially on the speed affecting the drill bit life. Do you think that unit could tap the sizes I mentioned above?
Fein now owns Jancy.
They have upgraded the line, and make very nice drills.
If I was buying a drill for long term, industrial use, I would be looking at Fein and Nitto, they are tough and well built industrial machines.
I would skip the $500 chinese cheapies they sell at the local welding supply.
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