Angle drill for joists

[rolyberkin]

Does anyone have a dedicated battery angle drill or an attachment, if so are they worth buying?

Have to drill out joists at 400mm centres for 15mm pipes and cable runs and was looking at a Dewalt DCD 740N, however wondering whether a drill attachment for £15 do the same job?

 

[Rpa07]

Been looking at a stubby bit and my impact driver which I think will get between the joists, should just have have drilled them before putting them in, Doh!

Yep Roly, put the money into a couple of lengths of new bits and use your impact and let it feed itself through. I always thought that I’d need an angle drill but with the impact using short and long extensions with Bosch screw flat bits, I’ve always managed.
Ear defenders a must though!

 

[mickfred]

Have two makatM mains angle drill. Not because they are any good but because one died after useing it on a second job and my year warranty ran out ,so I brought a new one and got the other fixed on the second warranty

 

[Timbo]

+1 Very good, work mate has one. I have the 110V super hawg angle drill, effortlessly drilled through a stack of old railway sleepers. The heavy gearing makes it almost unstoppable.

I've got the M18 Hole Hawg, heavy beast but unstoppable. Only thing I don't like is the keyed chuck.

 

[freddo]

At least you can crank it up hard with a keyed chuck!

 

[Timbo]

At least you can crank it up hard with a keyed chuck!

True.

 

[EbolaSideRoom]

Being a long-standing Milwaukee devotee I’m hankering after a Hole-Hawg and/or a Super Hawg, but as I only seem to use the impact driver for driving 20 & 25mm through joists, I’ll wait until it dies and get one - if my ears make it that far. I do have the C18 angle drill, but it’s a bit of a disappointment going through large timbers with 20mm augers; it only likes spade bits and narrow ones at that. Anything too wide and the self-protection cuts in and stops it dead.
At least it stops the thing from knocking me off the ladder...

 

[freddo]

Anything too wide and the self-protection cuts in and stops it dead.

LOL, I had the same problem so I reduced the value of the current sense resistor.

 

[Timbo]

FFX got HoleHawg deal £199 here: Milwaukee M18CRAD-0 M18 Fuel 18v Hole Hawg Right Angle Drill Bare Unit - https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Milwaukee-M18Crad-0-4002395263516-M18-Fuel-18V-Hole-Hawg-Right-Angle-Drill-Bare-Unit

Edit: just found Anglia Tool Centre have for £190. Milwaukee M18crad-0 18v Hole Hawg Drill (body Only) - https://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/milwaukee-m18crad-0-hole-hawg-drill-pid42876.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAlb_fBRBHEiwAzMeEdtZQF1v7UOzQEejL_1fSgDBK0drvOrX41H9dFjjEoLt3OhWokCcMBxoC650QAvD_BwE

 

[EbolaSideRoom]

FFX got HoleHawg deal £199 here: Milwaukee M18CRAD-0 M18 Fuel 18v Hole Hawg Right Angle Drill Bare Unit - https://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/Milwaukee-M18Crad-0-4002395263516-M18-Fuel-18V-Hole-Hawg-Right-Angle-Drill-Bare-Unit

Edit: just found Anglia Tool Centre have for £190. Milwaukee M18crad-0 18v Hole Hawg Drill (body Only) - https://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/milwaukee-m18crad-0-hole-hawg-drill-pid42876.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAlb_fBRBHEiwAzMeEdtZQF1v7UOzQEejL_1fSgDBK0drvOrX41H9dFjjEoLt3OhWokCcMBxoC650QAvD_BwE

And with Christmas only around the corner too...

 

[Timbo]

And with Christmas only around the corner too...

It's OK, I've got one already