tomgregory2000
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 08:28 AM |
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Can you recommend me a drill please
Im looking for a new corded drill around £50-£60, i have a cordeless one but sometimes its just not good enough and have just destroyed my corded
one(it was secondhand from a mate)
What would you recommend?
Many thanks
Tommy
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bilbo
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 08:35 AM |
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I bought a Bosch drill way back in the early '90s. I've built two cars with it and I use it on a regular basis for other stuff too.
It's still going strong.
Don't know what the modern ones are like in comparison, but a quick look in Argos came up with this:
linky
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James
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 08:36 AM |
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I've always been very pleased with my 750w Ryobi corded hammer drill.
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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SeaBass
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 08:41 AM |
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Bosch/Makita get my vote. I've found Bosch customer service seems good. Swimbos iron blew up well after the one year standard cover (if its
possible she'll iron it!). I phoned up the general Bosch customer call center & they'd sent a better model out to us by the time
I'd boxed it up.
JC
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 08:45 AM |
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all my drills are Bosch which are worth the extra. Only down side is they go through brushes quite quickly but those are easy to change. All my
grinders are Black & decker as they're very tough and last longest.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Flamez
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 09:03 AM |
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I had a cordless bosch which lasted 10 years but gave up the ghost. I have recently replaced with a dewalt, more expensive but a much better drill.
my build mac1motorsports
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 09:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Flamez
I had a cordless bosch which lasted 10 years but gave up the ghost. I have recently replaced with a dewalt, more expensive but a much better drill.
My bosch cordless drills has lasted way longer than that despite being on the same battery pack and being dropped, driven over and generally misused
while building houses. So impressed with it I went and bought another ones a few months ago that’s got a gearbox but the old ones still being used
while I’m charging the new one 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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miikae
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 09:43 AM |
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I am still useing my Wolf type 76 pistol drill bought in the mid 70s and still going strong, been used with a orbital sander atachment for a couple of
boat rebuilds and a few cars, alas they dont make em like they used to now sadly. I have replaced the cable a few times though plus the switch
once.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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James
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 11:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by miikae
I am still useing my Wolf type 76 pistol drill bought in the mid 70s and still going strong, been used with a orbital sander atachment for a couple of
boat rebuilds and a few cars, alas they dont make em like they used to now sadly. I have replaced the cable a few times though plus the switch
once.
Mike
Haha, my Dad's got a Wolf 'pistol type' aluminium bodied drill he got from his father-in-law.
It played a big part in my car for drilling rivet holes and stuff in hard to reach places as it's so small!!!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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StevenB
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 12:18 PM |
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its a fair bit dearer but its a great piece
of kit with the chisel and changeable chucks.
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ernie
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 03:48 PM |
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screwfix--bosch 720w sds plus 12 drill driver £87+vat
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/8/09 at 04:29 PM |
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I've had a Wickes corded hammer drill non sds type for years and it still does the job. It only cost about £30 if I remember right.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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