michael N123
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Still on using a hand drill what does everyone use ? Local fencing contractor uses a petrol one but I’d rather it was battery
What’s the best (cheapest) drill for gate hanging iron holes?
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Billydooker
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We just use a wood drill in the cordless Milwaukee drill. Works well
michael N123
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I didn’t think a cordless would handle a auger bit but I’m likely wrong
michael N123
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Billydooker
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Ours works fine, granted u would want to be doing it every day with one as it’s not the quickest(speed setting no. 1 on the drill) but it makes a grand job
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
If not an auger, always happy to use a flat bit.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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michael N123
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Better now ?
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Use a 20mm auger bit here too. Makita cordless.
Flys through it in no time.
Flys through it in no time.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Auger bit but regular Bosch electric drill run off petrol generator in the quad trailer -- which seems to accumulate all the tools I need for a variety of jobs!
fermerboy
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- Location
- Banffshire
Same here but it does make her puff a bit though. Flat bit might be easier on it I suppose.
Flat bit, Mikita cordless.
Jameshenry
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- Location
- Cornwall
Have used a Hitachi 18v cordless for 6-7 years drilling mainly telegraph / electric poles for gateposts , it finally gave up and died on me a few weeks back , replaced it with the new Hitachi brushless drill , got a lot more torque, you need a good auger bit to ease the strain on the drill really,
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We got a old chainsaw converted and use it.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I use an old battery drill with an auger bit, the battery must be fully charged, but other than that fine, a lot easier than lugging the generator round!
TheTallGuy
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
Proper old auger bit rather than modern Chinesium stuff makes a huge difference - I inherited a load & even the blunt/rusty ones cut better than most modern bits. A few weeks back I put a 3/4 hole the long way through a sleeper using a hand brace without breaking a sweat! I think that modern bits don't have the right profile on the cutting edges, the cutting reliefs and flute forms also just don't seem to match up to the old. I reckon that it's because the manufacturers assume the drill will make up for the deficiencies in the bit.
michael N123
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My dads got some rusty old augers and they’re relatively easy with the hand drill then he’s bought some new bits to try with our makita drill and generator but they just stall the generator
Which is why I made this thread