Mag drill

[spiders]

can anyone recommend a good mag drill for less than say £350?

 

[Dod_1985]

can anyone recommend a good mag drill for less than say £350?

Rotabroach Panther I got mine of www.magdrill.com for £330 a good machine for what it cost

 

[spikeislander]

got a rotabroach panther and it seems ok, done all Ive asked of it.
magdrill.com are who dealt with they have a few packages and the guy seems ok on the phone.
only thing mine is reluctant to eject the "slug" and you have to ease it with a pen knife. different sizes pop out better.

 

[spikeislander]

you beat me i was typing

 

[nick...]

I got one from magdrill too.they were brilliant for helping me
Nick..

 

[Bob c]

https://www.steelworkerstools.com/hole-making/magnetic-drills/magdrills.html
cant recommend any ,...the one i have is on the second page and 400 £ more you want to spend
if you have Morse tapper drills ,..make sure it has Morse tapper,....some dont
and the load RPM goes down slow,..very easy to snap cutters if going to fast

mine is the best work shop buy ,..i have ever bought at over 15 years old now

 

[DrDunc]

Another rotabroach panther here.

Bought it three years ago when I was fitting out the internals of a new cattle shed.

I wouldn't be able to guess at how many thousands of holes it's been used for since.

Variable speed on it has meant the larger cutters have never been burned.

Very highly recommended.

 

[Jontym]

Rotobroach here, biggen and littlen, Brilliant.

 

[Grassman]

@Dave W

 

[Zebbedee]

I have a panther as well but used to have a Jancy mini beast, smaller and more compact than panther but much better quality and as powerful, although on paper panther is more powerful in practice it is not. Also the variable speed right down is a comparable speed to jancy and still really a bit fast IMO My money would be on the jancy, also a better steel storage box than panther plastic thing which is huge.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

if its roof work avoid the 240v one although they are cheaper

 

[joe soapy]

be aware that when drilling the way a cutter works you can only drill through 1 piece at a time
easily

 

[Bob c]

can drill two at a time,......but have to take out the slug out on the first piece of steel then carry on
then put a bolt in and bolt up then do holes for second bolt

 

[RWG Contracts]

can anyone recommend a good mag drill for less than say £350?

Think @Gator found one in machine mart t'other week

 

[itsalwaysme]

Think @Gator found one in machine mart t'other week

There was a guy at Beeston market selling the same model @Gator bought, for £199 +vat he had a website needatool.com (crap website though but might be worth a phone call)

 

[Gator]

Think @Gator found one in machine mart t'other week

There was a guy at Beeston market selling the same model @Gator bought, for £199 +vat he had a website needatool.com (crap website though but might be worth a phone call)

Yep, Evolution, £358.80 Inc vat, from machine mart . And today's no vat day on Clarke stuff or 10% off other stuff

 

[Hesston4860s]

I've got an evolution one bought it when I made my shed frame, wasn't overly expensive £250 inc vat. I've drilled thousands off holes with and it's still as good as the day I bought it, might build another shed frame early next year so it'll get a lot more use.

I have this 1, gone up abit since I got mine tho
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/bora-2800-230v-magnetic-drilling-system/

 

[Adeptandy]

Yep, Evolution, £358.80 Inc vat, from machine mart . And today's no vat day on Clarke stuff or 10% off other stuff

Is there a code for the discount, nothing offered when I logged in to Machine Mart just now ???

 

[itsalwaysme]

Is there a code for the discount, nothing offered when I logged in to Machine Mart just now ???

I got a card in the post but no code on it, just take the card in

 

[Vincent]

An evolution here to have drilled thousands of holes but it's just one speed. I normally take some of the soluble cutting oil from the band saw to lube the cutter and it wipes off easier and doesn't help the swarf stick like neat cutting oil.