Pillar drill

[Bobthebuilder]

Our pillar drill in workshop is playing up, never been a great 1 tbh, it’s a cheap(ish) sealy, it replaced an old meddings when the nylon gears stripped and didn’t realise they still made them the question is replace with an old industrial drill off eBay or the likes that will be built like tanks but not sure how much life is left in them or a new mag drill which has the added bonus of being portable and making a heavy table for it to sit on in workshop

 

[Hilly]

Our pillar drill in workshop is playing up, never been a great 1 tbh, it’s a cheap(ish) sealy, it replaced an old meddings when the nylon gears stripped and didn’t realise they still made them the question is replace with an old industrial drill off eBay or the likes that will be built like tanks but not sure how much life is left in them or a new mag drill which has the added bonus of being portable and making a heavy table for it to sit on in workshop

I was same position and went mag drill , it’s ok but I’m looking at secondhand pillar drills again now , faffy with mag drill always cleaning swarf up to get drill to sit nice , it’s ok but good long term soloution is big old secondhand .

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Best option would be both

 

[bravheart]

Best option would be both [emoji85]

Or modify the remains of the pillar drill to take the mag

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Our pillar drill in workshop is playing up, never been a great 1 tbh, it’s a cheap(ish) sealy, it replaced an old meddings when the nylon gears stripped and didn’t realise they still made them the question is replace with an old industrial drill off eBay or the likes that will be built like tanks but not sure how much life is left in them or a new mag drill which has the added bonus of being portable and making a heavy table for it to sit on in workshop

Been tempted with a mag-drill. Still tempted.............Have a good pillar but the portability of a mag may swing me. I still have one shed to 'restore' and things like roller-shutter doors and steel openings are easily sorted on site with a mag-drill....Then infill with concrete blocks or shuttered.
SS

 

[Banana Bar]

Sealey stuff is always carp

 

[GrantMo]

I went through this dilemma a couple of years ago. Ended up buying a big old Herbert pillar drill off facebook from an old guy that was retiring - it’s got a geared self feed and came with a box of morse taper bits.
Love tacking a big pile of plates together and then just setting her going to drill through the lot!
Happy that I went for the pillar drill option but I’m lucky enough that I can always borrow a mag drill from work if I need to drill something in place.

 

[tomlad]

I tink both
I bought a mag with long travel, jei i think it is ,longer travel than some .
Magdrill.com
Have a s/h ,i think that's a medding ,un tested i hope to power up soon ,3ph .
I built a stand for the mag ,from someones scrap pillar ,the vertical tube is hollow and thin , not rigid enough. This medding is solid tube ,first thing i noticed so i bought it.

 

[Classichay]

You should go for a decent pillar drill, usually the motors dead or some stupid reason they’re getting rid as spares or repair, the older ones are far far better than China made rubbish these things are solid built. Even the bigger machine mart ones are three times as dear as the big old pillar drills.

Floor Standing Pillar Drill | eBay

<p>Elliott No1 floor mounted pillar drill.</p><p>In need of a bit of tlc.</p><p>The 240v motor isn’t original and is a bit under power but the drill is in good working order.</p><p>Sorry but no Chuck key.</p><p>It is very heavy.</p><p>Cash on collection please. No delivery.</p>

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Swarfmonkey]

You won't go far wrong with an old Meddings/Startrite/Kerry/Elliot/Q&S/Fobco/Herbert pillar drill. All built from quality materials, and built to last.

 

[Hilly]

What about kitchen Wade ?

 

[tomlad]

Odd thing mine has no rack .pinion for the table

 

[Swarfmonkey]

What about kitchen Wade ?

Dunno if KW ever did pillar drills. Had hands-on with one of their radial arm drills though, and it was a decent bit of kit.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Because you lot call seeders / planters “drills”, I was a bit mistaken about what this thread was about

PS - we call them pedestal drills

Pillar Disc Seeder | Beulah Machinery

Hybrid disc-tyne air seeder that conquers any trash while also allowing for pre-emergent chemical incorporation, no hairpinning, and high rates of fertiliser.

www.beulahmachinery.com.au