Mag drill, who has one, what brand, what do you do with oy and what brand of annular cutters do you use?

[5030]

They are all 3/4" shanks, there abouts that is. The Chinese ones are all over the place as I noted in a previous post. What sets mine apart is the 1/2 turn quick attach and detach nose piece. It will only accept 3/4" shank cutters but the cutters have to have 3 vertical milled slots and 3 radiused spherical indents at the bottom of each slot and none of the import cutters has that, only the Japanese ones and the Hougen Fusion cutters. If I had known that going in, I would have purchased it with the standard 2 fixing screw nose piece. Lesson learned I guess.

 

[sd455dan]

If anyone is looking for a discount on a 'basic' non reversible MAG drill Vevor has a 5 day sale on the model I spent just under $300 a bit over a year ago.

This one is variable speed 0-300RPM
It has the higher power magnet than some other models they sell, along with having the high power 1680 watt motor.

Rated for a 2" cutter and whether good or bad is heavy built at just under 50lb. So not great for placing it in out of position places..

47% off imo a bargain @ $151

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[5030]

Over on the Welding Web site a poster made a drill stand for his mag drill using a HF drill. He took off the head and motor and fabbed up a steel plate he mounted to the top of the column and used the tilting table as it was but attached rails to it and mounted a drill press vise to the lower tilting table and now he has a somewhat portable drill press using the mag drill as the drill motor. Pretty neat and I'm gonna copy it. HF has their cheapo drill press on sale (ITC Club) for 100 bucks this month and for an additional 20 bucks, they have the drill press vice on sale as well.

 

[laurencen]

I took a 1/2 plate and using the mag drill it works as a drill press on site if needed, mine had quite a long quill it will mount a drill chuck for shorter bits there is a spacer used, one could also weld a short length of 6x6 tube to the plate to space it for a drill vice

 

[chumly2071]

Replying to an old thread, but if you have one of the vevor mag drills with the Nitto quick change shank, this adapter should let you use regular Weldon style (read less expensive) cutters, if you have enough quill height available. Currently ~~$41 at Amazon (4-13-25).

 

[5030]

Good post / paste but I use the Hougen Nitto shanked carbide tipped annular cutters. I kind of prefer them simply because while they are expensive. Hougen is a local company for me plus I can buy them direct from them.

The advantage to the Nitto shanked cutters over the Weldon shank cutters is there is no runout with them at all. The setscrew attached Weldon shank cutters will always have some runout simply because of the way they attach to the spindle.

 

[DJ54]

My old work horse (Montgomery Wards/Mcgraw-Edison) ) and 7/8 inch "bridge reamer" learned to dislike tools with specialty chucks that were non standard when in work world I need something and "management" could not get it for me..... Jacobs chuck is winner every time....


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I have one of those too, Dad bought at a hock shop back in the early 50's. Those babies have some real torque..!! A buddy of mine was looking at one at an auction we attended 20 years or so ago, only it had a pipe handle on it that had to be 16" long. I told him they are one heck of a drill. He ended up buying it because it went cheap. He said the first thing he was going to do, was remove that long pipe. I told him to leave it on there, it's one there for a reason, because if you don't hold onto it. it will hurt you. He laughed it off because he's a pretty muscular guy.

Fast forward 3 months, saw him at another auction, he said you were right about that drill. He was drilling an old barn beam to hang a gate, bit caught, and handle came up and hit him in the jaw and knocked him out cold. Told me he's never had a man hit him that hard before. He said he remembered me saying to hang onto it, but apparently not good enough, but I do now..!!. Lesson learned..!!

 

[sd455dan]

Have a similar old HD Thor, used it for most of the tough drilling before I bought the MAG and Arboga gear head drill press, last major job I did was pin holes for a hydraulic press. Then the boys used it to drill out a frame under an old truck to mount up a receiver hitch. They are great old quality drills.

 

[Smokeydog]

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Traded some old broken guns for this Milwaukee mag drill years ago. Able to use regular drill bits. Adjustable base with the magnetic on. Large quill travel. Can change motor mount to distance from base to chuck. Used it drill and tap 5/8” holes in my welding table for clamps. Handy for one off fabrication and repair. Cut larger holes with hole saws. Found blowing compressed air while drilling large holesaw holes in thick metal greatly increases lifespan and speed. Stick lubricants work best.

They do make an adapter to use Weldon shank cutters but not high quality so haven’t had the need yet.

Drill then tap while still locked on. Fast and square. Has the precision and ability to chuck regular drills and taps a valuable feature I use just for that. Magnetic stuck to the welding bench, I can clamp or vise a part to drill and/or tap I can’t set up in the drill press. Con, it’s a heavy rascal and tall.

 

[Tinhack]

The setscrew attached Weldon shank cutters will always have some runout simply because of the way they attach to the spindle.

Mine don't. I use Weldon cutters a lot in my mill. They make a cleaner and more accurate hole than any drill bit of equal size. I use an R-8 shank adapter. The dry adapter is a handful getting the "prickly" cutters in and out. A whisp of WD-40 causes a heck of a pressure/vacuum. That's another benefit with the wet adapter with the coolant hole. If there's any slop at all, it's maybe a half thou. Coolant doesn't leak by.

I've been meaning to drill my dry adapter with a through/cross hole because of the mounting "problem". But I mostly use the wet adapter anyway.