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02-08-2006, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: monterey ,ca
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air drill
hi guys im wanted info about air drill,is on market something good like sioux air drill but cheaper and where thanks
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02-08-2006, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
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I have 2 Harbor Freight air drills ($19.95 ea.) One has been with me through the building of 8 airplanes, and the other through 4. They both still run great. If they both quit tomorrow, I'm still way ahead.
Mel...DAR
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02-08-2006, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Originally Posted by jany77
hi guys im wanted info about air drill,is on market something good like sioux air drill but cheaper and where thanks
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I have a Sioux (and paid for it). It's great, but nextime I'd look around. In my opinion, the only thing that really matters is that it has a good teasing trigger to control speed. I've heard good things about Dotco drills (from ATS, I think) that cost about $70 instead $200 for the Sioux.
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02-08-2006, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arkansas
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My Dotco Mini palm drill costs $239.00 from the cheapest place I could find a year ago. I need to check ATS looks like.
One thing I learned about air drills is you don't need a high speed drill for most of what you will be using it for. When opening up rivet holes slower is better and that is 80% of what the drill is used for. For countersing and deburring the slower the better. I use my cordless on the screw driver speed for countersinking and deburring. If the cordless wasn't so heavy and combersome I would use it for everything. BTW, I love my Dotco air drill. I may buy it a valentine 
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02-08-2006, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 270
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Bought a ?? Palm Size Air Drill for $99.00 from Professional Air Riveting Tools and have had no problems. Also bought a Pneumatic Squeezer and die sets. This is a great place to buy air tools with good prices.
http://www.rivettools.com/air_drills.htm
Squeak
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02-09-2006, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 78
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Chicago Pneumatic
I bought a Chicago Pneumatic for $89 off of e-bay and am very happy with it. I have attached a link to the same seller I used below. It arrived in 2 days and works great.
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02-09-2006, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
Posts: 10,011
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Cheap ones...
I bought a Sears one, and it was useless for fine work.
Make sure any one that you buy has a "teasing" throttle... some of the cheap ones are either ON or OFF, with a small kick back as they spin up... this makes it difficult to locate a hole precisely.
Also, since all of the power is back in the compressor, go for the lightest one you can get....
gil in Tucson
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02-09-2006, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 118
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happy with this one:
Brand new c.p. mini reversible drill for 89.95. I have it and am happy with it, much better than the taylor I started with.
http://browntool.com/productselect.asp?ProductID=653
no affiliation whatsoever.
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02-09-2006, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 333
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I am happy with my CH, purchased at Home Depot
I think I paid $30 for it. You could bye three units and permantly mount a #30, #40, and a stepbit (or whatever) and still be money ahead compared to a Sioux/Dotco purchase.
I have used a friends Sioux. It was certainly a better unit but 6 times better? Hardly. Good luck.
Hugh
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02-09-2006, 05:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Estacada, OR
Posts: 787
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Get one that is small & light weight. Small in diameter is reallly helpful when you are drilling inside tight places.
You want one that will turn 2,500 rpm minimum.
If price is an issue, buy from Brown for a new one or buy off Ebay. Brown's price on a 3,600 rpm Sioux model 1412 is $185, vs. $239 at lots of other places.
Richard Scott
RV-9A Wings
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