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Re: Drills for ~$100

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Originally Posted by BenSterling View Post
I honestly love both Dewalt and Makita tools.
For a corded drill you defently don't need a hammer drill for metal.
Yeah, the majority of the time we can just go through metal with a regular drill but there are rare occasions where having a team with a hammer drill nearby saved us. We had a shaft snap off and get bound in a special coupler at an off season competition, and the only way we were able to get it out was to drill out the shaft piece stuck in there. As far as I can tell, the hammer drill made the process only take 15 minutes instead of much more.


Also, I updated the OP with a couple more questions. I am thinking that there are so many different drills out there that maybe asking for general guidelines for what to look for in a drill might be more helpful.

Last edited by Monochron : 12-12-2014 at 14:46.