I've always believed that pillar drills have belt drives - the two pillar drills I have certainly do, and they've never had a problem!
Put another way, if the drill bit snags in the workpiece then I'd rather have the belt slipping than the work being flung in my general direction!
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No. I was thinking of going up-market and splashing out on Screwfix's
45 quid radial drill, so I could tilt it more easily.-- Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
Hello mark
A tool often overlooked for mass driving is the humble electric drill. Fit a decent bit and it's fantastic. Much faster than any cordless thing, more torque and it doesn't go flat. Even better if you get a reversible one with variable speed.
Ok, useless for things away from a socket, but it's the only driver I use now where power is available - outlasted two cheap cordless drivers and one expensive one - I even keep an old stainless Wolf bitted up in the workshop just for this!
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