Bought the Aldi core drill set a while back and got on well with the bigger sizes
Silly question perhaps but how to start the small one (28 mm no pilot)
Have only done one hole but had to start it by drilling with a smaller conventional dril and chopping the hole bigger with a chisel bit
I must be missing some trick here
Gloved hand around the periphery of the core against the wall - just to hold it in place until you have the start of a groove cut.
With the proviso that gloves and moving machinery don't always agree with each other John.
Cash
well indeed, but there is a knack to it... little finger against the wall, thumb an forefinger gripped around the core well back from the teeth...
If you don't fancy that, then cut a matching hole in a piece of ply, and then either push that against the wall with your foot, or screw it to the wall, then use that to hold the core in place.
Oh, yes, remember to keep fingers away from the power trigger lock :-)
Should point out, I would only try the glove trick on a variable speed drill, so you can take it slow!
Don't use your hand is the best way. A ring spanner is quite good for holding rotating stuff steady without it getting your fingers.
I'll make a pilot hole with my 28mm SDS drill bit.
How many ring spanners have you got that will go round a 28mm core drill?
all the way through... saves loads of bother ;-)
All my diamond core bits fit the same arbours anyway, so I can use the pilot bit. For anything less than 30 mm I have SDS bits that cover them.
The small tile drilling grit saws quite often don't have the pilot option, but they are nice and smooth sided anyway.
None ATM but I do have a couple of box spanners that would do if I take the tommy bar out.
Are you a Sky fitter? You would need more than a plastic cover to hide the brickwork when you break through.
Fuck me.
Did you not see the ;-) at the end of John's post?
Stick an 8mm bit through as a pilot first, then counter drill your exit from the other side before going with through with the large bit.
Just about every one in the tractor tool box.
Still a risk I wouldn't take John - even on such a small core drill.
A good idea, but a better one would be to use a core drill with a pilot bit - or given the size of the OP's core, then it shouldn't be too difficult to start the hole using a variable speed drill on its lowest setting.
Cash
Mine is a crawler, I think 24mm is the smallest nut that needs regular attention. The nuts holding the hubs on are 50mm. But I reckon my tractor is smaller than most, 55 HP.
I lower you 55, and offer 13 HP... and I can lift up one end at a time by hand!
John Rumm wrote: [snip]
If you tried to lift mine, all you would get is a hernia. About 2.5 tonnes without any of the tools/counterweights in place. Quite impressive when I tried to lift the flail mower (weighs about a tonne) with no weights on the front of the tractor. I ended up staring at the sky.
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