I am looking for a short bodied power drill. It can be wide but it must be shorter than10cm (including whatever chuck is fitted)
I know of special flat motors, sometimes called 'pancake motors so I guess somewhere someone has used one of these to make a stubby drill.
Can anyone shed any further light on this please?
Peter wrote :-
Right Angle drill ?
Regards Jeff
This sort of thing? Or still too deep?
I have for one job, used a right-angle screwdriver adaptor, to drill
15mm holes using a spade bit. It gets warm, and I have doubts it'd last for more than a few holes.
FOr the ultimate in shortness I'd get a pancake motor and grind a cutting point on its shaft. total length, including bit, under an inch.
Wont drill very far of course... :)
NT
This would be nice! I don't need to drill. I want a really squat rotary sander but not the type described as 'orbital'
I needs one that forcefully spins rather than vibrates as the target material is jelly-like and just absorbs the vibration displacement of that type of sander.
Angle grinder? Maybe one with a carbide grit disk. It can melt and spray 'jelly-like' stuff quite well.
For an easy life you can get belt sanders with an sticking-out sanding arm, well under 4". Look in screwfix cat for pics.
NT
How about something like this?
Yes, that looks very promising. Thanks!
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