Right angle drill adapter .. Aldi

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https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbu...duct-detail/ps/p/right-angle-drill-adaptor-1/
 
Great timing! I need one but I've been delaying what I assumed to be a costly purchase for weeks now. Plus I also need a haircut and my barber just so happens to be in the same derelict part of town where Aldi is :-)
 
The steadying handle just gets in the way and if you can't hold it the things just thrash around on the end of the drill, a very poor substitute for a proper tool. Usually the gears are made from putty too.
 
David2452 said:
The steadying handle just gets in the way and if you can't hold it the things just thrash around on the end of the drill, a very poor substitute for a proper tool. Usually the gears are made from putty too.
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I bought one, it did the job I bought it for, and it cost less than the chuck on its own.
I might get a set of the ratchety spanners, ta for the link VicS!
 
David2452 said:
The steadying handle just gets in the way and if you can't hold it the things just thrash around on the end of the drill, a very poor substitute for a proper tool. Usually the gears are made from putty too.
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The proper tool is ?
and what does it cost?

Nobody I am sure expects something for under a fiver to be the equal of something costing £100, £200 or £300 but for the average DIYer who may only need the thing a couple of times in a lifetime it could well be the answer.
 
Bought an equivalent one from LiDL and used it to drill two 8mm holes when I was fitting a Racor filter-separator. Normal drill would not fit in the space between the 'wall' and the engine.

Just for that one job alone it was worth it.

Note that there is a safe limit to the revs when using these gadgets; this is where a variable speed cordless drill - also from LiDL - came in handy.
 
Having attempted to use one of these (this exact aldi one) I do have to agree with David2452 although I understand what VicS is saying completely. The chuck didn't want to stay done up tightly and it was all a bit unstable if you needed to put any pressure on. I gave up before I broke a second drill in the gelcoat and borrowed a mate's "proper" right angle drill which sorted the job quickly and easily. A fiver is obviously very tempting and skilled tool users would undoubtedly have more success than I did, but with hindsight if I hadn't had the benefit of said mate's generosity the £13.70 my local tool hire place would charge me for a right angle drill for four hours would get my vote to avoid leaving bits of metal buried in the fibreglass. I can see how the numbers compare so I really don't say that lightly.
 
PuffTheMagicDragon said:
Bought an equivalent one from LiDL and used it to drill two 8mm holes when I was fitting a Racor filter-separator. Normal drill would not fit in the space between the 'wall' and the engine.

Just for that one job alone it was worth it.

Note that there is a safe limit to the revs when using these gadgets; this is where a variable speed cordless drill - also from LiDL - came in handy.
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I bought the equivalent off eBay last year to drill one hole through a bulkhead in an inaccessible position. Saved me hours of swearing, if I never use it again it was good value...
 
VicS said:
The proper tool is ?
and what does it cost?

Nobody I am sure expects something for under a fiver to be the equal of something costing £100, £200 or £300 but for the average DIYer who may only need the thing a couple of times in a lifetime it could well be the answer.
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I assume the question to be rhetorical as I am sure you know what the proper tool is and the price range, as you say the thing may do for occasional light DIY but one only needs to look at Amazon reviews of similar contraptions to get an idea of how they perform. I tried a few including a well made Milwaukie variant before giving up on them and getting something more usable.
 
davidpbo said:
I hope it is better construction than the one I bought elsewhere. The plastic case formed the bearing bearing surface around the spindles.
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P.S. I am going to qualify what I said. The first similar tool I used came from a kit of drill Aldi accessories which included a flexible drive. I used it a bit probably for not that many or large holes, It broke whilst I was doing the job and I went and got one from my local engineering suppliers for I think £15 which was cr*p construction.

For £5 the Aldi one is worth a try, but don't expect it to be capable of drilling a lot of large holes in a hard substance. A couple of holes for cables in wood or fibreglass it may well be up to.
 
David2452 said:
The steadying handle just gets in the way and if you can't hold it the things just thrash around on the end of the drill, a very poor substitute for a proper tool. Usually the gears are made from putty too.
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+1
Bought a similar device, struggled once and not used since. Once you have a decent size drill bit in the chuck it is too big for many gaps anyway.
Work had one of these, far too expensive for one off but a brilliant bit of kit.

http://www.makitauk.com/product/drills/angle-drills/da3010-10mm-angle-drill.html
 
nigelmercier said:
I wonder if I can use one of these to drill further into the "back" of my chart table, in the recess under the monitor.
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I doubt you would hold this gadget steady enough for a hole saw.
If the hole does not need to be fully square through the panel you could try an drill extension between the hole saw and drill. The difficulty of starting the hole at an angle could be overcome with a wedge shaped softwood packer temporarily placed in the back corner of the chart table. so you are starting the drill square to a face of timber.
Plan "B" Assuming the hole is for cables, could you drill through the base of the chart table from below and a second hole through the panel sideways just below the chart table but still out of sight unless you are on your hands and knees?
 
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VicS said:
Thursday 14 Aug

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https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbu...duct-detail/ps/p/right-angle-drill-adaptor-1/
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Don't waste your money - cheap, and I mean really cheap chinese ****. The gearing is extremely rough and cannot transmit any real torque - max rpm IIRC is 500 - ouch.
I took the one I bought apart to see if greasing would help but found the shafts run in plastic webs, not in bearings - no wonder it cannot transmit any power / torque.

All in all a real piece of rubbish 0/10

Better get one of these http://www.powertoolsalesuk.com/cp879.html
or one of these
http://www.screwfix.com/p/angled-drill-chuck-10mm/39590# for limited use "same" as https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/rad-1-right-angle-drill-attachment which looks like http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aluminium-right-angle-drill-attachment/dp/B003739MII
or something like
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/bosch-gwb-10-8-li-professional-cordless-angle
or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeWALT-DT71517-QZ-Impact-Right-Angle-Attachment/dp/B00F1HGOLQ
or the Rolls Royce of angle adaptors
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp++1597750 (not for me though at the price)
I'll stick with my CP879 for serious use and the little Bosch GWB 10.8-Li for light duty or "up the mast" type jobs (no air supply)
 
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