Corded Drill for Kreg Pocket Hole Jig

[Michael Ballent]

Well I was borrowing a friends corded drill to make the pockets in a dresser I am making and he needed to have the drill back... So I want to just buy one just so I do not need to deal with the whole "can I borrow your drill?" thing. Besides his drill spun too slow, according to Kreg the drill needs to be at least 2000 rpm just to keep the tip from over heating... So I am looking for a 1/2" 2000+ rpm drill I already have a cordless drill. Any thoughts, looking to stay around the $100 mark if possible.

[Tyler Howell]

Milwaukee Magnum Hole Shooter!
Going on 25 years, without a single burp.:cool:

[fred woltersdorf]

i have an older version of this drill,probably 20-25yrs old.can't kill it.i tried mixing a bucket of thinset with this drill,i know stupid on my part,the drill started smoking,shut it off figuring i killed it,let it cool off turned it on and the drill was fine.i use this drill with my kreg jig.i concur with tyler about the milwaukee magnum,thats the drill i bought to mix the thinset.if you're not careful it will turn you aroun 360 deg.http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/a/makita/6407.htm?L+coastest+xzjy1014ff3abf3a+1130550748

[Russ Massery]

I bought a dewalt 3/8" (that's all you need for the kreg) from amazon for 30.00 it was a refurb, works great. I tried using my cordless too. Just not enough speed to feed it and clear the chips. I will warn the hole shooter is a heavy drill for pocket holes. Especialy if your going to use it for alot of holes.

[Jay Knepper]

Michael,
You're in luck since the high RPM drills are the cheap ones. I have the ~$60 DeWalt.

[Michael Ballent]

I have been looking around and noticed that the 1/2" drills seem to top out at 850 rpm and the 3/8" ones go higher... Here is the strange one my PC 12V has a 1/2" chuck... It's a conspiracy I say ;)

[Matt Meiser]

I already had a corded 1/2" drill that was too slow, so I bought a Black and Decker 3/8" drill that works great for this purpose (which is about the only purpose I have for a corded 3/8" drill.) I think I paid about $30 at a B&D outlet store.

One thing to watch out for is to get one with as high as possible an amp rating. I tried a Skil drill from Menards that didn't work because it bogged down drilling the holes. The B&D had about double the amp rating of the Skil.

[Dan Stuewe]

I solved this problem by buying a well used corder Milwaukee hammer drill. Killed two birds with one stone. Price was a bit higher than some of the quotes here, but I liked the idea of having the industrial quality as well as the hammer option. BTW, the weight is something to concider, it is pretty heavy.

[Peter Pedisich]

Milwaukee 3/8 holeshooter 2500rpm

smooth, fast, heavy. Go with light!!:D

[Gail O'Rourke]

I bought a black and decker corded drill for the same purpose and it's perfect.

[Troy Wilkins]

I have always used my Dewalt cordless with my Kreg jig. I have no idea what kind of RPMs it has, but it works fine. I can understand the bit getting hot if you used it in a production setting, but I have drilled hundreds and hundreds of pockets with the original bit and it still seems to work fine. Am I missing something?

[Jim Becker]

I use a "very old" green Black and Decker "consumer" 3/8" corded drill for this. 'Could be a good excuse to visit one or three of your local pawn shops!

[Corey Hallagan]

Most 18V + Cordless models will work just fine. In fact if you watch the Kreg videos, he uses Dewalt Cordless models on every project, has a couple of them ready. They will work just fine. I use a Ridgid 3/8 corded myself.

Corey

[Jules Dominguez]

I bought a DeWalt 21008, 3/8" 6 amp 0-2500 rpm for about $60, primarily for use with the Kreg, although I use it for whatever when I'm at the workbench. It has plenty of power and isn't a lightweight, but isn't extraheavy. Works fine with the Kreg jig.

[Tim Sproul]

I got the Hitachi corded drill for $50. It works fine for the Kreg and for my Lee Valley shelf pin jig. Mucho better than my 14.4V Makita.

[Peter Pedisich]

sounds like the corded 3/8 0-2500 dewalt/makita/hitachi/b&d types are best...but like Corey said and i have tried and can verify is a dewalt 18v with about 1800 rpm works just as well if you have one.
what i've tried and can say does not work as well is an older dewalt 12v at around 1400 rpm.
i've found the higher speed really cuts down on the fuzz at the entry of the pocket hole.