What drill to buy

[David Scigliano]

I will be using pocket jointery for a project that I am working on.. The manual suggest a drill of at least 2000 rpm....I was wondering if some one could give me some ideas on lower priced drills...

[Joe Unni]

I'll be paying close attention. I've an old ...er...um...Craftsman :o that is in need of replacing.

[Matt Meiser]

I will be using pocket jointery for a project that I am working on.. The manual suggest a drill of at least 2000 rpm....I was wondering if some one could give me some ideas on lower priced drills...

I bought a Black and Decker corded drill at one of their outlet stores expressly for this purpose. I think I paid $25. Its kind of hard to find a higher speed cheap drill. Don't go too cheap. I first tried a cheap Skill that was maybe 3.2A? but it didn't have power to keep the RPMs up.

[Jim Becker]

I use an old Black and Decker (green) corded drill for serious pocket screw sessions...about the only time I use it outside of an occasional hole in metal.

[JayStPeter]

I just noticed a corded drill in the Grizzly sale flyer for $19 claiming 3500 RPM. I was considering getting one for a dedicated pocket hole drill.

Jay

[Russ Massery]

I picked up a Dewalt at Amazon just for my Kreg jig. It was a refurb for 25.00.

[Jeff Singleton]

I have a Kreig unit that is solid aluminum with two holes. You will benifit from using a drill with at least 2500 rpm. I have two Milwaukee drills, one is 2800 rpm, 3/8 keyless chuck and a 1/2 chuck, 3500 rpm. The 3500 rpm is used the most by far. It really cuts a clean hole in very short order. I picked up a Milwaukee 0-850 rpm, 1/2" drill with a 25' quick-lock cord and keyless chuck for $35 at a local pawn shop a couple weeks ago. I check in every couple months and see what tools they have. I need two sets of hand tools, one for the pattern shop and one for the cabinet shop. I am presently paying $13.00 per thousand for faceframe screws, 1 1/4 & 1 1/2.

Jeff Singleton

[Alan Tolchinsky]

I recommend a corded drill to get the torque plus rpm's. I have a Dewalt and it's taken a lot of abuse including a LOT of sanding on the lathe. I thought that would kill it but it didn't.

[chester stidham]

I have a old Mekita 3/8'" that has been around for 15 years and it still works as good as ever but most of the name brand corded drills are very good now if I were looking for a new one I would look for one that fits my hand best the Dwalt refirb sounds good heck for 25 how can you go wrong :cool: