Tool Vevor mag drill 1100w

[Joni (Dabbler)]

Here's what i bought: Single speed, non-reversible mag drill that has 12 annular cutters. It has more than 8" max height, with almost 6" of travel - comperable to most floor model drill presses. in *my* case, I have other machines for tapping, and cutting at other speeds. For very large taps (5/8 NC) I can still use the drill to tap, but would have to retract manually. For smaller taps, I have a hand drill with a tapping head functionality.

The packaging:


The contents:


I'm pretty happy with the purchase overall... I think Janger's purchase is more versatile over all.... I might add a reversing switch later if I think I need it

 

[Janger]

‘Today’s mag drill project. I want to add a plywood base on top of a wheeled base made of 1” square tube. Two bolts. Seems like a good mag drill project. The metal shoe uses the is attached by the magnet and I clamped the shoe to the base and plywood. The revised base will hold my chop saw stand and saw.

 

[jcdammeyer]

I suspect but cannot confirm that other brand annular cutters fit. I will say that the set I bought with the drill were insanely sharp and well finished.
I watched a bunch of reviews before I settled on this model. Chose it for the power and the variable speed. I wouldn't buy one without variable speed.
Worked like a hot damn. One of my best tool purchases.

And where do you use it?

 

[DavidR8]

And where do you use it?

I've used it to drill holes in parts of the mill when I was doing the CNC conversion. I used it to drill the holes to hang the arbor press on the wall. I also plan to use it to drill holes in my welding table.

 

[CWret]

A mag drill makes a great portable drill press. My welding/fab table top is a thick plate of aluminum, so the mag drill won’t attach to it. I attach the mag drill to a 6x12x1/2” piece of flat bar and then clamp the work piece to the flat bar (or clamp the flat bar to the work bench). Very similar to what Janger did in post 82 above.
In pics below, I drilled a hole in the dust cover of my Vevor bit sharpener for a vacuum attachment. The mag drill is magnetically attached to the flat bar (blue in the pic) and the dust cover is clamped to the flat bar.


Before getting a mag drill, I’d modified a drill press to work like a mag drill. I needed to drill many rows of 5/8” holes in my previous fab table top which was non-magnetic stainless steel (for dog pins and for clamping holes). I posted this modified drill press here:

Thread 'Drill Press Modifications'
https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/drill-press-modifications.19777/

 

[architect]

Looking to order one but there seems to be a million versions now? Skimmed through the thread and seems like there is a heavy 40lbs and a lighter 25lbs one. What's the verdict on the difference and any particular one comes out on top?

 

[Janger]

the bigger one seems to have more clearance for a chuck and long bits and material but it is pretty heavy. I think the right one depends on you and what you are going to do with it. Big holes in large equipment like farming might warrant the big one - in my shop I picked the smaller as any heavier and I won't want to use it. I had a huge one, even bigger than these, which for me was useless.

Things to look for.
- Reversing can be handy for winding out threading taps or just getting the annular cutters back out.
- Variable speed. range. Does it go to a low enough rpm? the fixed speed ones might be too fast.
- Vertical Clearance and Weight.
- Max boring diameter - do you want to drill wide holes? it's not just motor wattage but also throat clearance.
- Annular cutters included if any.
- Morse taper - do you need a morse taper to use morse taper drills?

I see there are a lot of different models with widely varying features & price...

 

[Janger]

I added more details above...
this one seems like a good combination to me.

 

[architect]

That's helpful thanks. I'll go with the lighter one too.