I can bore either clamped flats or rounds, or even swing the head assembly sideways to bore the edge of wide boards (eg. I personally wouldn't even consider using a cordless in a drill stand, but then my own version is a Metabo/Bosch "fixed" stand (made by Maxion), which has an column-mounted eccentric workpiece clamp. It's small size & light weight belies it's rather extraordinary abilities at metal boring (16 mm+), holesawing (100 mm+), augers (50 mm+) & heavy duty stirring of larger quantities of mortars, plasters & surface finishes.įor me, it would still be dependent on the type of work I'm doing. One reason why it has such an extra-long side handle in comparison to any other drill. Despite being only a "mere" 750w (1 HP), it has a triple reduction gearbox, meaning that it is unrivalled in large hole boring capabilities. Specific to the BE75 drill you considered, that particular drill is uniquely capable of prodigious torque delivery. Speeds are usually preselectable on better corded drills. When used in a drill stand/press that "lock on" button becomes advantageous, allowing the operator to more safely concentrate on steadying the workpiece & the plunge rather than "wasting" one hand on holding a trigger down &/or feathering the drill to the correct speed. Apart from anything else, there's the rather effortless, tireless stamina of better quality mains powered drills, plus their usually more powerful torque delivery which is ideal for large diameter boring. They simply have different characteristics, besides the obvious ones. I know that either is capable of doing this, why does every website talk about corded drills like they have some magic juice for heavy duty work?Ĭorded drills are different than cordless. My first project for this is using a 32mm auger to drill around 400mm into the endgrain of some redwood posts. However I'm wondering if the corded would have been a better and cheaper choice. I bought the latter, the LTX, mainly because it's basically equivalent/same as the Mafell A18 and therefore in keeping with the design intent of the BST. I narrowed my choice down to a Metabo BE75 (high torque corded at 75nm) or a Metabo LTX with 5.5lihd batteries at 120nm. I've been looking for a drill to fit, and fortunately being in Europe there are loads with 43mm collars. I would have originally gone for the BST 460 had I been given the choice, but the 650 actually looks and feels manageable anyway. Apart from needing a bit of lube on the wingbolts, it's perfect, and I'm putting in an order for the parallel bar. I recently bought a used BST 650S on eBay for £300. Forgive me if this has been done to death elsewhere, but My reason for posting it here is that the comparison will be largely based on highend cordless (e.g Metabo LTX or Mafell) vs corded, rather than 'my corded is much better than this crappy cordless'.
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