Metal Drills

Strands metal drills are an essential tool in your workshop. By choosing to buy a Swedish made Strands drill, you are ensured of quality, reliability and spare part availability.

Metals drills are a precision machine that you must be able to rely on at all times. Investing in quality will pay off in the long run and the Strand’s drilling machines are of the highest quality right down to the smallest component.

Our Metal Drills

Metal Drills - Considerations

  • The table should be machined and ground flat to make sure you have an accurate working surface as a reference and an adequate size to support bigger workpieces.
  • Consider power feed if you intend to do deeper drilling work. Consistency in feed rate saves you breaking drill bits. (Not the case for materials that tend to harden while drilling such as stainless)
  • The table should be slotted ready to accept standard T Bolts for jigs or other clamping systems
  • The table should be easily adjusted up or down, left or right and rotated 360 degrees
  • The entire drill press should be of solid construction with quality machined surfaces to ensure a long life and precision work.
  • Cast iron head casing improves the integrity and long term stability of the most critical area of the drill.
  • Get a good quality chuck
  • Consider a coolant system.
  • Geared head machines cost more but are far preferable in terms of power transmission, safety and ease of use compared to belt drive and pulley setups.
  • Ensure it has an accurate, easy to use and robust depth stop. A reliable depth stop eliminates the guesswork and errors.
  • Get an interlocked safety guard that complies to AS 4024 Safe Guarding of machinery. A drill is a straightforward machine, but they are responsible for a disproportionate number of injuries.
  • On a 25mm capacity drill that is used mostly for steelwork, we would suggest the slowest speed of around 100 RPM and at the high end close to 3000 RPM. A bigger capacity drill needs an even lower low speed.
If you would like to learn more about our metal drills and their application in your workshop or business, please call us on (02) 8445 8555 or email us at info@powermachinery.com.au