🔩 Economy Reduced Shank Drill by Drill America Qualtech Review

Totally blunt before first use. When I first tried using it, there was already a 1/2" pilot hole in mild steel, so I could thread up to 3/4-16. Just the metal polished, nothing cut. 40 turns in a 750 drill press and a back cut and it went through the material like clockwork. Went 2 inches deep in about 1 minute or so with plenty of zep drill bit coolant. I just wish it was already sharpened. Also, as I always do with bits with such a long reduced shank, I cut it short enough to fit in the drill

This accessory arrived very quickly and was packaged so that it was not damaged or rusty. A very big plus. in this. Although "hey, it's only $22". I then went to the garage and spent 30 minutes on the drill press (low speed) attempting to drill a full pass through mild steel 1/4" 2" OD square tubing. This is ridiculous as the bit and workpiece are properly aligned and regularly lubricated. The first took about 20 minutes, the second about 10 minutes because I pre-drilled it (in about 20…

I doubt I will buy them again. This is in no way Kobalt M42. I've tried this on both of my drill presses. Same speed, same length, same mission type. I had to drill 4 holes on 8 panels. Both beats chirp terribly. Especially the ones on the craft press. I even swapped them out to test the attachment but it still didn't chirp well and didn't want to cut at all. The only reason I ordered them was because I was in a hurry to finish a client's work and it was the fastest shipping option. One of the…