When planning the acquisition of a drilling machine for your own workshop, you may encounter certain difficulties. The reason for this is a rich assortment that can drive any person into a real dead end. Consider the main criteria that will help make the right choice.
The mode of operation
By equipping your own workshop, you must build on the mode in which work will take place:
Long. In this situation, the equipment will work almost throughout the day.
Repeated. The equipment is launched periodically (for a few minutes).
In the first situation, it is necessary to choose a machine on the site, designed for active and frequent use. With conventional household devices, it is advisable to take breaks after 20-30 minutes of work. If you forget about such a simple rule, then the technique will quickly break off.
Thus, if you plan to make money on locksmith and carpentry, then you should buy a professional machine. The capacity of such equipment is more than 600 W. This is enough to create holes with a diameter of more than 16 millimeters.
If you do not plan to work often, you can give preference to cheap household models. Their power does not exceed 600 watts. However, this is quite enough to work with sheet material and wood.
Main functions
The most important criterion when buying is the goals that you set before the equipment. To make the right choice, you must timely decide on which holes you need you. Often, there are 16 millimeters for a home workshop. However, exceptions may also be found. If you are going to create small holes (their diameter does not exceed 6 millimeters), then a small machine will cope with such a task perfectly.
It is important to take care of the quality of future orders. The accuracy of the work will depend on how firmly the workpiece is attached. Many modern models have special T-shaped grooves. They provide an opportunity to attach a vice to them. This guarantees the effective mounting of the part, respectively, the holes will be perfectly accurate. But the cost of such equipment significantly exceeds standard models.
