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I just got one of these for my 50th Birthday to go in my workshop. I must say I agree totally how great it is. Titan tools are very good in general. Thanks for steering me in the right direction
Thanks a million for yours, Mr Casual DIY. The Lidl one went into the dustbin, I took a deep breath and went for a huge one from the local Machine Mart store. The budget end of the professional range, if you know what I mean, and nearly £500. But I'm greatly pleased with my purchase, it's even bigger than the one you demonstrated, it's quite well made, massively heavy and drills accurately, even for tapping out very small threads. The only thing I added was a heavy drill vice. As the saying goes, buy things once; you'll be glad you did. You video is great, not a trace of a personal ego just showing off to the lads
@@CasualDIY It's a 'Clarke Metalworker, but's quite similar to the Titan you reviewed, a bit larger than yours and has the 2MY socket, which for me was one of the killer features. Funnily enough, your Titan was very much near the top on my 'top of the charts' list. This one has a cast iron table, a robust belt tensioner, and no silly and fiddly 3rd pulley feature just to get a few extra speeds I'll never need. Also a really good rack and pinion that gives the table a huge range of height in a matter of seconds. My only regret? Not paying a little extra for the floor standing version; it's so heavy it needs a massively strong bench to take the weight! Cheers and thanks a million!
@@CasualDIY make sure you wrap it on in the opposite direction of the thread otherwise it will strip off the thread when tightening. Also I found about 5 to 6 wraps pulled tight worked great on each arm
Hi Thomas Good honest review, I have exactly the same drill, works well and power is adequate for both steel and woof, However one issue. The table is not cast iron, it is cast aluminium, which I find does flex a little, this is one downside I see to this tool, the other is as you correctly say is the ridiculous screw for the speed change cover, which if you listen more closely is where most of the noise comes from, reattached lid with a thumb screw and line the cover with rubber to damp it and it’s as quiet as a rolls Royce ( well not really THAT quiet) But good work and again very truthful.
Now you got me puzzled I was convinced it was cast iron, felt like it anyway. But I can say there is any flex in mine. I'll have to double check that now 🤔
Hi Thomas. conkat is correct about the table being aluminium. It does also flex a little but if you take it easy while drilling it's not a major problem. You need to think about the lyrics from Leon Hayward's song - "Don't push it. Don't force it. Let it happen naturally." In other words, if you apply steady pressure and use the correct spindle speed for the drill size and the material you're drilling through, you shouldn't have problems with table flex.
@@silv425 yes you are absolutely correct. Well that one goes to the books lol but I have not noticed any flex in mine, maybe I'm naturally gentle lol 👍😁 Thanks for pointing that out 👍😁
You really haven’t done enough reviewing in detail giving it a a thorough review and understanding its versatility. Does the material melt. Ease of use. Variety of materials under different speeds. What drill bits to use. Where to get the best drill bits. Eg I agree the turning handles on cheap machines are all prone to coming off and the length of arm spindle gives little leverage for harder materials. Lock thread may not work. Does the drill Chuck hold smaller drill bits?
Hi, I would argue that most of the things you mentioned are rather for a video called "How to use a pillar drill" rather than a video review. The smallest bit I had installed was 4mm. But I can't see a reason why it would not hold even smaller than that, the chuck closes fully.
What is funny, that always when I'm planning to buy some tool for my workshop and doing a huge amount of research, I always finish here:) Which mean that your research is so perfect. I'm always looking for the best tool I can possibly buy at a very affordable price, but the answer is that there is no tool which will perform well for this kind of money. Especially the tools like a pillar drill. I was thinking to get the Parkside PTBM 710 A1 the one with no belt as I like the way it works, but the reviews are not so good so I think the one you have here is just the best budget pillar drill I can possibly get at the moment in the UK. Well, it is twice a budget drill but it works.
Hehe. I have to say that this is a beast of a pillar drill. I know it's a not the cheapest but what it offers can compare with the much more expensive drills. You get a lot of power and many speed settings. And after the years of usage it still performs perfectly👍
Good to know the Titan is a half decent machine. I bought the Ferrex one from Aldi last year and am now considering getting a better one as there is play in the quill as you mentioned, although I did find an adjustment which has improved it, plus the table flexes a bit & various parts rattle from vibration! The Clarke drills from Machine Mart seem to have good reviews.
I bought one about a year ago and have never used it, I rem your last video about it as I was speaking to u, your video probably made me buy it thinking back now, just picked up a Clarke CDP452F last weekend off a mate who only bought it late last year, will need to put them to use but the titan seemed decent when I set it up n stuff just sat there tho 😂
Thanks for this review - quite rare for this tool. I was really hoping it would be the drill for me, but it is just way too huge for my space. I only need something to drill straight holes in wood, powerful enough to drive a 50mm forstner or a 150mm hole saw. Tricky finding something in UK as these are not a big market... Any suggestions Tomasz?
Good insight bud, was very curious about your thoughts as I regret buying this drill myself. I do agree it’s great value for money and fine for general woodwork but that run out I’ve found can ruin a nice pen blank if not careful.
@@TheWoodgineer yes got similar feeling about those small things. I want to make a nice table to go on top the metal one. I hope that will increase the usability of the drill immensely 😁👍
@@CasualDIY brilliant. Very good workshop ideas. Love your workbench and how the mitre saw is out of the way until you need it then you just spin it over and the sides of the worktop level up with the bed of the mitre saw. Love your channel. Thanks again.
dear sir i am in the p[rocess of gett your pillar drill through screwfix..on one condition...i presume its a mt 2 chuck taper ?and can i release the chuck with a drift? i dont want to buy it if i cant put other tools in the mt2 quill... like thread tapping devices ... which are mt2 can you help me before i spend my o a p pension on a drill... thanking you in anticipation... laurence
I had the same poor experience with a Lidl pillar drill, the bearings are weak, it's very noisy, drills do not run true, the belt drive often slips until the belt shreds into pieces and burns out, and the motor is not powerful enough. I will have to choose a more expensive one to replace it, thanks for your very helpful video. I work mostly with metal, especially mild steel, reconditioning components for very old-time cars, such as shock absorbers and starter motors. Do you think that this model is strong enough to cope? Can you also confirm that the chuck uses a No 2 Morse taper (2MT)? If so, would I be able to mount any tool which has a 2MT shank? This is important because I sometimes need to use precision metalworking reamers at the lowest speed for finishing holes to accurate sizes to accept bronze bushes, etc. Reamers larger than about 12-15mm often use a Morse taper, not a parallel shank, so they can only be used in a machine that has that feature. You cannot hold a morse taper in any other way. You have made a video review that is far better than many reviews on TH-cam, which are often badly edited and far, far too long
Hi. Enjoyed that. I got the very same drill but on mine I wouldn't say that the drill bits are not wobbling. I do get a bit of play on the whole chuck assembly so I'm wondering if that's something that can be fixed/adjusted. I'd appreciate your feedback. Like you, I was using it for couple of years now, mostly for metalwork as I build custom motorcycles, and I can't fault it.
hmm could be the chuck itself, or maybe it needs taking off and putting back on again making sure it goes in correctly. You could try buying a different chuck. So far mine was working fine but time will tell how long that will last
Hi, thanks for the review. Would you be able to tell me the overall depth? From back of motor to front of base plate please. Not sure if I have room on my bench.
Hi Thomas, just got one of these drillers . Nice bit of kit for the cost. You did not say about the depth stop? Mine seams to not work as intrusions tell you. It will work but its back to front, it just hold the quill down hence no depth stop. Can you advice on this. Thanks Ron.
To be absolutely honest with you I have never used the depth stop on this drill. Just tried it. So when you set it to 0 then you got full capacity of 8cm. When you set it to 3cm then you got 5cm capacity. Yes its bit confusing but mine works.
When are you going back to your great woodworking projects you used to do ???, yeah nice to review machines but your opening theme is all about the beautiful things you made a long time ago
Hehe I wish all my viewers thought the same but the truth is that no one watches those videos🤔 my shop project videos do far better than any of my normal project videos. Which is a shame as it takes far more time and effort to make those videos, but sadly no one watches them 😥
Casual DIY I agree, we need to sell our souls to become advertisements for companies, my numbers are crap making something but I’ll try to keep mixing content around & hope for the best 👍👍👍ps report that post as spam asking if you want to be friends, everybody’s getting em 🍺👍
@@sumosprojects yes I try to mix it up as well but on smaller scale. I had high hopes for my hand screw clamp made from resin and burl. Took me so much time, money and effort to make it. And had 1k views on it that's it. That really put me off making projects like that. I don't have the finance to make projects like that... Thanks for letting me know about those comments👍
Casual DIY Fair call mate, you’ve got to do what you can to keep your hat in the ring otherwise it becomes not worth the effort, I hear ya & keep at it 👍👍👍
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I just got one of these for my 50th Birthday to go in my workshop. I must say I agree totally how great it is. Titan tools are very good in general. Thanks for steering me in the right direction
Yes for a budget brand it's not bad at all. Hope it will serve you well for years to come👍
@@CasualDIY And now Screwfix don't stock them anymore, just like the Rage 5s.
Thanks a million for yours, Mr Casual DIY. The Lidl one went into the dustbin, I took a deep breath and went for a huge one from the local Machine Mart store. The budget end of the professional range, if you know what I mean, and nearly £500. But I'm greatly pleased with my purchase, it's even bigger than the one you demonstrated, it's quite well made, massively heavy and drills accurately, even for tapping out very small threads. The only thing I added was a heavy drill vice. As the saying goes, buy things once; you'll be glad you did. You video is great, not a trace of a personal ego just showing off to the lads
Hehe thanks, I'm getting jealous now 😅 that must be a beast of a drill👍 I hope it will serve you well.
@@CasualDIY It's a 'Clarke Metalworker, but's quite similar to the Titan you reviewed, a bit larger than yours and has the 2MY socket, which for me was one of the killer features. Funnily enough, your Titan was very much near the top on my 'top of the charts' list. This one has a cast iron table, a robust belt tensioner, and no silly and fiddly 3rd pulley feature just to get a few extra speeds I'll never need. Also a really good rack and pinion that gives the table a huge range of height in a matter of seconds. My only regret? Not paying a little extra for the floor standing version; it's so heavy it needs a massively strong bench to take the weight! Cheers and thanks a million!
No run out and the ability to square the table to the bit and a pillar drill covers the basics. So many don't. Good update Tomas.
Thanks mate, yes that's true and that's why you can do really accurate work on it👍
Good review mate! It's useful to see how tools perform after a period of use.
Yes mate, that's what I was thinking, and many people requested those videos as well👍😁
Nice review again mate. My handles were the same....... wrap the threads in ptfe tape then tighten them they stay locked
That's a perfect idea thanks and I got that tape as well 👍
@@CasualDIY make sure you wrap it on in the opposite direction of the thread otherwise it will strip off the thread when tightening. Also I found about 5 to 6 wraps pulled tight worked great on each arm
Totally agree. Got the same drill as you no issues at all Loctite on the handles stops and coming loose
Cool thanks I'll have a look at that
Again thanks for your honesty great review and video thanks for sharing 🍺🍺👍👍👍
Thank you for your time to watch my video Brian 👍😁
Hi Thomas
Good honest review, I have exactly the same drill, works well and power is adequate for both steel and woof,
However one issue. The table is not cast iron, it is cast aluminium, which I find does flex a little, this is one downside I see to this tool, the other is as you correctly say is the ridiculous screw for the speed change cover, which if you listen more closely is where most of the noise comes from, reattached lid with a thumb screw and line the cover with rubber to damp it and it’s as quiet as a rolls Royce ( well not really THAT quiet)
But good work and again very truthful.
Now you got me puzzled I was convinced it was cast iron, felt like it anyway. But I can say there is any flex in mine. I'll have to double check that now 🤔
Hi Thomas.
conkat is correct about the table being aluminium. It does also flex a little but if you take it easy while drilling it's not a major problem.
You need to think about the lyrics from Leon Hayward's song - "Don't push it. Don't force it. Let it happen naturally." In other words, if you apply steady pressure and use the correct spindle speed for the drill size and the material you're drilling through, you shouldn't have problems with table flex.
@@silv425 yes you are absolutely correct. Well that one goes to the books lol but I have not noticed any flex in mine, maybe I'm naturally gentle lol 👍😁
Thanks for pointing that out 👍😁
I'd read that,
I wonder if you could replace it? Is the table arm more substantial & what diameter is its stem?
It's very well spec'd for the price
Great video thanks, electrónico DP18 vário sheppach and Titan wos the best,a hug here from Portugal 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Thanks mate, hugs from UK👍😁
You really haven’t done enough reviewing in detail giving it a a thorough review and understanding its versatility. Does the material melt. Ease of use. Variety of materials under different speeds. What drill bits to use. Where to get the best drill bits. Eg I agree the turning handles on cheap machines are all prone to coming off and the length of arm spindle gives little leverage for harder materials. Lock thread may not work. Does the drill Chuck hold smaller drill bits?
Hi,
I would argue that most of the things you mentioned are rather for a video called "How to use a pillar drill" rather than a video review. The smallest bit I had installed was 4mm. But I can't see a reason why it would not hold even smaller than that, the chuck closes fully.
What is funny, that always when I'm planning to buy some tool for my workshop and doing a huge amount of research, I always finish here:) Which mean that your research is so perfect. I'm always looking for the best tool I can possibly buy at a very affordable price, but the answer is that there is no tool which will perform well for this kind of money.
Especially the tools like a pillar drill. I was thinking to get the Parkside PTBM 710 A1 the one with no belt as I like the way it works, but the reviews are not so good so I think the one you have here is just the best budget pillar drill I can possibly get at the moment in the UK. Well, it is twice a budget drill but it works.
Hehe. I have to say that this is a beast of a pillar drill. I know it's a not the cheapest but what it offers can compare with the much more expensive drills. You get a lot of power and many speed settings. And after the years of usage it still performs perfectly👍
Good to know the Titan is a half decent machine. I bought the Ferrex one from Aldi last year and am now considering getting a better one as there is play in the quill as you mentioned, although I did find an adjustment which has improved it, plus the table flexes a bit & various parts rattle from vibration! The Clarke drills from Machine Mart seem to have good reviews.
Yes that's what I had in my drills from Aldi and Lidl. The Clarke ones could be quite decent but to be honest never had anything from that make.
I bought one about a year ago and have never used it, I rem your last video about it as I was speaking to u, your video probably made me buy it thinking back now, just picked up a Clarke CDP452F last weekend off a mate who only bought it late last year, will need to put them to use but the titan seemed decent when I set it up n stuff just sat there tho 😂
Lol time to star using that bad boy mate👍
@@CasualDIY yea I will need to get the finger out impulse buying 😂
@@williamn01 hehe don't worry it's a common condition 😉🤣
good review Thomasz
Thanks mate👍
Thanks for this review - quite rare for this tool. I was really hoping it would be the drill for me, but it is just way too huge for my space. I only need something to drill straight holes in wood, powerful enough to drive a 50mm forstner or a 150mm hole saw. Tricky finding something in UK as these are not a big market... Any suggestions Tomasz?
Good insight bud, was very curious about your thoughts as I regret buying this drill myself. I do agree it’s great value for money and fine for general woodwork but that run out I’ve found can ruin a nice pen blank if not careful.
What issues did you had with it mate?
The run out was the worst. Clunky table and that fiddly little screw on the top lid little niggles but could have been easily solved.
@@TheWoodgineer yes got similar feeling about those small things. I want to make a nice table to go on top the metal one. I hope that will increase the usability of the drill immensely 😁👍
Use some Loctite on those handle threads.
Nice vid my freind I'm interested in one so this vid helped thanks
Thank you, glad I was able to help👍
@@CasualDIY thanks I think yore channel is brilliant thanks for all the good videos can I suggest a video that would help me alot?
@@j.t.hlandscapingservices6800 sure go for it
@@CasualDIY can you make something nice and simple whith simple tools for beginners whith out big expensive tools if you can please 💪
@@j.t.hlandscapingservices6800 Ok, got anything specific in mind?
Hi Tomasz, did you do a video on how you made your drill table on wheels? Thanks
Yes I did. Here is the link for it
th-cam.com/video/oq4YCgkiPyY/w-d-xo.html
@@CasualDIY brilliant. Very good workshop ideas. Love your workbench and how the mitre saw is out of the way until you need it then you just spin it over and the sides of the worktop level up with the bed of the mitre saw. Love your channel. Thanks again.
@@delticrobo glad to hear it 👍😁
dear sir i am in the p[rocess of gett your pillar drill through screwfix..on one condition...i presume its a mt 2 chuck taper ?and can i release the chuck with a drift? i dont want to buy it if i cant put other tools in the mt2 quill... like thread tapping devices ... which are mt2 can you help me before i spend my o a p pension on a drill... thanking you in anticipation... laurence
I had the same poor experience with a Lidl pillar drill, the bearings are weak, it's very noisy, drills do not run true, the belt drive often slips until the belt shreds into pieces and burns out, and the motor is not powerful enough. I will have to choose a more expensive one to replace it, thanks for your very helpful video. I work mostly with metal, especially mild steel, reconditioning components for very old-time cars, such as shock absorbers and starter motors. Do you think that this model is strong enough to cope? Can you also confirm that the chuck uses a No 2 Morse taper (2MT)? If so, would I be able to mount any tool which has a 2MT shank? This is important because I sometimes need to use precision metalworking reamers at the lowest speed for finishing holes to accurate sizes to accept bronze bushes, etc. Reamers larger than about 12-15mm often use a Morse taper, not a parallel shank, so they can only be used in a machine that has that feature. You cannot hold a morse taper in any other way. You have made a video review that is far better than many reviews on TH-cam, which are often badly edited and far, far too long
Great review. I bought a refurbished one from Screwfix! Can they be converted to a floor standing drill?
If you try I bet you could.
Titan pillar drill is £89 in Screwfix. Is this a different model
Mine was £190 and that was a long time ago.
Hi could you let me know the throat depth of your pillar drill please
Hi. Enjoyed that. I got the very same drill but on mine I wouldn't say that the drill bits are not wobbling. I do get a bit of play on the whole chuck assembly so I'm wondering if that's something that can be fixed/adjusted. I'd appreciate your feedback. Like you, I was using it for couple of years now, mostly for metalwork as I build custom motorcycles, and I can't fault it.
hmm could be the chuck itself, or maybe it needs taking off and putting back on again making sure it goes in correctly. You could try buying a different chuck. So far mine was working fine but time will tell how long that will last
Hi, thanks for the re review. Does this product have a spindle lock?
it comes with a keyless chuck
Can you use a square drill in the drill
If you have an attachment then yes.
Hi, thanks for the review. Would you be able to tell me the overall depth? From back of motor to front of base plate please. Not sure if I have room on my bench.
Currently don't have access to my tools. Isn't there any details on the tool size on Screwfix website? The drill is very large
@@CasualDIY thank you so much for such a speedy reply. Yes, the total depth is 610mm. I shall now subscribe. Thanks again.
@@thebigred0 👍
Hi Thomas, just got one of these drillers . Nice bit of kit for the cost. You did not say about the depth stop? Mine seams to not work as intrusions tell you. It will work but its back to front, it just hold the quill down hence no depth stop. Can you advice on this. Thanks Ron.
To be absolutely honest with you I have never used the depth stop on this drill. Just tried it. So when you set it to 0 then you got full capacity of 8cm. When you set it to 3cm then you got 5cm capacity. Yes its bit confusing but mine works.
@@CasualDIY Thank you for reply.
have you used a mortise drill bit on it?
Hehe I just made a video on that - I made a jig to hold the mortise bits. Here is the link - th-cam.com/video/yfAVwWNv090/w-d-xo.html
When are you going back to your great woodworking projects you used to do ???, yeah nice to review machines but your opening theme is all about the beautiful things you made a long time ago
Hehe I wish all my viewers thought the same but the truth is that no one watches those videos🤔 my shop project videos do far better than any of my normal project videos. Which is a shame as it takes far more time and effort to make those videos, but sadly no one watches them 😥
Casual DIY I agree, we need to sell our souls to become advertisements for companies, my numbers are crap making something but I’ll try to keep mixing content around & hope for the best 👍👍👍ps report that post as spam asking if you want to be friends, everybody’s getting em 🍺👍
@@sumosprojects yes I try to mix it up as well but on smaller scale. I had high hopes for my hand screw clamp made from resin and burl. Took me so much time, money and effort to make it. And had 1k views on it that's it. That really put me off making projects like that. I don't have the finance to make projects like that... Thanks for letting me know about those comments👍
Casual DIY Fair call mate, you’ve got to do what you can to keep your hat in the ring otherwise it becomes not worth the effort, I hear ya & keep at it 👍👍👍
@@sumosprojects thanks mate👍😁
Is it sponsored video? Sorry if I missed that.
I wish it was 🤔
Nice review 👋🧐👍
Thank you👍😁