365 drills

[Gazzer]

I have to say though that if the guide were made tougher it could wear the drill out ?....Am i right Richard? I think that is the idea behind using plasterboard as a guide as oppossed to plywood.

 

[grumpygrouter]

I agree great kit but the guide can wear away pretty quickly.

If the drill you use is a small one and the guide is worn, you can just drill another guide hole in the plate somewhere where there is a space big enough.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

We produce guides from 6mm to 65mm (any larger and they are difficult to control) and the reason they are made of soft plastic is to protect the diamonds on the drill and to mould / fit to the exact size of the drill.

when guide plates are used for too long and they will begin to wear away. Thats why we try and say to remove it after a few seconds of drilling.

I think the drills might be lasting longer than we claim!

I did look at making the guide stonger (IE swapping HIPS plastic for NYLON) and increasing the depth from 3mm thick to 9mm thick. But we are sure our market niche is for disposable short life kits so we are sticking with that.

The long life market is taken up with ARMEG and RUBI and so we dont really want to be there. Macrist are trying to take them on so there are enough people in the "top end bit".

At the moment we are in the final week of getting it ready for retail (exciting stuff). We believe we have the component lifespan right and so all the energy is being focused on packaging and presentation.

I'll try and get some info together so we can make a proper website announcement of the retail thing before May-2008

 

[enduro]

Ordered my drills on Friday but it doesn't look like i will have them by Wednesday for drilling my tiles.

 

[Gazzer]

Its only Monday today.

 

[enduro]

They sent them today, and it said i takes 2 days by royal mail post.
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Well my drills arrived today, for my job tmro..Thanks 365Drills

 

[Gazzer]

Dont panic

 

[enduro]

Well what can i say about these drills, got to the job this morning and the foreman said the plumber cant drill those tiles 12mm porcelain tiles, i said i have a diamond drill that will do it no problem, thats what he had the foreman said....Panic set in then, anyway the plumber turned up and around 10am we were read to drill the holes, by this time we had quite a crowd of guys watching to see me fail, so i put my 8mm drill bit in my drill put the gauge on the wall and started to drill...AND GUESS WHAT IT DID IT, thanks 365Drills

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Re: 365 drills : Diamond drilling of very hard porcelain tiles

Always good to know the drills perform as well as (or better than) expected.

Porcelain tiles are a tough nut to crack so we cant scrimp on the diamonds on the tip of each drill.

I've had the same scenario where a whole room full of people appear to see what these drill will do.

I went to a job where the tiniest bathroom was filled with sparkies, chippies, the designer, the tiler, the home owner, his wife and a couple of contractors waiting to see what would happen. Its a bit scary when they are all watching and waiting to see what happens.

Just as well they work eh !

The "Bathroom Fitters Kit-MAX" Seven careully selected drills in five sizes

 

[eatsmice]

After loads of reading on this site, I fell for the ruthless marketing! Thank goodness I did. Used the 16mm bit today and it left perfect holes for my heating piping.
First tiling job using large format tiles and was nervous of splitting them while drilling (before laying). Now have no fear at all and looking forward to doing the holes for the shower pipes.

Cheers.