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News Release from: G and J Hall | Subject: Multicut step drill
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 October 2002
Step drill produces holes in a quarter
of the time
Drilling the 280 plus holes required for a multi-beam mezzanine floor would take two days using a conventional drill but, only half a day with step drill, reports a steel fabricator.
"Drilling the 280 plus holes required for this latest multi-beam mezzanine floor would take two days using a conventional drill but, only half a day with a G and J Hall Multicut" A leading steel fabricator in West Yorkshire, Rawlinsons Fabrications of Cleckheaton, uses G and J Hall's popular Multicut step drills to save time and money where the drilling of various size holes are required A recent project involving the construction of a load bearing mezzanine floor for a Bradford glazing manufacturer, required the drilling of 280+ holes through the purlins of the multi-beam installation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Not getting wound up! - Rawlinsons Fabrications, Mick Senior said: "In addition to the time saving factors, there are many advantages and benefits of using a Multicut step drill.
This job, for example, involved the drilling of 12, 14 and 18mm holes, and with Multicut, you don't have to keep changing drill bits because one tool will do all these sizes.
With conventional drills, as you drill through the purlin the tool grips on the exit and 'winds' your arm around, which is pretty uncomfortable and can also lead to regular drill breakage.
Multicut step drills remain stable and will drill from one material through another without any tool 'whip'.
"Drilling the 280 plus holes required for this latest multi-beam mezzanine floor would have taken two days using a conventional drill but, only half a day with a G and J Hall Multicut".
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