Angle air drill?

[demarpaint]

I'm looking for an angle air drill, and narrowed it down to the Aircat 4337 and the IR7807R.
I'm leaning toward the Aircat because of the trigger position being on the bottom. Any suggestions in that price range would be appreciated. I do not want a battery or electric tool. Searching the archives didn't help that much. TIA

 

[tesla's ennui]

go to the yardstore website and look at their new and surplus angle drills. you will probably find what you need.

 

[vanapplebomb]

The IR reverse “button” is nice to have at your fingertips. It seems counterintuitive when looking at it, but it works super nice. Having the on off trigger under your palm leaves your fingertips free to quick bump the reverse button if the drill bit grabs as it is ready to punch through the other side. Once you get used to it, it is actually pretty slick. You can also just lock it in reverse by pushing it down the button and rotating it 90 degrees. Now, if you don’t really use the reverse button and you just want the handle on off on the bottom, that is easy to change. You can clock the body any way you want to. Nothing is fixed. The pieces are just threaded together. Crack it loose and lock it down wherever it suits you best.

The advantage the Aircat has over the IR is noise. Both are noisy, but the IR really could use a better muffler design...or just any muffler at all...gosh it’s loud. apart from noise, the IR is an excellent drill.

 

[demarpaint]

The IR reverse “button” is nice to have at your fingertips. It seems counterintuitive when looking at it, but it works super nice. Having the on off trigger under your palm leaves your fingertips free to quick bump the reverse button if the drill bit grabs as it is ready to punch through the other side. Once you get used to it, it is actually pretty slick. You can also just lock it in reverse by pushing it down the button and rotating it 90 degrees. Now, if you don’t really use the reverse button and you just want the handle on off on the bottom, that is easy to change. You can clock the body any way you want to. Nothing is fixed. The pieces are just threaded together. Crack it loose and lock it down wherever it suits you best.

The advantage the Aircat has over the IR is noise. Both are noisy, but the IR really could use a better muffler design...or just any muffler at all...gosh it’s loud. apart from noise, the IR is an excellent drill.

Thanks for the info. I was unaware the trigger can be repositioned on the IR tool.

 

[vanapplebomb]

Yup, just clamp the head gently in a vice, take a channel lock pliers (or similar) and unscrew the body. It has been a few years, and I can’t remember if it is left hand thread, or standard right hand thread. I want to say it was left hand thread, but if you end up going that rout be sure to double check which way you got to go to break it loose before reefing on it.

Also, give the handle on it a try for a while before just going in and rotating the body around 180. I bet after a little bit you will really like it with the power under your palm, and the reverse button at your finger tips. Like I say, it looks counterintuitive, but once you use it it’s actually really slick, especially for metal work where bits tend to grab as they break through the material.