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Difference between nail drill and craft drill?

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by peterjluce, Mar 26, 2010.

  1. peterjluce

    peterjluce Member


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    This may be a naiive question but it is asked seriously. What is the difference (other than price) between a podiatric nail drill (I mean one without dust extraction like the pure drill) and a good-quality craft drill as used in model-making?
     
  2. Peter, If you are comparing drills without dust extraction then you need to compare RPM and the size of the chuck (make sure that podiatry burs will fit the chuck). I hear what you are saying- put the word "medical" in front of something and the price doubles. If you are looking for a low cost nail drill without dust extraction, then I'd type "nail drill" into e-bay on a worldwide search- you'll get stacks of hits for the sort of drills they use in nail bars. Some of them got a reasonable 30,000 RPM. Cheap and cheerful, but no dust extraction.
     
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  4. David Smith

    David Smith Well-Known Member

    Dear Prejudice

    It spins and holds a bur that grinds or cuts, what more do you need, besides dust extraction water spray, autoclaveable drilll handpiece, low noise, high RPM, longevity, looks sexy and professional.

    I have 2 drills with flexidrive and variable speed and a nice stand. I use one for grinding orthoses and the other for domicilliary work and a standby when my Podiatry drill is broken or being serviced. I've had them for about 6 years and the manufacturer supplies free replacement parts on a lifetime guarantee. I have only had to replace the flexidrive on one of them. They are quieter (more quiet) than my Pod drill and far more robust and they came with loads of drills bits and burrs and wire wheels. The handpieces are autoclaveable if you strip then down and they run of mains power and are torquie (momenty) enough to grind thru horses hooves or walnuts if you wanted to do that. They cost £39.99 reduced to £19 each in a sale at B&Q. Now that's got to be good value by any standard.

    For what its worth

    Regards Dave
     
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