Milwaukee dd2 talk to me

[dsmart]

Thinking about getting this core gun anyone got one ?

 

[Ermintrude]

Isn't it just a ddm3

 

[dsmart]

Ehh?

 

[antdad]

The member with an apple in his mouth (moniker) has one, sorry can't remember. Mike something.

 

[Dotty]

The member with an apple in his mouth (moniker) has one, sorry can't remember. Mike something.

Mike Jackson.

Stalwart of these parts.

 

[antdad]

That's the fella....#28

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-tools/77531-core-drills-2.html

 

[IND_Nick]

I have had one for about a year now and it has been great. I bought a decent set of Marcrist cores at the same time and so far so good. I was also impressed with Milwaukee as the first case I had split and one phone call later they had a new one with a few freebies in the post.

 

[The Goose]

I got one a while ago now and its been great. Not used it a huge amount but it works a treat on everything I have thrown at it so far.
Nice and controllable too.
I did a 5"hole starting on some tiles and none broke, just a few chips on the edges which is to be expected. I suspect having a decent core cutter helps massively!

 

[markfxy]

I've got a dd2 great piece of kit until the clutch stared playing up wont even drill a 32mm hole now, hired a marcrist recently and you can hardly tell them apart I'd say they are both made in the same factory in china,
Would definitely recommend a dd2 its way better than the piece of carp Makita I used to use!

 

[jonnyswamp]

I've got the Marcrist one, first one I had was faulty, (brushes were goosed)
Second one is OK, I've probably cored around 100 holes from 5" down to 2"in around 12mths and its coped fine for what I'd call light use
I don't think it would stand up to being used every day

 

[solutions]

I have the Makita 8406c cant fault it even with cheap cores it ploughs through most stuff in seconds flat. And having the percussion mode speeds things up even further with percussion capable cores.

 

[Rckape]

I've got a Makita, the only moan I have with it is I need to punch up the chuck after each skin of brick. If I don't it works loose and makes a right mess of the arbour.

It doesn't take too much punishment; probably quite similar to jonny, maybe 2-3 cores a week on average between 1 1/2" - 6". I've had it for at least six years and still going strong (fingers crossed).

 

[solutions]

I've got a Makita, the only moan I have with it is I need to punch up the chuck after each skin of brick. If I don't it works loose and makes a right mess of the arbour.

It doesn't take too much punishment; probably quite similar to jonny, maybe 2-3 cores a week on average between 1 1/2" - 6". I've had it for at least six years and still going strong (fingers crossed).

I took the chuck off mine and got an adapter which threads straight on to the cores or core extension bars. No more chuck tightening.

 

[Rckape]

I like the sound of that! Do you remember where you got it?