help! confused with tools

[SegFault82]

my lian li pc-a77 (all aluminum) case will be arriving shortly and i plan on modding it to install a thermochill pa120.3 at the top and a fillport. i dont know anything about drills, bits, hole saws, etc and desperately need some help with tools. i need a drill and hole saw to cut a 1" hole for the fillport.

1. i read that i need atleast a 5amp drill, will this one do?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

2. i need a 1" diameter bimetal hole saw that will fit with the above 3/8" drill

3. i need an arbor and have absolutely no idea what to get that will be compatible with the above drill and hole saw.

any help would be appreciated

 

[Headbust]

meh , any of those drills should do for drilling through a case, although i havent used a el cheapo drill in about 10yrs. The weaker the driller the lighter you will have to push so it doesnt burn out or not have enough torque while pushing in.

Basically by a cheapy but push lightly

 

[SegFault82]

ok. so im assuming the one in the link *can* do the job?

 

[stain.]

It should work, but you get what you pay for.

I have that

 

[Michael Daly]

The B&D will work fine. Other brands are better built, but if you're not using a drill a lot, why spend five times as much for only a bit more life/reliability/quality/etc.

For a hole saw and arbour, consider going to your friendly, neighbourhood big-box hardware store (Lowes, Home Depot etc). Go to the tools department and ask them - they will sell a couple of brands. You can choose between an arbour that takes several different sized hole saws or a hole saw + arbour in a single unit - the former makes more sense if you are going to get several different size hole saws - why buy one arbour for each as a single unit instead of one arbour and several hole saws?

Perhaps you should go to the big box store first and look over the drills they have to see exactly what's out there. They'll have cheaper, better and pro quality drills in different price ranges. Forget the half-inch and hammer drills - these are aluminum panels a couple of mm thick - not concrete walls and plate steel.

BTW - you don't need power so you can push hard. You need power so you can handle the friction of a large diameter or deep hole. You should never push hard - use the tool, don't do all the work. If you like using muscle, cut the hole with a dull chisel. If you like working smart. learn to use the tool properly.

 

[Carpecerevisi]

The B&D will work fine. Other brands are better built, but if you're not using a drill a lot, why spend five times as much for only a bit more life/reliability/quality/etc.

For a hole saw and arbour, consider going to your friendly, neighbourhood big-box hardware store (Lowes, Home Depot etc). Go to the tools department and ask them - they will sell a couple of brands. You can choose between an arbour that takes several different sized hole saws or a hole saw + arbour in a single unit - the former makes more sense if you are going to get several different size hole saws - why buy one arbour for each as a single unit instead of one arbour and several hole saws?

Perhaps you should go to the big box store first and look over the drills they have to see exactly what's out there. They'll have cheaper, better and pro quality drills in different price ranges. Forget the half-inch and hammer drills - these are aluminum panels a couple of mm thick - not concrete walls and plate steel.

BTW - you don't need power so you can push hard. You need power so you can handle the friction of a large diameter or deep hole. You should never push hard - use the tool, don't do all the work. If you like using muscle, cut the hole with a dull chisel. If you like working smart. learn to use the tool properly.

QFT. I have a B&D 30$ Walmart special 14.4v that works just fine for the woodworking, paintball gun modding and casemodding that I do. If I need something powerful (for 80mm/120mm holes in mild steel, etc) I borrow my Dad's 20 year old Makita. Use whatever drill you can get for a decent price. I usually just look at warranties
When you hit Home Depot or whatever, ask for their resident tool expert and query away The guys at my local Home Depot hate me.