Drills

About Drills

New Lanka Tools stocks 12 plain electric and cordless drills — rotation only, without the hammer action of an impact drill. For drilling timber, steel, plastic and board, a straightforward drill is lighter, quieter, more controllable and generally more accurate than a hammer machine. Dong Cheng is the most represented brand with 4 machines, followed by Bosch with 3, Dewalt with 2 and Makita. The range covers small 6.5mm drills for light and precise work, general purpose 10mm and 13mm machines, cordless drill drivers, and mini rotary tools for engraving and detail work. Carpenters and joiners, metal fabricators, electricians, furniture makers, maintenance technicians, model makers and home users all need a plain drill. In a workshop that already owns a rotary hammer for concrete, a plain drill is the machine that gets used far more often. Applications include drilling pilot and clearance holes in timber, drilling steel and aluminium with the correct bit and speed, drilling plastic and board without cracking it, driving screws where the drill has a clutch, mixing small quantities with a paddle, and detail work such as engraving and grinding with a mini rotary tool. Speed control matters more than raw power. Steel needs slow speed and steady pressure with cutting fluid on anything substantial — running fast simply blunts the bit. Timber tolerates higher speeds. Plastic wants slow speed to avoid melting and grabbing. A variable-speed drill with a reverse function covers all of this; a single-speed machine does not. If you need to drill masonry, brick or concrete, this is the wrong category — an impact drill or a rotary hammer will do in seconds what a plain drill cannot do at all. Both are stocked alongside this category. For repeated accurate vertical holes, see Drill Presses. Drill bits, hole saws and chucks are stocked in Hand Tools & Accessories and Spare Parts. Genuine stock with warranty support. Visit No: 120, Princess Gate, Colombo 12, or WhatsApp +94 77 111 8880.