Nibbler drill attatchments

[Phil_D]

Are these any good? Electric nibblers seem really expensive to buy.

If the drill attachments are rubbish it will probably be cheaper for me to buy a second hand compressor and air nibbler than a 240v one!

 

[Bsmith]

Picture or link plz Phil?

 

[Phil_D]

Here's an example from Clarke but a range of suppliers seem to do them.

https://www.tool-net.co.uk/p-346641...BckmW5X-PBpNeHgRA54SFbK3pT3nWw1saApksEALw_wcB

 

[bricol]

I bought a version over 25yrs ago at a kit car show - had to buy one new set of punch and anvil for it as the piece of stainless I tried it on won . . .

But if used correctly ie on material thickness and type within it's capabilities, it's very good. Used it not long ago for easy cutting of hard to get to bits. Works well with battery drill too, so nicely portable.

 

[Bsmith]

Looks and is described like a very handy attachment that you could take anywhere with a cordless drill, dunno how it would stand up to continuous use though.
If you buy a compressor you will find a great many other uses for it apart from nibbling.
I had an air nibbler for under £20 from Aldi not so long ago.
Sorry, I don't have an exact answer to your initial question.

 

[optima21]

the drill powered nibblers can generally cut thicker metal than the air powered ones. the worst thing about nibblers is the shrapnel that gets thrown everywhere

 

[Bsmith]

the worst thing about nibblers is the shrapnel that gets thrown everywhere

Sharp little horseshoes.

Last one I bought from Aldi takes out a continuous strip like the old hand squeeze monodex cutter did, unlike to punch and anvil job. Dunno if you get that kind as a drill attachment.

 

[zzr1200]

Buy some 1mm cutting disc for your angle grinder....

 

[Phil_D]

Buy some 1mm cutting disc for your angle grinder....

That's what I do at the moment but I'm wary about cutting curves and breaking discs

 

[Anguz]

mines a turner nibbler... bought at a kit car show, don a lot of work... yes i have had to buy new cutters, but its beed a great bit of kit.... done a lot of stainless too

as said worse bit are the ejected horseshooes.... made an adaptor for mine to collect most of them...
fecking hurt when you kneel on them, and you get in trouble with the wife if they are in the bottom of your shoes when you walk n the house