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Permalink Reply by Paul Hajdu on February 26, 2015 at 8:03pm

Get a pancake. It attaches to any drill and get threaded drill bits at the yard store

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on February 26, 2015 at 8:22pm

Harbor Freight has a cheap right angle air drill - won't get in as tight spots as a high dollar threaded bit drill, but it'll get in 90% of the places a conventional drill can't access.

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Permalink Reply by Sebastien Heintz on February 26, 2015 at 9:06pm

• Check out this post I wrote about an angle drill attachement a few years ago

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Permalink Reply by sam hord on February 26, 2015 at 9:38pm

A right angle for your Dremel is great. If it gets real tight, cut a drill bit off to fit. It will only go to 1/8", but that will take care of a lot of what you will need.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Engel on February 26, 2015 at 9:41pm

I used my foot long 20,30,and#40 bits a LOT more than my $300.00 angle air drill.    Lee

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Permalink Reply by Tom Sullivan on February 26, 2015 at 10:44pm

The TightFit Tools angle attachment is working well for me.It's inexpensive and can be purchased at Amazon or from them directly..The threaded bits come in stub, short and regular..Also the 12 inch long bits are needed in some spots as they can  be held straight while the drill is at an angle for long reach where holes on a flange are close to the bend.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Ward on February 26, 2015 at 11:10pm

I second what Tom recommended, TightFit is awesome,

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/fitdrill_kitbox.php

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Permalink Reply by Brian Baker on February 27, 2015 at 10:28am

This was not cheep. ($260.00) But it has saved the day more than once.....   http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/ATS6132.php 

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Permalink Reply by Jon Crew on February 27, 2015 at 10:47am

I held off spending the money for a good angle drill until 3/4 through my first build.  Big mistake.  I finally bought one from cheif aircraft for about 95 bucks with an assortment of threaded drills.  Have not looked back.  I just went to their website and they have the thing for 50 bucks. 

Check it out:  http://www.chiefaircraft.com/ca-5130.html

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Permalink Reply by Don Morrisey on February 27, 2015 at 1:50pm

My advice is to spend the money on the real thing.  On a previous build I tried the attachments to the drill and they made real sloppy holes...might've just been the brand I had, I don't know.  I finally bit the bullet and bought the real thing, with threaded bits..it has become my favorite tool.  The holes come out nicely round and you can get in some amazingly tight spaces...which cannot be done with any of the attachments. I bought mine at the Yard Store, worth every penny:

http://www.yardstore.com/browse.cfm/4,5465.html

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Permalink Reply by Richard Jones on February 28, 2015 at 8:57am

A good buy in my book is the right angle drill attachment Item 935 from Avery Tool $115.00

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Permalink Reply by Normand Lambert on February 28, 2015 at 10:42am

Hi,
I got an air angle drill by central pneumatic.. Also got a canadian tire electric angle drill which is bigger. the smaller air drivem angle drill is really good for tight spots but you need to pass the air tube with it.
check them out ... Both are not that expensive.
Regards,
Norm

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