Cable Tool Drilling In Granite

Short tutorial on how to drill holes in granite countertops.

Cable tool drilling in granite.

Make sure the drill bit is specifically designed for drilling through granite and that it can handle the depth of drilling your application requires. Picking the right drill bit. A good one should be able to get through a inch 1 9 cm slab in less than a minute. A friend of his needed to drill seven 1 4 holes through 1 thick granite.

Quartz marble and granite. This is a 71 speed star cable tool drilling rig. I have a 6 and 8 pit 6 and 8 bailers for the rig. Plenty of spare parts.

Recently my buddy don was presented with a conundrum. Really easy when you get. Cable tool rigs are a traditional way of drilling water wells the majority of large diameter water supply wells especially deep wells completed in bedrock aquifers were completed using this drilling method although this drilling method has largely been supplanted in recent years by other faster drilling techniques it is still the most feasible drilling method for large diameter deep. Water oil or gas.

It is simple to use while maintaining excellent power. Drills in hard rock shale sand stone granite. Don then reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a whopper. Cable tool drilling machines also called percussion or spudder rigs operate by repeatedly lifting and dropping a heavy string of drilling tools into the borehole.

The power drill being shown here is one of the most reliable units on the market. Drilling cable tool allows you to hit water in dry places. His friend had burned up 3 masonry bits trying to get the job done before he gave up. To perform this feat of nearly magic you ll need a plastic cap that s at least 3 4 deep.

Truck is road worthy rig has new engine less than yr ago was rebuilt. I can get more pits just let know what you need the truck that the rig is on is a 1998 gmc top kick with v8 gas with a 5 with a 2 speed tranz. While you can drill through granite it takes more work than drilling most other holes and patching up is not going to be an option. It is a drill that feels good to use and will come in handy for many purposes outside of granite projects.

This will be able to make short work of most of your granite drilling needs. The drill bit breaks or crushes consolidated rock into small fragments whereas the bit primarily loosens the material when drilling unconsolidated formations. This works for any other stone surface too. There is a little more i will to compleat the rig.

You can drive casing also in hard to drill places.