Customer Reviews

Milwaukee 1676-6 Hole Hawg 7.5 Amp 1/2-Inch Joist and Stud Drill (includes case)

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I have been building my own house for the past four months. I have sub contracted some of the trades but electrical I did myself. An electrician friend of mine helped me lay things out and got me started. He also gave me some great advice when he told me to buy a hole hawg. Equipped with a ship auger bit, you can drill out an entire wall in the time it would take you to drill one stud with a 3/8" drill and a spade bit. This drill is very heavy and obviously well made. It has all kinds of power even in the high range. When you shift it into low range you have to be careful you don't injure yourself if the drill bit binds and the drill kicks back. They don't call it the wrist breaker for no reason!

I judge tools based not on appearance but on productivity and usefulness. I work a full time job on top of building a house, and my time on the job site has to be efficiently spent because I don't have a lot of it. This tool made doing the electrical work possible because it allowed me to get a LOT of work done in a short period of time. I'd still be drilling holes for my home runs had I scrimped and used my 3/8" or even 1/2" hole shooter. The bottom line is Time = Money, and this drill is a time saving work horse. I highly recommend it to any one who has a lot of holes to drill. It is a high quality piece of machinery.

Tremendous piece of machinery, I love it!!! I had my first one for 10 years, it didn't break
someone wanted it more than I did I guess. After losing my first one I went searching and
started to research all the 1/2 drills I could put my hands on, after trying several friends
and fellow contractors drills I am right back at the Hole Hawg. Well worth the price,while Milwaukee may have let their standards slip in other areas I believe they have left well enough alone with this guaranteed winner. This tool can power a 3 1/2" feeder bit through 3~ 2x6s like it was nothing. I use it for all my major drilling projects, I do not bother breaking my right angle drill out for most jobs now. I recommend it to anyone who has to do any prolonged drilling.

I vaguely remember using those new fangled pistol grip drills for
something, along with first some spade bits, then some auger bits.
I got tired of waiting for batteries to recharge, so I got some
selfeed bits, and then drills started breaking and chucks started wobbling.

I picked up a hole hawg for a song. I looked like it had
been drug behind a truck and then used in the yard for a while. The
handles were missing, the cord was shot, but it ran.

After drilling umpteen holes for PEX tubing in joists, it's
still running with no problems, new handles, and a new cord.
It's been lent to friends, even the ones that already own new fangled
28V XRPM super titanium wireless LED cordless drills.

This is a quality tool. The aluminum holes on mine are even helicoiled.
There isn't a hint of wobble in the big jacobs chuck after all
the abuse it's been through. All the same, milwaukee makes
replacement parts cheap and easy. My Milwaukee drills are the
ones that have never needed switch or chuck replacements.

This is a heavy tool. You're not going to use it to shoot drywall
screws on the ceiling. You could, but you're a girly man.

This can be a dangerous tool. everyone has at least one story
about that new guy that got spun around and around 3 stories up
off the scaffold.

Remember to never never use the high torque (low) setting without a
pipe (it takes 3/4 steel threaded pipe) BRACED against something.
If it isn't braced, its going to turn around, smack everything in
its path, and pin the smackee against the next solid object.

Remember to hold it so that it will pull away from you, especially
when you use it in low without a brace.

I had to do a pretty big remodolling project on my grandma's house (new plumbing, electrical, etc.) and this drill made to job much easier. Boring through doubled joists and top plate didn't phase this drill at all.

I do take the warning I've heard to heart though. I suspect that if one wasn't careful and let the drill bind up, it has plenty of strenght to break you wrist or mash any limbs that got caught between it and the structure.

I'd like to get more of the Milwaukee self feeding bits. I have the 2 9/16 bit and with this drill, it cuts through studs and flooing like butter.

i am an electrician who roughs houses all day long ,and this drill is the best . it's beyond heavy duty and you know that if milwaukee is printed on it it's a quality tool . a must tool purchase for someone who drills threw studs and thick joists .

I'm an Amateur Radio operator and have a crankup tower for my antenna. I've modified it so I can use a drill motor for the winch. I've tried two other drills but they can't handle the torque needed for the length of time it takes to raise the tower. The Hole Hawg handles the torque easily raising the tower from the collapsed 22 foot height to 55 feet in a few minutes. The total weight being lifted is at least 750 pounds.

This drill puts others to shame. Drilling through the toughest material, this one has enough torque to get the job done, and still more to spare. The limit to what you can get done with this tool is determined not by the torque that the drill puts out, but by your own strength--when the bit binds on you, the drill will literally wrench itself out of your hands. The warning that the Amazon review gives is apt; new users should be careful with this behemoth because it has more power than you might think. Screw on the secondary, perpendicular handle to keep a hold on this monster as it bores through wood, concrete, asphalt, metal--the tool can handle it all. But can you handle the tool?

In addition to being an outstanding tool for electrical and plumbing, mine survied 3" of water. I let it dry out, cleaned up the outside and it runs like new still. The self-feed bits pull it through the heaviest 2" solid, dry, and well aged oak -- without burning the wood. And its not just for pros. Anyone who has to do electrical, plumbing, or has to drill through studs or heavy wood, will benefit from this tool.

I'M AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR AND USE THE HOLE HAWG ALMOST EVERY DAY...THE ONLY OTHER ONE I'VE USED ALOT IS THE MAKITA AND THO IT'S A GOOD TOOL, THE MILWAKEE JUST SEEMS TO BE TOUGHER. I DEFINATELY RECOMEND IT TO ANYONE THAT HAS TO DO SOME SERIOUS HOLE DRILLING, ESPECIALLY BIG HOLES...BUT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOUR DOING, IT'LL HURT YOU IF YOUR CARELESS.....

i love these drills because of the power that they have, you cant disrespect this tool or as you can read in some other reviews it will set you straight. the only issue i have with this particular model is that you dont get the (better I think) steel case for it, instead you get a jumbo plastic one that will only hold a few of your bits at best, forget about storing ur larger than 2" self-feeds in it, or you will have to cut out some of the plastic that makes the case ridgid. wish they would keep with the steel ones, tho great product otherwise, you wont be dissapointed!