Time for more new tools

So I love buying tools. If it works as advertised and I can see a use for it I'll buy it.

Any way today I had a warranty job come in. I put an alternator in a Honda van about 8 months ago. Well today it come in with the alternator bracket broken and the bottom bolt broke in the engine casting. Very little room to work. I ended up using a Dremel and cutting a slot on the bolt. Then with a bunch of luck I used a screw driver bit and a 1/4 inch wrench to get it out. But I got to thinking what if I needed to drill this out. I said to my my self it's time for more tools.

So here is my list. A right angle drill. Probably air operated. And some stubby drill bits. What are your guys thoughts on either of these. Any good, bad, brands to avoid, etc. I like stuff with warranty. I'm not opposed to spending money if the tool is good quality

Yup, left hand drill bits worth the money in the right places.

Slightly off topic, when I first started in the machinist trade I worked with an old man who had been in the business for about 50 years. He used to love to correct me whenever he could and the way he did it was usually pretty funny. One day I said something about a drill bit and he said, very sarcastically, "it's not called the Acme Cleveland twist drill BIT company. They're called drills". Then everytime he needed a drill he'd say something about needing a bit and he look at me sideways and I would repeat his lecture back to him. He'd cackle a little and say something along the lines of "well I was wrong, the youthful mind of America is capable of advanced knowledge". I sure do miss that old man

The customer thought it was a warranty job because as far as his dadh was telling him the alternator was not working anymore and I had just installed a new one.

Once we got into the job I had to call the customer to see what they wanted to do. Of course they wanted it fixed but I wanted them to see what was wrong before I went ahead and tore it apart much farther

Sioux makes a nice 45 deg angle drill that is a compact unit , I have a couple air drills and find them useless as speed is not easily controlled and they eat drill bits . 
 A good electric variable speed drill is worth the money 

Edited by Coke-in-MN - 09 Jan 2020 at 8:03pm

If you ever have to do exhaust manifolds on F series or GM LS engines, get the Promaxx kit. It has a jig that centers and makes you drill straight. It also has a 1/4" air ratchet that turns twice the speed of a normal one and a drill chuck with a 1/4" drive. It's half the size of any right angle drill you can buy. The day I bought mine I knew there was a V10 coming in for manifolds. All but 2 studs broke off so the Promaxx kit paid for itself on the first use.

This would help for a whole lot less, or give you an idea of going about it.