14.4v drill ok for masonary drilling?

ferry

I'll be attempting a few outdoor jobs after Xmas not being a big DIY'er I dont really want to fork out lods on a powerful drill.

Screwfix are doing a agood deal om a 14.4v combi drill-will this be sufficeint power for a range of masonary related jobs?

Thanks as usual

benje302

If you are going into masonary that will eat a 14.4V quickly.

As you are not a Big DIY'er why dont you go for a corded drill.

Make sure you get one with hammer action to make it alot easier/quicker.

Ben

Captain_Flack.

Holes for plugs should be ok anything else more then expect a lot of down time on recharge. Chasing walls or similar go for corded sds.

CharlieBilly

18v would be better if you not fussy a cordered drill is cheap below

Its a Bosch for £25

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/bosch-psb-680-re-compact-hammer-drill-24-98-b-q-1767552

Jonesya

Go corded, not only are they a more powerful but they'll last a lot longer. If you're only using occassionally then you'll never get your moneys worth as the batteries will die long before the drill is worn out.

Good mains drill will last for years, if not decades.

phill99

Jonesya is right. If you only have one drill, make sure it's a corded one.

londonTiger

corded drills are much better, and I own both corded and cordless.

Make sure you buy the right bits - using the wrong bits can seriously damage the drill - I messed up my brothers sds drill trying to drill holes using a blut bit. Ended up pushing the drill too hard into the wall and destroyed the motor.

For rawlplugs you need to use -0.5mm bit for the right fitting.

SDS drills bite into the bits better as they have slotted grooves. But an SDS drill is designed specifically for masonry and you may not get much use out of it for woodworking. You can use an SDS to chuck adapter but the more adapters you add the less accurate the drilling is as the bits wobble more and more at the end point.


Finally, cordless are annoying. They discharge over time. So if you have an impromtu job you want to do on Saturday. You will have to charge the drill up. Battery can drain fast and only the best drills like Makita, Bosch have high end batteries that have good capacity.

Budget drills suck bad. I have a rolson 24V cordless drill - can''t even drill into intreior walls for shelves. Charge for 8 hours and then dies after drilling 1 hole. Took the plunge and bought a corded energer (sic) SDS hammer drill from screwfix.

Note: energer is screwfixs own brand. There are allegations made by people that screwfix moderates comments on their own brand product. While it's good value for £40 I think the chuck does not hold the bits firmly enough so the drill bits have some movement. There is no speed control on it (manual mentions using high speed on softwood and low speed on hardwood LOL)

But it's very beefy and appears to have good build quality.

FInally you'll need one of these adapters for your standard drill bits

Captain_Flack.

londonTiger wrote: »

corded drills are much better, and I own both corded and cordless.

Make sure you buy the right bits - using the wrong bits can seriously damage the drill - I messed up my brothers sds drill trying to drill holes using a blut bit. Ended up pushing the drill too hard into the wall and destroyed the motor.

For rawlplugs you need to use -0.5mm bit for the right fitting.

SDS drills bite into the bits better as they have slotted grooves. But an SDS drill is designed specifically for masonry and you may not get much use out of it for woodworking. You can use an SDS to chuck adapter but the more adapters you add the less accurate the drilling is as the bits wobble more and more at the end point.


Finally, cordless are annoying. They discharge over time. So if you have an impromtu job you want to do on Saturday. You will have to charge the drill up. Battery can drain fast and only the best drills like Makita, Bosch have high end batteries that have good capacity.

Budget drills suck bad. I have a rolson 24V cordless drill - can''t even drill into intreior walls for shelves. Charge for 8 hours and then dies after drilling 1 hole. Took the plunge and bought a corded energer (sic) SDS hammer drill from screwfix.

Note: energer is screwfixs own brand. There are allegations made by people that screwfix moderates comments on their own brand product. While it's good value for £40 I think the chuck does not hold the bits firmly enough so the drill bits have some movement. There is no speed control on it (manual mentions using high speed on softwood and low speed on hardwood LOL)

But it's very beefy and appears to have good build quality.

FInally you'll need one of these adapters for your standard drill bits

Theres a man who's never heard of lithium ion.

londonTiger

Cordless are only worthwhile if you're spending £150 upwards for a really good brand with a lithium ion battery. Cheap cordless have ni cd which loses torque as the battery is draining and has limited capacity and strength.

Captain_Flack.

londonTiger wrote: »

Cordless are only worthwhile if you're spending £150 upwards for a really good brand with a lithium ion battery. Cheap cordless have ni cd which loses torque as the battery is draining and has limited capacity and strength.

So a makita li-ion at £99 isn't with having?

londonTiger

Captain_Flack. wrote: »

So a makita li-ion at £99 isn't with having?

The £150 was just a ball park estimate for jobby cordless drills. I didn't think you were going to be so pedantic to call me out on that. If so I would have looked around for current sale prices.

you still have to charge it before your job and for masonry drilling you will need to recharge it in the middle of your job because masonry requires a lot more torque than wood or metal. With masonry you really need hammer action.

To be honest if I could go back I would not get the energer sds and settle for the bosch b&q one for £25 posted above^

I knew I made a mistake with the energer when I opened it and found jackhammer bit for braking rubble and chisel bits, the smallest included bit was 8mm (far to big for your house shelves). It's too big and heavy for small jobs.