Drill for drilling brick

Dan-Dan

stooby2 wrote: »

i'd disagree with that sds drill - i have one and it's very much "all or nothing". It is great for heavy stuff, but there's little finesse with it and it's heavy and awkward to use up a ladder - the op's first post suggests he might be.

I'd recommend this...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb276drl-850w-percussion-drill-230-240v/93908

it's not so brutal and gives a lot more flexibility if the op should ever want to use it for other stuff, e.g. Hanging a picture indoors.

dreadful reviews on it though regards the chuck

Rodney_Trotter

londonTiger wrote: »

I think the SDS chuck doesn't flush fit the bits properly. I use Bosch bits too and they are the TM owners for SDS so they should know their stuff.

Any excuse I can find to return the drill is good for me

Are you using grease?

londonTiger

Dan-Dan wrote: »

dreadful reviews on it though regards the chuck

!!!!!!, yeah why does it have a hand tightening chuck for a power drill? they should always have a keyed chuck.

Big difference between hand tightening and key tightening.

londonTiger

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Are you using grease?

where?............

southcoastrgi

the last time a keyed chuck was used noah was using one to build the ark

grease the end of the sds drill bits or inside the chuck

Rodney_Trotter

londonTiger wrote: »

where?............

Obviously not then. As southcoastrgi said.

Rodney_Trotter

londonTiger wrote: »

!!!!!!, yeah why does it have a hand tightening chuck for a power drill? they should always have a keyed chuck.

Big difference between hand tightening and key tightening.

Yeah if you lose the key you're shafted.

Not used a keyed power drill for 20 years.

londonTiger

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Yeah if you lose the key you're shafted.

Not used a keyed power drill for 20 years.

you can buy keys anywhere for around £2 though.

Surely handing tightening bit with regular drill bits is a recipe for disaster?

I bought a keyed adapter chuck for my SDS so I can use regular bits on it. I specifically went after keyed chucks rather than hand tightend ones because of the extremely bad reviews I came across for hand tightening ones on amazon.

Hand tightened are fine for screwdrivers but a power drill - I doubt it.

Rodney_Trotter

londonTiger wrote: »

you can buy keys anywhere for around £2 though.

Surely handing tightening bit with regular drill bits is a recipe for disaster?

I bought a keyed adapter chuck for my SDS so I can use regular bits on it. I specifically went after keyed chucks rather than hand tightend ones because of the extremely bad reviews I came across for hand tightening ones on amazon.

Hand tightened are fine for screwdrivers but a power drill - I doubt it.

Hand tightening is fine, a decent chuck self locks if that's the correct term.

If your sds bits don't sit right in the chuck how is the keyed chuck?

londonTiger

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Hand tightening is fine, a decent chuck self locks if that's the correct term.

If your sds bits don't sit right in the chuck how is the keyed chuck?

maybe hand tighend bits are fine for expensive drills, but for cheap drills I dont think they're that good. I have a cheap rolson cordless that I was using to build a wood frame. The bit jammed into the wood and pulled out of the chuck!

The negativer reviews for hand tightened chucks for cheap drills tend to corroborate that,

the keyed chuck is an addon to SDS so I can use the standard round bits (SDS only available for masonry, wood & HSS tend to be standard round bits)

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Power%20Tool%20Accessories/Speciality%20Drills%20&%20Chucks/Keyed%20Chuck%20with%20SDS%20Adaptor%20&%20Key/d80/sd1400/p56617