Drill Bit help needed

bery_451

Newbie question: can a wood drill bit be used to drill into upvc window frames or what type of drill bit I need?

Finally can anyone recommend a good SDS drill bits set that has a bits that can drill into tile too?

Are multi-purpose drill bits is a single drill bit for any material including tile? Anyone can recommend a multi-purpose drill bit that has a range of sizes?

spadoosh

A wood bit would be the best to use for plastics.

SDS is primarily used for hammering. Or at least the benefit of SDS is for the purpose of hammering. For this reason youre unlikely to find many, if any tile drill bits.

It depends which multi purpose bits you get, Bosh do a range of drill bits that drill most things, including tile. Theye had a specific name but cant remember and ive actually got a set. Most of my multipurpose bits are unused, I have specific bits, so inevitably always use them

TELLIT01

Idealworld TV regularly have a set of drill bits which will drill any material. I was dubious but bought a set a few years ago and they have been great. I've drilled brick, timber and metal with them.

coffeehound

. . and they come with an SDS adaptor

https://www.idealworld.tv/gb/pp/extended-16pc-drill-bit-set-466365

JimmyChanga

A wood drill bit (not flat) will work okay providing you're not also drilling into any steel reinforcement. Though these days it's rare. But you can also use a steel bit for plastic.

bery_451

spadoosh wrote: »

A wood bit would be the best to use for plastics.

SDS is primarily used for hammering. Or at least the benefit of SDS is for the purpose of hammering. For this reason youre unlikely to find many, if any tile drill bits.

It depends which multi purpose bits you get, Bosh do a range of drill bits that drill most things, including tile. Theye had a specific name but cant remember and ive actually got a set. Most of my multipurpose bits are unused, I have specific bits, so inevitably always use them

Kinda confused on who would buy an SDS drill when there is a combi or hammer drill which is less bulky, more lighter and compact.

Just to clarify a hammer drill just hammer and a combi is both drill and hammer?

bery_451

JimmyChanga wrote: »

A wood drill bit (not flat) will work okay providing you're not also drilling into any steel reinforcement. Though these days it's rare. But you can also use a steel bit for plastic.

So best to go for metal bit then just in case the upvc frames have steel in them?

bery_451

Does aldi/lidl sell multi-purpose drill bets or can I buy them online and how they compare to bosch ones?

nofoollikeold

1. Most SDS drills have a rotation only, rotation with hammer or hammer only settings. Check before you buy.
2. The SDS refers to the means of holding the bits in the drill. If you want to use various drill bits in an SDS drill you will need a normal chuck with SDS fitting. Many SDS drills come with this.
3. An SDS on rotary only (or any rotary drill) will drill ceramic tiles with a specialist tile drill bit, or, if you are careful, with an ordinary masonry drill bit (tungsten carbide tipped).
4. If you have to drill porcelain tiles, you will need a diamond drill, nothing else will touch it as its so hard.
5. For general, relatively infrequent, DIY use a mains powered SDS drill is in my opinion the most versatile. Battery powered ones tend to be much more expensive. The hammer action of a decent SDS drill will go through concrete at a decent rate and generally fairly straight.
6. Buying a mixed set of drills is probably a good idea. High speed steel (HSS) drills for metal, wood and plastic. Masonry drills (SDS shanked) for masonry, and perhaps a few flat "spade" drills for larger holes in wood.

JimmyChanga

So best to go for metal bit then just in case the upvc frames have steel in them?

Yes, they'll be fine. I'm presuming you're installing and then using fixings into brick/block? So once you've drill the frame hole you would then use a masonry bit into the wall.

Kinda confused on who would buy an SDS drill when there is a combi or hammer drill which is less bulky, more lighter and compact

SDS is a particular kind of hammer action which has far more power than a standard hammer drill. SDS bits are also particular to SDS drills. They have a different fitting.
SDS is much faster and in some cases the only way to penetrate certain concrete, such as lintels.

kerri_gt

Highly recommend these for drill bits (spadoosh they might be the ones you're thinking of?). They were recommended to me and were like night and day vs a cheap old set I'd been trying to use for drilling masonry

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bosch-multipurpose-drill-bit-set-4pcs/95958