Drill from Currys bits included?

poppellerant

I know the OP has already bought a drill, but I just bought the cheapest hammer drill from Argos for about £15 a little over 10 years ago.  It only went pop due to my neglect, as I'd wound the cord too tight and it eventually frayed causing a short - the same would have happened with any other drill, if you wound the cord tight..  Then again, because it was a cheap drill, I treat it as such, although it was a good work horse.

I then went on to buy a corded Bosch from Amazon, with some Bosch drill bits.  So far, so good!

grumbler

Dandytf said:

grumbler said:

Dandytf said:

considering this is going to be used a small amount of times.

For  a small amount of times a corded tool will be much cheaper. Batteries are very expensive.

E.g. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-mshd600-600w-electric-impact-drill-240v/294GF?tc=OT2

No idea how on/off switch works ....
I can only plug and unplug from power for time being.

The blue button on the side, if pushed when the switch in the 'on' position,  holds it in this position.  If you you push the trigger switch again this releases the blue button and the switch returns to the 'off' position. You can try this with with the unplugged drill.

Dandytf

grumbler said:

Dandytf said:

grumbler said:

Dandytf said:

considering this is going to be used a small amount of times.

For  a small amount of times a corded tool will be much cheaper. Batteries are very expensive.

E.g. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-mshd600-600w-electric-impact-drill-240v/294GF?tc=OT2

No idea how on/off switch works ....
I can only plug and unplug from power for time being.

The blue button on the side, if pushed when the switch in the 'on' position,  holds it in this position.  If you you push the trigger switch again this releases the blue button and the switch returns to the 'off' position. You can try this with with the unplugged drill.

i'll need to re check, todays wall painting 100% success.
Had some un expected struggle going from initial screwdriver mode to masonary drill mode.
Keyless chuck wasn't visible for considerable time, possibly stuck afer i used screwdriver in reverse mode to unscrew screws from previous owwner.
Once i managed to connect masonary drill bit, the drill flew and it is concrete wall.

I've yet to see On or Off positions.

thanks

GeordieGeorge

grumbler said:

Dandytf said:

considering this is going to be used a small amount of times.

For  a small amount of times a corded tool will be much cheaper. Batteries are very expensive.

E.g. https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-mshd600-600w-electric-impact-drill-240v/294GF?tc=OT2

I agree with this. For drilling into concrete a budget cordless drill may we’ll struggle. The better cordless ones nowadays are up to the task but they tend to cost over £100.

Dandytf

Corded Drill an Masonary bit and sp[irit level complete success.

Interesting wall isn't 100straight when spirit level is used seems to point downwards left to right slightly is that higher or lower only just missing all centre gauge.

Done well as Spirit level is only 1 mm from 100% level approx on hanged painting.

thanks

stuart45

Old saying in the building trade is 'If it looks right it's right. Doesn't matter what the level reads, if you stand back and it looks perfect then it's job done.

travis-powers

stuart45 said:

Old saying in the building trade is 'If it looks right it's right. Doesn't matter what the level reads, if you stand back and it looks perfect then it's job done.

Spot on. learnt that working on old houses!

stuart45

You being a chippie must find old houses a real challenge. I know in the past when a less experienced chippie was working on a job I was on he was really struggling with all of the 2nd fix and units. 
Not so much of a problem for me as old houses hide all of our rough brickwork

travis-powers

Love old houses did a few years on churches always got the “that’s character” line!
 Worked on new timber frame flats that was put up out of plumb that was a challenge for every trade!

neilmcl

stuart45 said:

Old saying in the building trade is 'If it looks right it's right. Doesn't matter what the level reads, if you stand back and it looks perfect then it's job done.

I know exactly what you mean. A few years back I helped my Dad hand a TV on the wall in an alcove and even though we had the level out on the TV it always looked odd because the top of the alcove isn't straight. To this day the TV never looks level even though it is.