diamond tipped drill bits

tammy_3

Hi

I live in a flat which has concrete walls so a normal drill cannot drill holes in it- wheres the best place to buy diamond tipped drill bits(i was told to use this on concrete walls) and where should i buy a drill form or can any drilltake these drill bits?

cheers

alanobrien

I used to live in a house with reinforced concrete lintels which were a nightmare to drill.

A good SDS drill and tungsten tip drills should do the job, this combination has never failed me yet.

Take a look on https://www.screwfix.com

tammy_3

whats the diff between tungsten and diamond? although im a feminist (which is why im helping with the diy in my place) i dont know anything about anything when it comes to tools.....!

Rex_Mundi

My walls are all solid concrete. When I moved in, my brand new hammer drill wouldn't touch them. I bought an SDS drill and this goes through them like butter. I have a small home office, and the wall from this to the living room is 12 inches of solid concrete. When I set up the wiring to network every room, I needed a hole 1 inch wide through 12 inches of concrete.The SDS drill did this in seconds.

If you only need a couple of holes. Why not consider hiring an SDS drill out?

tammy_3

where would i hire one from?
how much would it cost?

alanobrien

tammy wrote:

whats the diff between tungsten and diamond? although im a feminist (which is why im helping with the diy in my place) i dont know anything about anything when it comes to tools.....!

:rotfl:
There's a joke there but i won't go into it

The quick answer is that a Tungsten tip drill is the most widely used so freely available and cheap. You can get Tungsten tip SDS drills at any of your local DIY sheds for a few pounds.

Diamond tip drills, at least those that are any good are rare and incredibly expensive, 10 times or more the cost of Tungsten.

Incidentally diamond forms naturally in nature, Tungsten is man, sorry person made. Diamond is harder and more brittle than Tungsten.

I won't go into the fact that diamond can now also be manufactured it will only confuse things

In short a Tungsten tip SDS drill will do the job.

BUT you will need a drill that takes SDS drill bits, again look in your local DIY store or even Argos

In fact to save you some time take a look here at what they look like.

SDS Drill
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3151&productId=128857&clickfrom=name


SDS Bits
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3151&productId=118896&clickfrom=name

Good luck with the DIY

alanobrien

tammy wrote:

where would i hire one from?
how much would it cost?

Hire shops like HSS

http://www.hss.com/Fae.asp?sysTemplate=wsHomePage.htm&resetToGroup=YES

search for item 02311 Light duty hammer drill costs

13.50 a day or 16.88 for the week end, personally i wold buy a cheapish one as per my last post.