That's the set I have, excellent for around the house.
Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice
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So Ive bought this sds drill bit set to go with the small 12v sds drill I bought a few weeks ago. Ive bought a few other drill bits that Ive put into this set so to have all sizes from 3mm to 12mm... Hopefully these shouldn't wear as the drill only spins at a max of 850rpm, so shouldn’t heat the bits up too much and last many years. Or thats the idea anyway.
So Ive spent £15 on the set and about £50 in total with the other drill bits I've bought to make the set much better........Im waiting for a 6mm bit to be delivered
So Ive spent £15 on the set and about £50 in total with the other drill bits I've bought to make the set much better........Im waiting for a 6mm bit to be delivered
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So Ive bought this sds drill bit set to go with the small 12v sds drill I bought a few weeks ago. Ive bought a few other drill bits that Ive put into this set so to have all sizes from 3mm to 12mm... Hopefully these shouldn't wear as the drill only spins at a max of 850rpm, so shouldn’t heat the bits up too much and last many years. Or thats the idea anyway.
So Ive spent £15 on the set and about £50 in total with the other drill bits I've bought to make the set much better........Im waiting for a 6mm bit to be delivered
SDS is really for construction drilling - I think my Bosch only does about 900rpm. It's more about the hammer energy in joules. My little 2.9kg Bosch is about 3.2J which is more than enough to blast out weak modern brickwork. It's handy to have a set of chisel bits and a point bit too (Dewalt set is both cheap and works). Great for cleaning off concrete etc and is light enough for using up ladders etc.
The 18V little hand drill does ok for around the house but the SDS did the 150mm coring through the wall for the extractor fan (it's 790W), has drilled concrete flooring etc but met it's match breaking so I ended up with a second hand 15Kg breaker (1600W, and teeth shaking 46J hammer energy) which is great for removing concrete.
Thats the 1 thing that drill doesnt have is a "hammer only" setting, but its only 1 joules so thats probably why.. This guy uses this drill as he needs a lightweight small sds drill as he climbs up rocks putting safety bolts into the rocks and it drills through granite and rock no problem.
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My hand-me down 280W detail/delta sander's head is starting to disintegrate. I may be able to get a replacement head but there's a hard foam/plastic behind the pad velcro that is starting to disintegrate. The tip has already departed yesterday and I'd be loathed to get rid of the thing (it's a late father-in-law hand me down). I had a look and the design for that style (like the Bosch GDA280E with a vacuum port can variable speed) is difficult to find.
A multi-tool sander isn't the same as they're a compromise on the dust extraction from the face of the sanding and finding a replacement head for a French random no-name sander which retains the head vacuum holes is a pot luck.
I hate the mouse style ones - I've had one and getting a vacuum attachment is a pain. Due to the duty cycle when used, batteries aren't the best idea..
Hmm... any recommendations for a triangle pad detail sander, mains powered, with vacuum port?
A multi-tool sander isn't the same as they're a compromise on the dust extraction from the face of the sanding and finding a replacement head for a French random no-name sander which retains the head vacuum holes is a pot luck.
I hate the mouse style ones - I've had one and getting a vacuum attachment is a pain. Due to the duty cycle when used, batteries aren't the best idea..
Hmm... any recommendations for a triangle pad detail sander, mains powered, with vacuum port?
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A normal hammer drill is fine for brick but anything harder it struggles with.. Like I have a concrete slab patio and my normal hammer drill wont touch the concrete at all even if you sit on the drill with all your weight ... I bought a big heavy electric sds drill a few years ago(was only about £40) and that goes through our concrete slabs like butter, but I wanted something light, easy to use and doesnt take a week to setup, so thats the reason why I bought this small, light battery sds drill that I can grab and use.
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If you can't find a replacement head you could have one 3D printed and glue on a foam and velcro pad, depends on if it's worth to you.
The thing about vintage (lol) delta sanders is that their vibration isolation has nothing on today's standards. I have an old Bosch 240V delta sander that I struggled with for years, I couldn't use it for more than 10 minutes without taking a break from it, my fingers tingled for ages and I loathed using it. I finally got a Fein delta sander attachment for my Makita multitool and it's magnitudes better at sanding and no vibration induced fatigue, at all.
The lack of a vacuum port on a multitool is a big compromise though, I'll agree with that.