Spec me a SDS Hammer Drill

Must be a crap drill if it can't do 8mm in brick. Are you sure there isn't a steal behind it?
 
dlockers said:
Must be a crap drill if it can't do 8mm in brick. Are you sure there isn't a steal behind it?
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The bricks in my house have a very hard centre, so if you try to drill full size hole with an electric hammer drill it will burn the bit out. You have to step up the drill sizes, sds works best for that type of brick.
 
tonys said:
The bricks in my house have a very hard centre, so if you try to drill full size hole with an electric hammer drill it will burn the bit out. You have to step up the drill sizes, sds works best for that type of brick.
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Na you've got a crap drill lad. 8mm is nothing.
 
There is no steel in or behind the brick but even so I barely touched the surface when I gave up. And yes I was using the correct settings, even tried them all.
 
LeeUK said:
There is no steel in or behind the brick but even so I barely touched the surface when I gave up. And yes I was using the correct settings, even tried them all.
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Are you 100% sure you clicked it over to hammer drill? To be fair I am using a "trade spec" Milwaukee thing which is a relative beast.
 
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That green Bosch is basically a cordless screwdriver. Go blue Bosch (Professional). Cordless if you have the batteries but the corded stuff is fine. BTW we do have some tough bricks up here in the North East
 
Yeah the green Bosch I got will still do for other general jobs about the house etc as my other drill was just a cheapie no name I've had for years.

I've bought the Titan now anyway but not got round to the task yet.
 
Lean said:
That green Bosch is basically a cordless screwdriver. Go blue Bosch (Professional). Cordless if you have the batteries but the corded stuff is fine. BTW we do have some tough bricks up here in the North East
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I didn't know this.

Lee, you may want to consider grabbing a new all purpose drill - the Milwaukee kit at Screwfix is generally about 230 quid with one battery, an impact gun, and a decent hammer drill.
 
You can hit the odd dense brick or even a course in the 1930's terraces up here. They need a good drill, good bit but still plenty of weight behind the drill. Hanging off a ladder at gutter height gets a bit scetchy.
 
Just to update.. The £50 Titan drill I linked to in my original post sliced through the bricks with ease. If it can manage these then it should work on anything I throw at it in the future. :)
 
dlockers said:
Are you 100% sure you clicked it over to hammer drill? To be fair I am using a "trade spec" Milwaukee thing which is a relative beast.
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I remember struggling away drilling into brick and cursing my hammer drill. I then realised you had to actually engage hammer mode, and boom, straight in.
 
LeeUK said:
Just to update.. The £50 Titan drill I linked to in my original post sliced through the bricks with ease. If it can manage these then it should work on anything I throw at it in the future. :)
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Good man -Drilling will be much easier.
The FIL had a council house and the bricks on there were almost impossible to drill into - Mind you in those days it was 240v drill and basic masonary drill bits-He used one drill bit per hole.
I leant mate over the road my Lidl SDS - he had never heard of SDS and couldn't believe how good they are - straight down into concrete.

Lidl have offers on box's SDS drill bits now and then and for price you can't go wrong if you are just using them now and then.
 
The bricks to the right of that picture are engineering bricks. They are very hard and highly abrasive. They will absolutely rubbish any drill-bit you use and to make matters worse a high impact masonry drill can potentially shatter them.

The bricks on the left, well, can't tell, but if they are engineering, then you are in a world of pain again. An SDS drill will be a lot better, but even so the bits will suffer badly.

You may do better just buying a few 8mm bits and throwing them away after drilling a few holes, but yes, those bricks are very expensive on drill bits.
 
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SpellowHouse said:
The bricks to the right of that picture are engineering bricks. They are very hard and highly abrasive. They will absolutely rubbish any drill-bit you use and to make matters worse a high impact masonry drill can potentially shatter them.

The bricks on the left, well, can't tell, but if they are engineering, then you are in a world of pain again. An SDS drill will be a lot better, but even so the bits will suffer badly.

You may do better just buying a few 8mm bits and throwing them away after drilling a few holes, but yes, those bricks are very expensive on drill bits.
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The bricks I drilled are the light gray painted ones on the left. Proper old school from when the property was built over 100 years ago.

I had to move the top bracket down next to the bottom bracket as I couldn't get the SDS drill in between the wall and the roller shutter box but it is still very sturdy.

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SpellowHouse said:
The bricks to the right of that picture are engineering bricks. They are very hard and highly abrasive. They will absolutely rubbish any drill-bit you use and to make matters worse a high impact masonry drill can potentially shatter them.

The bricks on the left, well, can't tell, but if they are engineering, then you are in a world of pain again. An SDS drill will be a lot better, but even so the bits will suffer badly.

You may do better just buying a few 8mm bits and throwing them away after drilling a few holes, but yes, those bricks are very expensive on drill bits.
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I remember when the water board replaced the lead pipe in my property and were sickened when they discovered they'd be using a hole cutting tool on engineering bricks. It took them the best part of 5 hours just to drill the hole alone. :D
 
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