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brightspark
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the adapor for using a standard chuck is fine as long as u dont use it on hammer . buy a decent make drill if its going to be used regular not a cheapy
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ive had a few sds drills bought one many years ago from wickes and was a real good one at the time
sds you wont use normal hammer drills after that as they chew through drilling walls easily
best ones ive come across bosch drill , dewalt is ok but using the 24v batterys
drill with 3 functions on them hammer, drill or chisel you can get 2 function hammer and drill on them
we got 2 of these to take cement of the wall as wall had been cement rendared
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p17425?table=no
review of them
30ft wall by 2 floors of scaffolding it coped with before end fell off went and replaced the drills and finished the other 2 floors with them to ground floor drills still working this time
also to note the bits for them are 9.00 for 3 chisels and the drill comes with 2 chisels and also drill bits but dosnt have a 6mm or a 7mm drill bit
sds you wont use normal hammer drills after that as they chew through drilling walls easily
best ones ive come across bosch drill , dewalt is ok but using the 24v batterys
drill with 3 functions on them hammer, drill or chisel you can get 2 function hammer and drill on them
we got 2 of these to take cement of the wall as wall had been cement rendared
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p17425?table=no
review of them
30ft wall by 2 floors of scaffolding it coped with before end fell off went and replaced the drills and finished the other 2 floors with them to ground floor drills still working this time
also to note the bits for them are 9.00 for 3 chisels and the drill comes with 2 chisels and also drill bits but dosnt have a 6mm or a 7mm drill bit
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as far as cheap chissels and drill bits go buy quality ones u cant expect a 2 quid chissel to last anywhere near a 10 quid one. same goes for drill bits
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I got a bosch one from screwfix a couple of years back. Used it a lot (last night as it happens for a couple anchor bolts in the floor). No problems at all and the quick change (normal) chuck works fine as well. Only regret with it is that it's a key-chuck rather than keyless. Not sure if you can get keyless ones.
I've also used it on chisel- only to remove some floor panels in my car. Worked a treat. Hard on the wrists!
I'd also add - I think we get used to battery drills as we use them so much these days, you need to be prepared for the kick when a corded one grabs!
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my one is keyless.
ive not tried it on my car lol.
but ive used it many times to chisel up old floor tiles, channel out walls.
brightspark
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the op was asking for a standard chuck and adaptor for fitting in to the sds drill chuck for drilling not on hammer
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with a standard chuck in mine hammer won't operate
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At the cheaper end of the market, I bought a £50 Titan 5KG SDS from Screwfix and it comes with a "normal" chuck for non-SDS bits.
I've never used it in normal mode though as the weight and size doesn't lend itself to anything other than doing what you buy an SDS drill for. As suggested above, once you've used SDS on masonry/concrete, you'll never want to go back to a standard hammer drill.
I've never used it in normal mode though as the weight and size doesn't lend itself to anything other than doing what you buy an SDS drill for. As suggested above, once you've used SDS on masonry/concrete, you'll never want to go back to a standard hammer drill.
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You will not replace a normal hand drill with SDS as skotl says they are just too big but for drilling holes in brickwork and concrete and running stuff like core drills they are perfect. I have a Bosch SDS which is very good and bought a cheap hand drill from Aldi for jobbing.
Yes, I did. iPad autocorrect beat me.....
I have always found the 110v stuff I have borrowed to work fine. I already have a big transformer so it made sense to use it and for a change the 110v was actually going to be cheaper and I do like a deal!!
It's only for DIY type stuff but I like to think a little bit extra investment and I get more versatility when I need it in a crunch.
I have a pair of Milwaukee drill/impact that does all my portable needs and I use air tools for everything else in the workshop. I borrowed am SDS drill after my old black and decker gave up the ghost and was really impressed with the performance drilling into stone. It was also brilliant when I had to chase out the cement in the wall to be repainted. Did the entire section of about 2sqm in 10 minutes.
