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RE: Drilling wide holes in masonary.


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  • Subject: RE: Drilling wide holes in masonary.
  • From: "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:09:27 +0100
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> Do you mean a scutch chisel? I found loads, but I've decided to
> try an put
> the cable down the walls instead, so this is for that.
>
> What's the difference between a SDS & other drills? I have no
> idea which kind
> mine is :-)

SDS has a different chuck mechanism that doesn't require a key to change
bits (not like keyless ordinary chucks) and uses a sliding hammer to hit
the
end of the drill bit.  As a result, it WILL drill through concrete with
relative ease, whereas so called hammer drills merely bounce off.

James H



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