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Re: Drilling wide holes in masonary.



On Monday 06 August 2001 15:09 pm, James Hoye wrote:
> > 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.

In that case, that's no good for me, i only have a common or garden hammer
drill with a chuck..

Having said that I am only drilling through breeze block...

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Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>
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