Alang coughed up some electrons that declared:

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:23:49 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

Alang wrote:

wall. Took me about 30 minutes with a 2lb hammer to go through two
bricks. Not easy but did I need to buy a special drill for something I
would only do once a decade?

You may find other occasions to use it if it were easier and quicker
though ;-)


The only time I would have used a SDS hammer drill was when I took our
back wall down to get the car in. I still haven't trimmed the bricks
off at one side.

Heh. All those 'tuits ;-o

For my project, my pair of SDS drills (nice Hitachi 2kg and a rough but dirt
cheap 8kg ALDI) are going to see:

Much tile removal,
Back box sinking (loads)
Finishing chases
Heavy drilling
little bit of core drilling
random small scale concrete breaking

That's the dead-certain list. I expect I'll find a few more uses...

I have a B&D bought in 1974 with a circular saw attachment and a B&D
BD154R bought some time in the 80s. Does almost everything I need. The
only things I never use are an arc welder bought for one job in 1990
and a router I bought a few years ago. Again for one job and never
used again. For DIY I have a good selection of hand tools and all the
time in the world.

I agree - it's in the time. I have until next September to gut and redo the
ground floor of a bungalow, or I'm dead ;- I'll also be doing it full time
without monetary employment from next February so time really does equate
to money. Anything which costs 100-200 quid and turns 20 days of work into
a week has more than paid for itself.

Cheers

Tim