"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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Colin Wilson wrote :
The shape at the end of the drill bit itself is different - drills for
steel are sort of spiralled and ground to have a sharp edge at the
end, whereas a masonry bit has a spiral with a blob of metal at the
end that takes the strain of the hammering.

Not the best of pictures, but...

www.lsdinc.com/images/products/masonry_bit.jpg

The masonry types have a separate tip brazed in, the tip looks a little
like a spear.

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)


That's what's wrong !!!! She's using it in the drill pistol, when she
should be throwing it at the wall. :-)

(sorry, but the urge just crept up and grab me from behind. must fight
harder against them. although the screaming has stopped now.) lol