"spamlet" wrote in message
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"Rod" wrote in message
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On 15/05/2010 01:50, mo wrote:
Thanks

I could be tempted into buying an SDS drill I spose if I could justify
further use.

Something like so:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/58494/.../Direct-Power-
BS26S3-5kg-SDS-Plus-Drill


No - not like that. Like this:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_10533.htm

(Current special, as of yesterday. If you want one, go today. If the link
doesn't work, go to their current specials - changing postcode to
somewhere in the South of England if it still doesn't appear.))

The Screwfix one is a heavy, awkward brute. The Lidl one is cheaper, more
manageable and is up to the job. And far more likely to be usable for
other purposes, if needed. I have the equivalent they were selling last
year and actually rather like it. Well aware that it isn't up to the
standard of a Makita or Bosch blue, but perfectly adequate for my needs.

--
Rod

What does 'SDS' mean anyway? 'Define: SDS' in google comes up with
nothing about drills.
What is it that makes 'SDS' able to do a job that a 'hammer' drill won't?

S


Thanks for clearing that up chums. It did seem at first like just another
gimmick to make us buy more drill bits - especially after the click stop
keyless chucks came in: they should have made more of the hammer. Mind you,
now, from our earlier thread we have the additional confusion of the 'impact
driver' now being a power tool too!

Things used to be so much simpler...
;-)

Another question arises though (in my thinking about those very hard but
rather thin panels in my garage): is an SDS going to run the risk of
cracking concrete rather than drilling it?
Why do there seem to be no thin diamond drill bits for these hard but
delicate jobs?

Cheers,
S