On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:18:58 +0200, nestork
wrote:


BenignBodger;3250671 Wrote:

Yes, you _could_ chuck up an SDS bit in a regular drill. The shaft size
is
10mm so virtually any drill would accommodate one although you'd want a

keyed chuck since a keyless might not tighten enough to hold. Why anyone

would want to do this is beyond me though.

I'm thinking that you'd have better luck putting the SDS bit in a 1/2
inch chuck so that it would go in deeper and the chuck jaws would grab
around the round portion of the drill bit shank in front of the machined
end.

Hmmmm. One of the advantages of my 15 dollar drill is its 1/2 inch
chuck** And it's pretty deep. I've never seen an SDS bit, maybe I
could get it into this chuck after all.


**I've replaced the chuck on one or two other drills with 1/2" instead
of 3/8" but this came that way.