On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 1:20:30 PM UTC-5, Frank Baron wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:02:40 -0700, rbowman advised:

Does it have a lever to lock out the hammer clutch and turn it into a
regular drill? Other than that drilling masonry is its only claim to fame.

Thanks for explaining that the hammer feature is only for masonry work.

The Chicago Electric 7.5Amp hammer drill has two buttons, a trigger, and a
lock.

1. The trigger is for speed control
2. The lock button is to lock the trigger
3. There is a forward/reverse slider perpendicular to the trigger
4. At top there is a hammer/drill control slider

The funny thing is that I don't *feel* any difference with that
hammer/drill slider set to hammer versus drill.

Is that odd?

Whether I'm drilling in air (playing the air drill) or if I'm drilling in
the concrete, I feel no difference in the drill no matter if the slider
selector switch is set to hammer or to drill.

Is that normal?

Once you apply pressure to the drill bit you should - at a minimum - hear
the rapid tap-tap-tap of the hammer action. You won't feel a jarring action
since it's kind of isolated from the user (It's not a jack hammer) but you
should hear a difference.