You can hire lomg drill bits
"enuff" wrote in message
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"Sparks" wrote in message
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Nope, SDS is a totally different principal to a "hammer" drill. Google
the
group and you'll find 101 threads about SDS and how it works etc. All
I
can
say is a bought a semi-decent Bosch SDS drill a year ago and everyone
I
know
has borrowed it! It puts holes in stone, concrete etc like butter and
with
chisel attachments it has lifted light tarmac and put a hole through a
30"
wall, took a bit of time ;-)

There is no way I'd contemplate a hole more than a few inches deep in
stonework without SDS. Hire the kit for the first job, prob. cost
about
£30,
then buy if you think you have a use long term.

Ok, thanks for the advise!

I take it an SDS Plus drill bit is not going to fit into an SDS drill
such
as
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2370793470

Sparks...



SDS plus should fit this fine, its SDS MAX that is the "big boys" stuff.
But
quite frankly a £22 quick SDS drill? stick a "0" on that and its more like
it. I bought mine for about £180 in a deal at Jewsons, you can pay less or
a
lot more depending on what you want and how much use it will get.

For a a 1 metre deep hole you prob. need to look at SDS max so I'd ring
Hewdon or HSS first before buying anything. A SDS Max with a 1m core drill
could cost many, many hundreds to buy.