"Chris Kaley" wrote in message
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I'm rebuiding my kitchen.

One of the more onerous tasks has been to remove all the existing tiles
(all
over every wall....) So I purchased a Bosch SDS drill for this job (and
others) and it's great.

Also purchased the tile removing chisel.

The first morning's use, it broke. I ordered two more from Screwfix, and
paid extra for rapid delivery. They arrived today, and I started work
again. This time the tile removing bit bent after half an hour. Now,
I've
followed all the instructions to the letter - let the weight of the
machine
do the work, and kept the drill shank regularly greased. I would have
expected these things to lat a bit longer than that.

Last year, I did the bathroom and hired the SDS drill and tile-remover,
and
did the whole room with no problems.

Has anyone else experienced similar short life with drill-bits, etc?

Screwfix will replace the bits free of charge, bless 'em, but couldn't let
me speak to anyone about the problem from a technical aspect, as I feel
these items are not fit for purpose.

Chris


I purchased what I assume to be the exact same bit a couple of months ago
when removing all the tiles from the bathroom and had no problems. But I'm
sure that there was someone else around here who was complainaing about it
not all that long ago.

I remember reading the manufacturers instructions that come with the tool
when the bit arrived and it certainly sounds like they had quite a few
problems with breakages

I also bought a channeling bit which is a roughly similar design with offset
shaft, and this has had a lot rougher treatment than the tile remover with
no ill efects to date.

cheers

David