It happens that Dave Fawthrop formulated :
My big hammer drill got stolen, and I mow find that:
1. Drills no longer have chuck keys, and must be tightened by hand :-(
2: someone has introduced SDS Masonry drills which looks like a good idea.

Lidl have a hammer drill on sale Monday 10 Oct.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa....Hammer_Drill_
The Chuck looks like nothing I have seen before, so is it SDS?

That is an ordinary hammer drill judging from the spec., and much
higher than their usual prices for this sort of thing.

Do get an SDS (SDS+), they go through walls (even concrete) like it was
butter. Even the cheap Lidl/Aldi ones at around £25-£30 are very
usuable, though a little heavy. Make sure it has a choice of hammer or
rotary or both combined.

The bits to fit them all have a same size positively locating end shank
to fit into the chuck, which makes them a little more expensive than
normal bits, but they also last very much longer due to the SDS action.
They often come with an adaptor so that ordinary straight shanked bits
can be used.

They do not replace a good small hand drill, except for the heavier
tasks.

They are also selling SDS drills
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...et_11_Pi eces

A good cheap starter kit.


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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.org