Ping Gummer: Q on rotary hammers, hex vs. SDS
Why did rotary hammer bits go from hex to SDS? Seems like change for profit$ sake, but maybe there's a real reason. Other dickless sages, like the worthless Whoyakidding and his castradi posse, are of course free to (worthlessly) chime in. |
Ping Gummer: Q on rotary hammers, hex vs. SDS
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:57:20 -0700 (PDT), Grokman Grokman
wrote: Why did rotary hammer bits go from hex to SDS? Seems like change for profit$ sake, but maybe there's a real reason. Other dickless sages, like the worthless Whoyakidding and his castradi posse, are of course free to (worthlessly) chime in. They're far more efficient for hammering, because the hammer drill doesn't have to accelerate the chuck. There were earlier types of sliding-shank bits, but SDS was the first one that was really well engineered. They came out at about the time I started at _American Machinist_, and I wrote a fairly long item about them around that time, with performance data and comments from pros who started using them. -- Ed Huntress |
Ping Gummer: Q on rotary hammers, hex vs. SDS
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:57:20 -0700 (PDT), Grokman Grokman
wrote: Why did rotary hammer bits go from hex to SDS? Seems like change for profit$ sake, but maybe there's a real reason. Other dickless sages, like the worthless Whoyakidding and his castradi posse, are of course free to (worthlessly) chime in. A very good question indeed. No idea whatsoever. Ive got only (1) functional SDS drill and it could have been a hex with no issues. Gunner |
Ping Gummer: Q on rotary hammers, hex vs. SDS
"Grokman Grokman" wrote in message
... Why did rotary hammer bits go from hex to SDS? Seems like change for profit$ sake, but maybe there's a real reason. Other dickless sages, like the worthless Whoyakidding and his castradi posse, are of course free to (worthlessly) chime in. I wonder. My medium duty rotary hammer is SDS, and my heavier one is spline drive. My dad's eletric jack hammer (heavier still) is hex. |
Ping Gummer: Q on rotary hammers, hex vs. SDS
On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:05:58 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:57:20 -0700 (PDT), Grokman Grokman wrote: Why did rotary hammer bits go from hex to SDS? Seems like change for profit$ sake, but maybe there's a real reason. Other dickless sages, like the worthless Whoyakidding and his castradi posse, are of course free to (worthlessly) chime in. A very good question indeed. No idea whatsoever. Ive got only (1) functional SDS drill and it could have been a hex with no issues. Dunno. I've never had an SDS driver. It may have been for the retention, though. How are the hex bits retained? -- My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane. --Sipkess |
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