For the purposes of jobs like removing wall tiles and concrete fence
posts, is an SDS drill with chisel action the tools for the job? Has
anyone got any recommendations for make and model?

Steve Barnes wrote:

For the purposes of jobs like removing wall tiles and concrete fence
posts, is an SDS drill with chisel action the tools for the job?

Yes.

Has anyone got any recommendations for make and model?

DeWalt DW566 - great machine, light, powerful, good price at £120.

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Grunff

"Grunff" wrote ...
Steve Barnes wrote:

For the purposes of jobs like removing wall tiles and concrete fence
posts, is an SDS drill with chisel action the tools for the job?

Yes.

Has anyone got any recommendations for make and model?

DeWalt DW566 - great machine, light, powerful, good price at £120.



DW566 has been a popular tool in these parts for some time now - however,
any idea how it compares to the Makita HR2450?

The Mak retails for about £125, has rotation stop, but is 780W (DW: 650W) &
capable of 2.7J (DW: 0 - 2.4J). Slightly heavier though at 2.4Kg (DW:
2.3Kg)

cheers
Richard

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For the purposes of jobs like removing wall tiles and concrete
fence posts, is an SDS drill with chisel action the tools for
the job?

You should have seen the smile on my other half's face when she started
taking tiles off with my cheap as chips NuTool. She had spent 5 minutes
removing 2 tiles as tiny slivers with cold chisel and hammer. With the SDS
chisel, the tiles came of whole, taking all of 2 seconds each. I have never
tried chopping concrete fence posts with them, though. Would have thought a
large angle grinder would be more suited.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:

You should have seen the smile on my other half's face when she
started taking tiles off with my cheap as chips NuTool. She had spent
5 minutes removing 2 tiles as tiny slivers with cold chisel and
hammer. With the SDS chisel, the tiles came of whole, taking all of 2
seconds each.

Small world! My wife was doing exactly the same with our new cheap as chips
(well, 47 portions) NuTool yesterday with probably a similar grin.

Cheers
Tim

Christian McArdle wrote:

tried chopping concrete fence posts with them, though. Would have thought a
large angle grinder would be more suited.

Trickey thing there can be most fence posts have steel reinforcement -
not sure what your stone cutting disk will make of them.

You could opt for the clomp the base of the post with a sledge hammer so
that the concrete falls off approach, and then use the angle grinder
with a metal cutting disk for the reinforcing wires.


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Cheers,

John.

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£40 Argos special- taken out large concrete doorstep, nasty 50's concrete
fireplace, chased electrics thru brick and plaster, took down a brick wall
and drilled for 22mm copper pipe.

nothing's fallen off it yet.

Question to everyone tho- should SDS rotostop actually lock the bit in place
or just not spin it round?

ta
BAX

"Baxter Basics" wrote in message
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£40 Argos special- taken out large concrete doorstep, nasty 50's concrete
fireplace, chased electrics thru brick and plaster, took down a brick wall
and drilled for 22mm copper pipe.

nothing's fallen off it yet.

Question to everyone tho- should SDS rotostop actually lock the bit in
place
or just not spin it round?

Some do some don't.


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"Baxter Basics" wrote in message
et...
?40 Argos special- taken out large concrete doorstep, nasty 50's concrete
fireplace, chased electrics thru brick and plaster, took down a brick wall
and drilled for 22mm copper pipe.

nothing's fallen off it yet.

Question to everyone tho- should SDS rotostop actually lock the bit in
place
or just not spin it round?

Some do some don't.

My Stayer SDS has positions for both locked and unlocked.

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On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:34:05 +0100, Baxter Basics wrote:

Question to everyone tho- should SDS rotostop actually lock the bit
in place or just not spin it round?

My Bosch =A3100 Argos locks the bit at any particular rotation, there is=

a posistion before powered rotation starts that allows you to turn the
bit manually to the desired orientation.

I would have through trying to chisel stuff without the bit locked
would be a somewhat uncontrolled affair.

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