Ugh.

Its totally my fault. A while ago I was a cheap *******, and today I
paid the price. Ever tried drilling through cement mortar with one of
those crap 33p looooooong drill bits? Nope, it doesnt want to know, the
metal isnt very hard. Didnt take long to end up with a round pointed
rod, no cutting head left. Less than one hole in fact.

Next time I will pay the £17 for one single drill bit rather than
resharpen the bit over half a dozen times just to drill one hole - and
still not be able to get through the cement bit.

Going through brick was slow and heavy going, but come the cement and
the party was over. I'd say that 2' bit was worth about.... 33p. Boy it
was nice using the sds in comparison, I drilled the first sds hole
before even noticing I had it on rotostop!

I guess some things ya can cheapskate, some ya cant, some are about as
good, and some utter carp. The trick is knowing which is which.


NT

On 12 Mar 2006 19:59:16 -0800, wrote:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

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from Nigel Molesworth contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

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Guy King wrote:
Nigel Molesworth said :

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

P.

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:55:42 UTC, wrote:


Guy King wrote:
Nigel Molesworth said :

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

He's floundering now.
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Guy King wrote:
Nigel Molesworth said :

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Well he did say it was cheapskate.

The message .com
from contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Who rattled your perch?

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The message
from "Bob Eager" contains these words:

Nigel Molesworth said :

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

He's floundering now.

Used to be a dab hand. Perhaps he's hard of herring.

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Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Well he did say it was cheapskate.

There is a time & plaice for comments like that.....

I reckon the whole story is a load of pollock(s).


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Guy King wrote:
The message .com
from contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Who rattled your perch?

Salmon did, but not sure who

NT

The message . com
from contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Who rattled your perch?

Salmon did, but not sure who

Don't get all tench about it.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:59:16 -0800, meow2222 wrote:

Ugh.

Its totally my fault. A while ago I was a cheap *******, and today I
paid the price. Ever tried drilling through cement mortar with one of
those crap 33p looooooong drill bits? Nope, it doesnt want to know, the
metal isnt very hard. Didnt take long to end up with a round pointed
rod, no cutting head left. Less than one hole in fact.

Next time I will pay the £17 for one single drill bit rather than
resharpen the bit over half a dozen times just to drill one hole - and
still not be able to get through the cement bit.

Going through brick was slow and heavy going, but come the cement and
the party was over. I'd say that 2' bit was worth about.... 33p. Boy it
was nice using the sds in comparison, I drilled the first sds hole
before even noticing I had it on rotostop!

I guess some things ya can cheapskate, some ya cant, some are about as
good, and some utter carp. The trick is knowing which is which.

Indeed so.
Also some tools are transformed by using a decent blade e.g. circular saws.


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Guy King wrote:
The message . com
from contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Who rattled your perch?

Salmon did, but not sure who

Don't get all tench about it.

I w-eel relax then.

NT

On 13 Mar 2006 14:36:07 -0800, wrote:

Guy King wrote:
The message . com
from contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Did him up like a kipper.

Who rattled your perch?

Salmon did, but not sure who

Don't get all tench about it.

I w-eel relax then.

NT

Now we're getting to "how does a crab go on holiday?"
"Charing crustacean".

etc.



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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:55:37 GMT, Guy King
wrote:

The message
from Nigel Molesworth contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.


I was hoping that we might have been able to skate around that one.

Unfortunately it seems to be our sole source of humour

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The message
from Andy Hall contains these words:

Now we're getting to "how does a crab go on holiday?"
"Charing crustacean".

Calling at King's Crustacean, New Crustacean and St Pan Crustacean.

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Guy King wrote:
and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Didi-koi

Andy Hall wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:55:37 GMT, Guy King
wrote:

The message
from Nigel Molesworth contains these words:
and some utter carp
What a load of codswallop.
Pikey.


I was hoping that we might have been able to skate around that one.

Unfortunately it seems to be our sole source of humour

Using two puns in the one post - now that's just shellfish.

(I would never bream of doing it).

Richard Conway wrote:
Andy Hall wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:55:37 GMT, Guy King
wrote:
The message
from Nigel Molesworth contains these words:

and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

I was hoping that we might have been able to skate around that one.

Unfortunately it seems to be our sole source of humour

Using two puns in the one post - now that's just shellfish.

(I would never bream of doing it).

Yes, cod we plaice talk less about this. This whole thread's starting
to get fishy.

Due to the carp quality of the drill bit I had to use a lot of mussel.
I could have done with some help from Halle, but she's away. I think
I'll tro-out those bits later.


NT

In article .com,
writes:
Ugh.
Its totally my fault. A while ago I was a cheap *******, and today I
paid the price. Ever tried drilling through cement mortar with one of
those crap 33p looooooong drill bits? Nope, it doesnt want to know, the
metal isnt very hard. Didnt take long to end up with a round pointed
rod, no cutting head left. Less than one hole in fact.

Funny. I bought a packet of 3 450mm bits in the market for 99p (same
price as yours). I never expected them to last more than one hole,
but some 5+ years and very many holes later, they're all as good as
new. Actually, they are probably one of my best ever buys.

--
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
meow2222 writes:
Ever tried drilling through cement mortar with one of
those crap 33p looooooong drill bits? Nope, it doesnt want to know, the
metal isnt very hard. Didnt take long to end up with a round pointed
rod, no cutting head left. Less than one hole in fact.

Funny. I bought a packet of 3 450mm bits in the market for 99p (same
price as yours). I never expected them to last more than one hole,
but some 5+ years and very many holes later, they're all as good as
new. Actually, they are probably one of my best ever buys.

meow2222 - possibly excessive feed rate leading to the drill tip being
torn off.

Aidan wrote:
Guy King wrote:
and some utter carp

What a load of codswallop.

Pikey.

Didi-koi

ROFL!

Now that was good!


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
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07850 597257

meow2222 wrote:
[cheap drill bits]
It wore down rather than ripping off. It wore down till there was no
trace of it left. I finished the hole by cutting a new cutting head on
it... several times over. Being soft that took seconds each time.

NT, are you saying this (masonry) bit wasn't TCT? Perhaps it wasn't
a masonry bit at all!