Hi, i bought a cheap keyed chuck drill from Argos - the brand is
Challenge- and for the life of me I can't figure out how to use the
key to loosen the chuck and insert the drill bit.
Any help and ideas appreciated!
Apologies for the idiotic question.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, i bought a cheap keyed chuck drill from Argos - the brand is
Challenge- and for the life of me I can't figure out how to use the
key to loosen the chuck and insert the drill bit.
Any help and ideas appreciated!
Apologies for the idiotic question.


Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round end of
the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the bevel gears
engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten, anti-clockwise to loosen. There
are three little jaws in the chuck that protrude from the end of the chuck
as it tightens, clamping the drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit
into the chuck. If you insert the pointy end you will have difficulty
drilling a hole.

Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round end of
the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the bevel gears
engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten, anti-clockwise to loosen. There
are three little jaws in the chuck that protrude from the end of the chuck
as it tightens, clamping the drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit
into the chuck. If you insert the pointy end you will have difficulty
drilling a hole.

What a condescending prat you are!

Rednadnerb wrote:
Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round
end of the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the
bevel gears engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten,
anti-clockwise to loosen. There are three little jaws in the chuck
that protrude from the end of the chuck as it tightens, clamping the
drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit into the chuck. If you
insert the pointy end you will have difficulty drilling a hole.

What a condescending prat you are!

I thought it rather amusing myself.


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Rednadnerb"
saying something like:


Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round end of
the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the bevel gears
engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten, anti-clockwise to loosen. There
are three little jaws in the chuck that protrude from the end of the chuck
as it tightens, clamping the drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit
into the chuck. If you insert the pointy end you will have difficulty
drilling a hole.

What a condescending prat you are!

Get back in the kitchen!
--

Dave

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wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, i bought a cheap keyed chuck drill from Argos - the brand is
Challenge- and for the life of me I can't figure out how to use the
key to loosen the chuck and insert the drill bit.
Any help and ideas appreciated!
Apologies for the idiotic question.


Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round end of
the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the bevel gears
engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten, anti-clockwise to loosen. There
are three little jaws in the chuck that protrude from the end of the chuck
as it tightens, clamping the drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit
into the chuck. If you insert the pointy end you will have difficulty
drilling a hole.

On 12 Mar, 19:33, "Joe" wrote:
Troll"tiscali" wrote in message

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wrote in message
roups.com...
Hi, i bought a cheap keyed chuck drill from Argos - the brand is
Challenge- and for the life of me I can't figure out how to use the
key to loosen the chuck and insert the drill bit.
Any help and ideas appreciated!
Apologies for the idiotic question.

Problem is, if you can't figure that out, should you really be using
dangerous power tools? Let Darwin decide I guess. Insert the round end of
the chuck key into the hole in the side of the chuck so the bevel gears
engage. Turn the key clockwise to tighten, anti-clockwise to loosen. There
are three little jaws in the chuck that protrude from the end of the chuck
as it tightens, clamping the drill. Insert the plain end of the drill bit
into the chuck. If you insert the pointy end you will have difficulty
drilling a hole.- Hide quoted text -

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Oops.

On Mar 13, 6:44 am, wrote:
Hi, i bought a cheap keyed chuck drill from Argos - the brand is
Challenge- and for the life of me I can't figure out how to use the
key to loosen the chuck and insert the drill bit.
Any help and ideas appreciated!
Apologies for the idiotic question.

Would it be this drill?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7110247/Trail/C$cip%3D49998.DIY,+garden+and+car%3EC$cip%3D50098. DIY+power+tools%3EC$cip%3D50102.Power+drills.htm

What a crazy long URL.

The "Challenge 900W SDS Drill Kit" claims to have:

SDS chuck for quick bit change.
13mm keyed chuck with adaptor.

Which I assume means that it comes with both a keyless and keyed
chuck.
WTF does SDS mean?

In article .com,
Matty F wrote:
WTF does SDS mean?

Steck Dreh Sitzt.

HTH.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Mar 14, 11:09 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
In article .com,
Matty F wrote:

WTF does SDS mean?

Steck Dreh Sitzt.

HTH.

Not really.
But for the benefit of others here's a picture of an SDS and non-SDS
drill:
http://www.which.co.uk/images/in_con...mage-69250.jpg

Opening the SDS chuck clearly has a trick to it but surely can't be
hard to work out. Never seen of heard of them in my country, but they
sound a good idea if you have vast amounts of masonry to drill. My
wooden house has no need for hammer drills.

Matty F wrote:

But for the benefit of others here's a picture of an SDS and non-SDS
drill:
http://www.which.co.uk/images/in_con...mage-69250.jpg

Opening the SDS chuck clearly has a trick to it but surely can't be
hard to work out. Never seen of heard of them in my country, but they

Generally there is a spring loaded collar that simply pulls back a
little, allowing the bit to be withdrawn from the chuck.

sound a good idea if you have vast amounts of masonry to drill. My
wooden house has no need for hammer drills.

They have other uses too:

http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/powertools/sds.htm


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Cheers,

John.

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