Hello,

I am thinking about buying a set of core drills with sizes up to 4 inch
(preferably 6), but concerned about either spending more than I need to,
or spending little and buying a load of crap.

Looking across the net it would appear that I can get a set from £60 to
£hundreds. I'd be happy spending as little as possible obviously.

Are there any particular things to look out for, brands to avoid or any
brands people would recommend?

Ta,
Rick

On 02/05/2011 22:09, R D S wrote:
Hello,

I am thinking about buying a set of core drills with sizes up to 4 inch
(preferably 6), but concerned about either spending more than I need to,
or spending little and buying a load of crap.

Looking across the net it would appear that I can get a set from £60 to
£hundreds. I'd be happy spending as little as possible obviously.

Are there any particular things to look out for, brands to avoid or any
brands people would recommend?

Ta,
Rick

They really need to be diamond tipped - which is more expensive than TCT.
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Roger
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On Mon, 02 May 2011 22:09:19 +0100
R D S wrote:

Hello,

I am thinking about buying a set of core drills with sizes up to 4
inch (preferably 6), but concerned about either spending more than I
need to, or spending little and buying a load of crap.

Looking across the net it would appear that I can get a set from £60
to £hundreds. I'd be happy spending as little as possible obviously.

Are there any particular things to look out for, brands to avoid or
any brands people would recommend?

Ta,
Rick

Depends on the duty you are going to put them to. I bought a very
cheap (Faithfull, I think) diamond 50mm core drill from Toolstation
together with arbours and long extension to put in 40mm wastes, it is
still going strong after maybe ten runs through cavity walls.

You need an no-hammer SDS+ to drive them, and it takes a while.

R.