Can anyone recommend a good SDS drill & chuck?

[gregh]

After spending 30mins + drilling a hole in my garage, then seeing an SDS drill do the same in seconds, I need one before putting up the shelves in the garage!

Can anyone recommend a reasonable one? Want to spend under £100 include drill, some SDS chisel bits and a chuck so that it can take my existing drill bits.

Cheapest I've seen is this, £74 for a Bosch SDS drill:

http://www.powertoolsuk.co.uk/webcat....ID=1430

cheers,

greg

[PhilH]

Looks like a bargin to me.I never had a bad Bosch product.If i hadnt got an old AEG i would get 1 me self.

[neilb]

You can pick them up for £30 ish - it you are not using it daily it will be good enough.  ARD do one for £29.99 + VAT

Order Code 450-01507 there website is acting up tel: 0870 600 6686

[SADDLEWORTH]

Bargin,cheaper than screwfix.

[Gromit]

I bought the cheapo one from screwfix #94802-76 (£35) and its been a godsend doing my mates kitchen. Bought the cheap set of SDS drills/chisels as well, 22mm hole through engineering hardness brick, no problem, chisels channels in walls and breaks up concrete like you would not beleive. Far far better than a hammer drill.

[scruffythefirst]

So what does SDS do then? I've got 2 bosch hammer drills and they go through any size wall with anysize drill bit no problems.

[mad lon]

Fraid I know nowt about em chuck  

[gregh]

My "traditional" drill worked fine in my old use, new house is 10 years older and it really struggles to make holes.

From google:

(S)lotted (D)rive (S)ystem

"There was a discussion on this some months ago, and I can't remember the

exact answer - but I think that the term was invented by Bosch - and is

something or other in German.

More importantly, what does it *do*? It uses special quick release drill

bits which don't need a conventional chuck, and it drills through concrete

and tough brickwork far more effectively than an ordinary hammer drill. The

hammer action works a bit like a pneumatic drill rather than being purely

mechanical.

Decent SDS drills have settings which enable rotation only, hammer only, or

rotation plus hammer. The last of these is what you use most - but hammer

only (i.e. with the rotation stop applied) is useful for chiselling and

cutting slots in plaster for cable runs etc., using special SDS bits for the

purpose."

Your average "home" drill has a hammer setting which is a bit like a

device for drilling holes in puff pastry. An SDS drill has a serious

mechanical design that wallops the drill bit into the brickwork.

I was converted to SDS several months ago, having used a B&Q 650W

drill for my holes in walls for many years. I bought a cheap SDS

drill, pointed it at the wall (which had some hard bricks in it) and a

couple of seconds later I had the holes I wanted.

You'll never use a regular home drill again for bashing holes in

walls.

[PhilH]

If you have an SDS and want to fit standard straight shank drills in it,you can get an adaptor that will take you from SDS back to 1/2in chuck.Great fof HSS and  plaster mixing paddlesetc.

[gregh]

someone on scoobynet has had one of these for 3 years, £30 sounds like a bargain to me!

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp....=110737

[steve_m]

I bought an SDS drill from Argos, about £30 or so for a huge 900w drill.  I know it's a cheapo taiwanese unit but it was about the same price as 2 days hire of a similar drill from HSS so if it lasted longer then 2 days I was quids in.

My Bosch hammer drill was taking 20 mins to drill one 12 mm hole in concrete (and getting pretty hot in the process), the SDS drill did about 6 holes in the same time.

[steve_m]

someone on scoobynet has had one of these for 3 years, £30 sounds like a bargain to me!

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp....=110737

That's the one !  

[gregh]

that's two recommendations then, off to reserve one

[Glen H]

We use SDS drills all day at work, Makita, Hilti, De-walt are some of the best with the Bosh range being next in line and normally very good value for money.

As stated a true SDS drill has much more 'hammer' effect and normally work at slower speeds, also allowing rotory or hammer only as well ( you can also get chisel attachments etc to suit) these will always put a standard drill to shame.

Gregh, do you have access to a 'Costco' card as they normally have a range of Bosh equipment, may be worth a look.

[Nick A]

Schnell Drilling System