SDS drills

[stealthwolf]

Stupid question but can I use an SDS drill for drilling into wood etc? I know they're designed to drill into masonry. Current drill is broken after 20 years of service. I've been advised to go for an SDS one.

[andrewparker]

No, get a good combi drill. I have a Makita one which is excellent.

[JPC]

As above. Screwfix were doing the Makita bhp451 I think? For 199 recently. That's a really really good price for a £400 drill. I got one 3 months ago and its awesome!

An sds drill would be useful if you were drilling right thru a wall with like 250ml long drill bit.

That Makita of mine flys thru wall too though

[andrewparker]

As above. Screwfix were doing the Makita bhp451 I think? For 199 recently. That's a really really good price for a £400 drill. I got one 3 months ago and its awesome!

An sds drill would be useful if you were drilling right thru a wall with like 250ml long drill bit.

That Makita of mine flys thru wall too though

Mine is still going strong after 4 years. I got it for a similar price but it came in a case with three batteries. They can run down pretty quickly with intensive use, though they do charge quickly. Haven't found a surface yet that it couldn't tackle.

[stealthwolf]

Cool. TBH I need to do some wall drilling. Not much but it's a garage wall. Wanted to do it today hence heading to b&q.

Have masonry drill bits too.

[andrewparker]

Seriously, a good combi drill will handle any masonry.

[Eddie-NL]

you can if you use an sds+ adaptor with 13mm chuck

My Bosch Sds+ has quick change chucks

[RobH]

Combi drills for drilling into masonary doent make me laugh.

An sds drill with a setting for normal drilling is totaly fine and are more powerfull than a combi.

This drill would be fine for anything round the house you would just need a 13mm chuck for the wood bits.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-hr2470-2-2kg-sds-plus-drill-240v/99908

http://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-keyless-chuck-13mm/38973

That sds would walk all over any combi in any situation aslong as you have mains there thats the only downside.

[stealthwolf]

I was looking at the DeWalt D25013K

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And one of these:

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don't trust keyless chucks to be strong enough.

Any remarks on the dewalt?

[RobH]

Dewalt has been going downhill for a while now regarding drills makita and milwaukee are better and thats what id go with.

Keyless chucks are good but if your unsure then get a key chuck personaly i just couldnt be bothered faffing about with one i have never had a problem with the makita keyless chucks tbh.

[stealthwolf]

I always though dewalt were the "pro" version of B&D, like the difference in blue and green Bosch tools?

Will go for the Makita then.

[RobH]

I always though dewalt were the "pro" version of B&D, like the difference in blue and green Bosch tools?

Will go for the Makita then.

They are but their pro version compared to makita or milwaukee is inferior these days.

[candy turbo]

if using mains any sds is pretty much the same , cordless for the money makita are good but not the best the batteries have problems and the gear s are not too good , if you want the best cordless drills on the market look at panasonic

[stealthwolf]

I'm not a huge fan of cordless drills.

Either way, problem solved - borrowed my grandad's corded combi and he's also given me an 18V cordless one he's had laying around. Means I can delay the need for an SDS/combi for now. Given that I have a cordless, I reckon SDS should be able to tackle the heavy duty stuff.

[Eddie-NL]

I always though dewalt were the "pro" version of B&D, like the difference in blue and green Bosch tools?

Will go for the Makita then.

They are but their pro version compared to makita or milwaukee is inferior these days.

I find it depends on what tool you buy