B&D Hammer Drill

Can't he go rent one at a rental place? That's what I did... 4 Point Rents, IIRC.

James

P.S. He still needs to drill the holes. ^^^^^^^^^^^ He still has 2 1/2 holes to drill. There are threaded shell inserts made with a hardened, serrated bottom edge, which can be driven with a threaded bolt and a hammer. After the holes are done, you drop a cone into the hole, and drive the insert over it to lock it in.

All these trips to the store take longer than four holes with a star drill and hammer. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

That's what came to mind for me also. Of course, you have to go to the store to buy a star drill, too.

-- Gary Brady Austin, TX

My local Home Depot (Culver City CA) has a rental department. Don't know if they all do though...

Erik

Yeahbut it will outlast all the B&D hammer drills in the store at 1/10 the price, and think of all the frustration you can get vent while producing holes. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Drills like this one

are available at all the usual import suppliers. Mine came with several bits, and so far has lasted through some tough work. Definitely overkill to drill a couple of holes, but a great price if you're a toolaholic.

(another) Wayne

Yeah, he knows that there are several alternatives including:

Rent - but then you have to call them up to see if they have one, drive to pick it up, use it for an hour, clean it up, and drive it back. Besides, with today's gas prices . . .

Borrow from a friend - same problems as renting PLUS having to listen to the friend bitching about how you scratched it, or it's about time you brought it back, or some such.

Hand tools - EXCUSE ME??? Not when there is a power tool that will do it. :-)

There are several reasons why he decided to buy one. He IS working on building up his supply of tools and I think he is taking a logical approach to doing so. Tools that he knows will not see much use, buy inexpensive. Tools that will get used a lot or need to be depended on, buy good.

But he has the patience of a firecracker. When he decides that he wants to do something, he wants to do it NOW!!! It would save a lot of time and hassle if he needed to drill a couple more holes for . . .whatever. He just thought it would be "nice" to have one around. And it isn't like he doesn't have the money. My main purpose in posting the story was to highlight a B&D failure. Who'd a thunk that TWO of them couldn't even drill 4 lousy holes. Ok, maybe not lousy holes.

Wayne

Rent. But if you want a keeper (it's suprising how many times it will come up), get a Bosch rotary hammer with SDS chuck. I have one which I bought when we were building our house. Then and since, this unit has drilled literally hundreds of holes for me and my neighbour and still works like the day I bought it.

Ted

My Harbor Fright rotary hammer with SDS chuck ($39 on sale) has drilled hundreds of 1/2" holes and still runs just fine. I use it to bolt down machine tools and bar feeders in machine shops.

Gunner

"I mean, when's the last time you heard of a college where the Young Republicans staged a "Sit In" to close down the Humanities building? On the flip side, how many sit in's were staged to close the ROTC building back in the '60's? Liberals stage protests, do civil disobedience, etc. Conservatives talk politely and try to work out a solution to problems through discourse until they believe that talking won't work... they they go home and open the gun cabinets. Pray things never get to the point where the conservatives decide that "civil disobedience" is the next step, because that's a very short route to "voting from the rooftops" Jeffrey Swartz, Misc.Survivalism

"Gunner" wrote: (clip) My Harbor Fright rotary hammer with SDS chuck ($39 on sale) has drilled hundreds of 1/2" holes and still runs just fine. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^ So what it comes down to is that this HF tool is way better than the Black and Decker. Well, we already knew it was close.

I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner wrote back on Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:06:19 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :

Like everything else, when you have one, you are surprised how often you find uses for it. (And vice versa: there are things I don't do because I don't have the whatzit which would make it "easier".) And I bought my buddy a star drill so that he could put a half inch deep hole in the concrete to serve as a stop for the gate (the hole you drop the pin into to keep the gate close.)

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