Hi All,
So, a large 'home made' MDF rack / cupboard / storage system falls off the wall of my mates shop on Sat last thing (no one hurt) and he calls me on Monday morning in a bit if a panic to see if I can help him sort it out.
Long story short I refuse to try to repair / put back the MDF 'kit' that was laying on the floor and led him to some slotted upright shelving with real pine (t/g floorboards) shelves (strong, cheap, low sag unlike Conitiboard)?
He agrees and I rule out (checking for wires / pipes etc) and start drilling hole for the uprights. The shop is quite old and one or two of the holes hit flint. Now I know I could punch through it with my SDS drill (and eventually did) but I wanted to keep the noise down for the flat above (this *was* midday though ) and remembered I once had a 'masonary punch' that was perfect for cracking a hard thing with a few taps of a hammer then being able to drill on through. From memory it had a plated hex body like a cold chisel and a long fluted parallel shaft / 'punch' bit?
So I nipped round the sheds, nothing, Jewsons (I though they were pretty good?) nothing and a local very well stocked tool shop, nothing? At least the last one had someone in there that remembered such things but 'hadn't seen one for ages' ? ;-(
So, are they long gone .. do we just smash through everything with 3KW impact drills these days .. ?
Yours in hope .. all the best ..
T i m