SDS and Screwfix

[John Rumm]

very tempting deal now they have brought it back (it was not there when you first posted).

For the SDS a small selection of 5, 5.5, 6, 7, & 8mm will cover most holes for fixing situations. Armeg did a set in a little plastic box at one time that had all the basic sizes pretty cheaply.

You may find you need some longer bits for going through walls - 10, &

16 and 25mm are probably the most useful sizes.

For SDS chisels, a couple of 20mm and a 40mm will get you started - ideal for chasing, and cutting boxes out etc, and light demolition.

A set like:

probably good value.

Treat that to a set of Bosch multi material drill bits in the basic wall plug sizes:

work in all materials, and are exceptionally good in masonry - they will quite often let you use the drill driver without needing to resort to the SDS.

If you need to drill big holes in wood, then these are very good:

(much better than spade bits)

[Bruce]

[Doctor Drivel]

> Yup, very tempting deal now they have brought it back (it was not there

It was and it has been there for months - I gave the details.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

And so they should be at the price. ;-)

[John Rumm]

I agree - it was there for months, but at the time you gave the stock code the package was (temporarily it seems) not found.

Still its a better deal now, so I am sure Sam will be pleased.

[The Medway Handyman]

> These work in all materials, and are exceptionally good in masonry -

Brilliant things, couldn't be without them.

Best check the size of the shaft, some are too big to fit the chuck of a small drill driver - unless the SDS came with a chuck adaptor?

[John Rumm]

That particular set will fit the smaller ones ok, which is why I linked to it. I have used them in my angle drill and that only has a 10mm chuck.

I have used spade bits mostly in the past, but that particular set of augers I found were "just right". The worm screw is set to pull the rest of the bit through at a sensible pace - so it takes zero effort to make the hole (no need to push - it feeds itself), but does not stall the drill either.