Power Tools for the Home

[Chris Smith]

I'm going to be doing some work around our new home, and thought it best to invest in some proper tools. I was looking at power drills, and I really think I'll ned one with the support handle like this one

this one is well out of my budget. I was hoping anyone would be able to recommend a similar drill for a lesser price that will still be reliable.

Thanks, Chris

[Vir Campestris]

I've cross-posted this to the newsgroup uk.d-i-y, where you may get better advice. OTOH you might get something to do with Brexit instead...

Andy

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Thanks for that - gave me a good laugh.

[Bill Wright]

If you only have one drill it has to be SDS. Crazy to not have SDS.

What use would a battery drill be without mains to charge it up? In any case a builder would use a genny, then get the mains on as the first priority.

Bill

[charles]

I have a charger for my battery drill which runs off a car battery. Standard Ryobi accessory.

[mechanic]

SDS??

[Chris Green]

Electrically powered drills that use internal pneumatics to give them extra hammering power. Once you've used an SDS to drill holes in hard bricks you'll never want to go back to an ordinary hammer drill.

SDS use a special chuck with bayonet sort of bits. Most can be set not to rotate so you can use chisels as well as drills in them.

[Tim Watts]

SDS drill.

[Vir Campestris]

:P

[Theo]

More to the point:

and

[Melissa Wayne]

If you are looking to buy a power drill, you could get one which I'm using - TACKLIFE SDS-Plus Rotary Hammer Drill. I've been using this for 3+ years and it's worth every penny. I bought this from Amazon for $110.

[Vir Campestris]

The question was asked before you bought your drill.

Andy