|Dave Fawthrop wrote: |> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:03:08 +0100, "Doki" wrote: |> |> |I've got some rawlplugs marked 40x8. They're obviously around 40mm long, so |> |you'd think they'd go into an 8mm dia hole. Drill an 8mm hole in the wall, |> |and they're loose in the hole. Are you supposed to drill a slightly smaller |> |hole than the rawlplug, or is my drilling dodgy (ie, bouncing about and |> |making a bigger than 8mm hole), or are the rawplugs wrong? |> |> I get hold of a plug and choose a drill which is the same diameter as the |> plug by eye. Any if the plug is then slack, I add match sticks as |> packing, cutting off the heads and tapering the end first. If the plugs |> are long, I use Cooks matches. If the screw will not go into the plug I |> drill out the plug to the core diameter of the screw. | |Difficult I'd say because different species of plug are intended to |expand in different ways (hence your slack plugs on occasions?)
Which I cure with matches
|Any |rawlplug I've every bought - and I exclude the 'bastard' ones you always |get supplied with fittings, which get binned instantly! - specify what |size drill you need to use, and I stick to that rigourously.
I can judge when a screw is holding well enough for the job in hand. This does not always happen when following the rules. Screws as well as plastic plugs differ markedly. Also drills do not always drill the size of hole it says on the shank, depending on the material you are drilling, and the tip of the drill, as I was taught in Apprentice School years ago.