SDS drill on offer at Screwfix

[ARW]

Well they are pretty good IMHO.

[Andy Burns]

Noticed them in there today, only comes with the SDS chuck, not the swappable keyless chuck, not quite sure why anyone would specifically want a white one, though.

Yes, mine's an older model, but still going strong.

[Adrian Caspersz]

It's a special for kitchen use, cleaning pots ;-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

My SDS is one of those ancient DeWalt ones, which has been just great for the things SDS do well. And I paid extra for a conventional chuck which I've actually never found a use for. ;-) Of course if an SDS was your only drill, it might be worth it. The problem being the add on chuck makes the drill longer, and there is too much play for anything other than rough work.

[Andy Burns]

I've used the conventional chuck a few times, the 18V drill/driver copes so with most tasks so is used more frequently, I *think* I know where my old B&D mains one is. The one time it felt as though other drills would have struggled was when using a 65mm holesaw in 40mm thick oak for desk grommets.

At least the Makita chucks are exchangeable, rather than being a chuck-in-chuck arrangement, but it still makes for a pretty long drill + chuck + bit combo.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yes. I only can be bothered getting the SDS out if lots of holes to drill

- or into something my cordless won't cope with anyway.

So on some the SDS chuck comes off and the 'normal' one replaces it? Is this as rigid as a conventional drill?

Thin is if I wanted to use it for conventional drilling I'd have to remember to take conventional drill bits to the job too. So might as well bring a second drill. ;-)

[Andy Burns]

Yes, the chucks slide onto a splined shaft and have a locking collar to tighten them down.