Core drilling

[Thoggy]

Hi all my drill has just packed up was a dewalt sds that I used for everything and coring, what drills do you use and do you have core drill?

 

[Destroyer2813]

Defintly buy yourself a core drill to much strain on a sds for all the holes we do I have a core, 24v cordless and a 240 drill for tough walls and light kangoing

 

[anz]

Been using normal SDS for upto 68mm.

I'm going to get this drill for the bigger stuff, if I ever need one and can justify it.

DDM2 Hand Held Drill | Marcrist

 

[Destroyer2813]

+ head down to the tool section and search core drills there's plenty of threads on it

 

[Thoggy]

Cheers mate any recommends?

 

[Destroyer2813]

Marcrist are good but pricey a few guys use Makita I personally have a sparky one got on offer couple years ago works well for me

 

[TBServices]

Marcrist are good but pricey a few guys use Makita I personally have a sparky one got on offer couple years ago works well for me

I have a Macrist, good piece of kit but seems an awkward shape and it weighs a ton.


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[Destroyer2813]

My mate has one and noticed this from using his your arms certainly know you've got hold of it

 

[SafeGasInstall]

Had sparky - gave me white fingers (made in my country bulgaria)
Had bosch - lovelly tool sold it as i got hilti on a really good price
have hilti dd110 with 5" and is just the tool to have
if you can aford one go for it , ebay is place to look for one !

 

[hammers4spanner]

I cant be bothered with a core drill i go straight down brandons and rent out a a hoofing great drill

 

[Roger Welton]

I'd recomend this


Though a proper core drill is worth its weight on gold, can't believe how much time I must have wasted over the years before I got one.

 

[on31ll]

be careful when buying HILTI on ebay etc. know of two people who have bought them off ebay taken them the shop for some reason or other and hilti holding them because there not registered in their name ! I.E STOLEN !!

 

[REDSAW]

I have a Macrist, good piece of kit but seems an awkward shape and it weighs a ton.


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not tried a dewalt then?.

 

[TBServices]

not tried a dewalt then?.

My old firm had a Dewalt, seemed decent. Only bought Macrist cos it was well priced at the time and came with decent warranty.


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[Dannypipe]

We bought a sparky one this week. The bigger one. Piece of junk.

I didn't drill the hole, but I could hear the clutch slipping all the time. Seems that all the manufacturers are too concerned with our well being and set the clutches so weak that a ten year old could use the drill.

Our last core drill was a Makita, it was great. Old and heavy, you had to hold on to it.

We're returning the Sparky. The Dewalt one was only £10 more. We're gonna try that.

 

[Tap dancer]

Lidl were selling a set of 2 core drills last week at a ridiculously low price, with tungsten carbide teeth.

 

[Dannypipe]

I was driving past a Lidl this week on a job and turned round to go look at their aisle of tools and junk. (I love that aisle so much).

I bought a few things, work gloves, wind up torch, drain unblocker (exact same unblocker in Screwfix for £30 paid £7), and a sand blasting attachment for a compressor.

Love it!!

 

[stevetheplumber]

i love the randomness of lidl and aldis specials horse blankets and angle grinder or wet suit and ski pants

 

[TBServices]

i love the randomness of lidl and aldis specials horse blankets and angle grinder or wet suit and ski pants

Haha, agreed. It's brilliant.


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[stevetheplumber]

tungstan carbide core drills are rubbish you need diamond