What Milwaukee drill
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Lincs Lass
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Second picture is a masonry SDS ,,you would need a chuck adapter to fit in the sds ,not really much use for drilling metal ,not enough torque ,,a combi drill using straight shank masonry bits will drill brick work ok and is built to drill steel ,,I dont know the model numbers are for Milwaukie,,if it was a makita I could tell you excactly which one for what joblooking to buy a Milwaukee drill for mostly metalwork, occasional masonry and some woodwork. What should I go for?
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I have a chuck adaptor already so could use that but if there’s not enough torque that answers my question! Thanks!
Lincs Lass
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SDS drills have a safety clutch that kicks out if you hit something hard like rebar or if the drill bit is too big ,,combit drills have one aswell but its only used on the screwdriver mode ,,for impact drilling or rotary mode ,,its more likely to grab and dislocate your wrist ,,I know the makita 481 certainly would ,,had a close shave of two with mine ,,thats what the big side handle is for ,to stop it breaking your thumb
Horses for courses when it comes to drilling either masonry or steel imo.
I personally wouldn't be bothered about a drill that was purporting to have impact action for masonry bits, as Dave says, night n day there.
that is unless your wanting to hang an odd picture about the house or something.
look for a drill that has all the bells less the impact, keep it for drilling steel and such, if you want to be drilling in masonry you'd be better off picking up a cordless sds down the road.
Also, the sds even tho you have a chuck for one is a tad heavy for the normal jobs, i have a 24v bosch here with interchangeable chuck but id never think of pulling it out to drill a hole in metal unless i had nothing else with me even tho it will comfortably drill holes in metal.
most of what i have here is red at this stage but i do have a Festool T18-3 drill here for hand ball metal work about the workshop and everywhere else tbh, its not a cheap drill but i must say, the service from it has been impeccable and tbh id have no problem going back for another if it spat the dummy out at any point, it has served me as well as i could have ever wished it to do.
I personally wouldn't be bothered about a drill that was purporting to have impact action for masonry bits, as Dave says, night n day there.
that is unless your wanting to hang an odd picture about the house or something.
look for a drill that has all the bells less the impact, keep it for drilling steel and such, if you want to be drilling in masonry you'd be better off picking up a cordless sds down the road.
Also, the sds even tho you have a chuck for one is a tad heavy for the normal jobs, i have a 24v bosch here with interchangeable chuck but id never think of pulling it out to drill a hole in metal unless i had nothing else with me even tho it will comfortably drill holes in metal.
most of what i have here is red at this stage but i do have a Festool T18-3 drill here for hand ball metal work about the workshop and everywhere else tbh, its not a cheap drill but i must say, the service from it has been impeccable and tbh id have no problem going back for another if it spat the dummy out at any point, it has served me as well as i could have ever wished it to do.
haha I expected as much!? better not tell the wife!
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I was using an adaptor the other day in a sds drill with a biggish Plain stepped masonry bit, the adaptor self destructed with all the rattling
