[olug] Drilling Concrete Block-I'm doing it wrong

[Joseph Gulizia]

Might be worth getting their protection plan if you buy one.  Brushes
and other parts tend to wear out after a while.  OR getting someone in
to do it for you....who has done the concrete block thing.

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:40 PM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
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> Harbor freight probably has a cheap one if you want one to have on hand
> without spending a ton of money. You will chew through bits fast without a
> hammer drill, and only use very little pressure, and back off once in a
> while to clear the hole out and cool the bit.
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> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 4:15 PM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:
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> > Are you using a hammer drill? It increases speeds a ton when drilling
> > block, if it's block grout is much easier to drill than the block itself.
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> > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 4:13 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> I'm in the process of mounting a shelf of homelab equipment on a concrete
> >> block wall in my basement.   I grabbed a masonry bit from Menards, and
> >> started drilling with my Ryobi cordless.   While I expected drilling a
> >> hole
> >> would take much long wood,  I didn't expect to take a single hole would
> >> take over 20 minutes.   When I started the second hole, I got about 3/4"
> >> in
> >> and the bit...melted.  I've now got a bit fragment stuck in the second
> >> hole.
> >>
> >>    - How long should a masonry bit last?  New bit very hole?
> >>    - Is there a better quality bit I should be using?
> >>
> >> Dave
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> >> --
> >> Dave Thacker
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