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

[Justin Reiners]

Exactly what I was thinking. I made the assumptions OP didn't want to spend
$159-2000 for dewalt, and probably just wanted to get it done without fuss,
I sometimes go the $20 route, I'm not ashamed lol.


I'm a fan of brands when I'll actually use it all the time, but if I can
get by with a $20 corded POS for my once or twice use to hammer a hole...






On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 5:08 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info.   This is a "once a year or two" type use case, so the
> basic Harbor Freight model looks good for about 20 bucks.
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 4:30 PM Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Dave Thacker
> >
> >
>
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> Dave Thacker
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