A REAL hammer drill. Not the standard hand drill that has a hammer drill switch, but an actual hammer drill, that looks like an assault weapon and uses locking bits. (in my case SDS bits)
This particular one has a regular rotary function, hammer function and hammer drill function. It packs much more power than a typical regular drill that has hammer drill function.
With my dewalt "hammer drill" it would take about 10 minutes to make a single hole in concrete, with lots of bit slipping and having to constantly readjust. With this drill? about maybe 10 seconds. It really goes through brick and concrete like it was butter. For the few jobs I had to use it for it was worth every penny. I put in 2 5" holes on the side of the house to put in some vents for my server room, it took less time to make those 2 holes than it took to make 1 4" hole a year before for the bathroom fan.
Any time I need to make a hole in concrete or brick I don't cringe at it anymore, I actually look forward to using this drill.
Speaking of making holes in concrete, a typical scenario is to put in a tapcon. I don't care what tools you have tapcons can be a pain in the ass, sometimes they go in right, sometimes they go in loose, sometimes they break half way through... I hate them.
Forget tapcons, make a hole, stick a couple pieces of rebar wire, take a framing nail and ensure it can't be put in by hand, and nail it in with a hammer. It aint going to move. Of course if you need to be able to remove it in the future, such as a hose faucet I'd stick with the tapcons...
On similar note, these are also nice for bolting down bigger things like server racks:
This particular one has a regular rotary function, hammer function and hammer drill function. It packs much more power than a typical regular drill that has hammer drill function.
With my dewalt "hammer drill" it would take about 10 minutes to make a single hole in concrete, with lots of bit slipping and having to constantly readjust. With this drill? about maybe 10 seconds. It really goes through brick and concrete like it was butter. For the few jobs I had to use it for it was worth every penny. I put in 2 5" holes on the side of the house to put in some vents for my server room, it took less time to make those 2 holes than it took to make 1 4" hole a year before for the bathroom fan.
Any time I need to make a hole in concrete or brick I don't cringe at it anymore, I actually look forward to using this drill.
Speaking of making holes in concrete, a typical scenario is to put in a tapcon. I don't care what tools you have tapcons can be a pain in the ass, sometimes they go in right, sometimes they go in loose, sometimes they break half way through... I hate them.
Forget tapcons, make a hole, stick a couple pieces of rebar wire, take a framing nail and ensure it can't be put in by hand, and nail it in with a hammer. It aint going to move. Of course if you need to be able to remove it in the future, such as a hose faucet I'd stick with the tapcons...
On similar note, these are also nice for bolting down bigger things like server racks: