The icon is a little different to what I’ve seen on others and I don’t know how to tell otherwise.

Thanks!

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Yes it’s a hammer drill.

    What diameter is the hole you’re trying to drill?

    20 cm is thick if it’s solid core, but if you have a sharp masonry bit and let it do the work with light pressure, one hole should definitely be achievable— depending on diameter (or hitting re-bar)

  • Swaziboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Yes that is the hammer setting on your drill. The next setting is for screwing things in with no clutch release (it will keep rotating while the button is depressed), and it appears you have a series of numbers next which are the clutch settings. These will apply different amounts of screwing pressure before the clutch disengages. Good for when you don’t want to over tighten it strip screws.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      For anyone new to drills:

      Please do not use the drill setting for screws, you’re gonna strip the head and regret it. Even with years of experience, being too lazy to turn the dial has burned me countless times

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      The hammering most of these 1/2 drill “hammer drills” perform isn’t the same percussive hammering as real sds hammer drills though.

      Great for putting a hole in brick or mortar, but trying to go into actual concrete will be a lesson in futility.

      • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.ukOPEnglish
        0·
        9 months ago

        I’ll be putting a hole all the way through breeze block. Would it be ok?

        Edit: km trying to avoid the expense of an SDS if I can as I only have 1 hole to do.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          You’ll be ok.

          I’m assuming you’re using a masonry bit so I’m gonna give you another tip:

          LET THE BIT/DRILL COOL DOWN. You might burn the drill out and you WILL dull the bit. You don’t need to drill through in one shot…drill for 20-30 seconds and wait a few minutes. It’s slow but worth it.

          • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
            0·
            9 months ago

            Masonry bits are carbide tipped and don’t dull, they just break. Heat is not an issue and the bit doesn’t even function by cutting. It’s a downward 45 angle in order to chip as it rotates. There’s no cutting force from the rotation.

            • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Good masonry bits are carbide-tipped but not all of them. I used those with our sls drill but I stuck to the cheaper ones for anything under 1/2"

              Perhaps dull was the wrong word but the tips do wear out. You wind up with a useless flat stub at the end that won’t push through anything