Anyone Selling A Drill?

[ghost]

The newer tools recognize the need for hammer action. Well at least some do.

 

[Ries]

A hammer drill will have two modes.
You can turn the hammer action off, and its a normal drill, suitable for wood.
Hammer action is for plaster, concrete, and stone.
Every major brand has this switch.
None of them automatically turn on and off- you have to choose the most appropriate mode.
At least- I have never seen one with a computer that auto selects, and I own several.

In argentina, you really should buy a hammer drill for your only drill, as so many walls are hard materials.
In the US, houses are built of sheetrock, you can poke a hole in it with an awl.
Not so here.

in terms of bits, you use a carbide tipped bit for masonry, including plaster.
This has a small piece of carbide, which is a very hard material, brazed to the tip of the bit.
This is for hammering.
It is relatively dull, and does a crummy job in soft materials like wood.

For wood, you use a standard twist bit. This is all one material, and sharper.

They make twist bits in a variety of metals, but for the homeowner, the cheap ones should be fine.

in spanish, they are brocas.

a broca para concreto would be a carbide tipped one for masonry.

 

[ghost]

The switch is still prominent in Argentina and I have one also. My favorite 12V Makita driver is a hammer driver and the hammer doesn't kick in until the driver needs that last big surge of torque. There is no switch at all. [at least that is the way it sounds]

 

[Hybrid Ambassador]

But when you are screwing those bits and failing to complete its intended penetration and the end result you have completely wore off the scfew head, one always needing a good extractor tool such as this one; SpeedOut...

http://tvstuffreviews.com/speed-out

 

[ghost]

What drill did you decide on?

 

[TomAtAlki]

We're shopping today.

 

[Ries]

Are you guys in Buenos Aires now?
If so, I recommend the ferreteria on Salguero-
Tiny place, but they have a whole range of tools, including really good ones- its where the pros shop.

 

[cbonanni]

I shopped long and hard. Finally decided on a Bosch , made in Brasil. Electric , as in with a cord. No recharging batteries. it is a hammer drill , works great , is only 5 years old or so. Bought it at a fairly large ferratiria shop off the Panamericana , near the Sodimac. Huge selection of power tools at good prices. Funny , around the corner is a store that sells ladder. They make wood ladders. Like the ones for sale in all the ferraterias. A ladder factory. Needless to say , I thought is was pretty cool.

 

[TomAtAlki]

I looked in several Fereterias including the one on Salguero, also checked MercadoLibra and found a Bosch, made in Brazil hammer drill with a cord (no batteries) at a store around the corner from my apartment (on S. Ortiz near Guatemala). The store looks kind of like a pawn shop, new and used stuff. The drill is new and cost $890AR. Better price than much lesser drills I saw in other places.

T/

 

[Ries]

Its interesting to compare prices- at todays (11/4/14) dollar blue, of 13.5, that drill cost $66USD.
That is incredibly cheap, to me- I own probably 40 to 60 hand power tools, and I seldom get anything anywhere near that cheap.
If I was looking for a new Bosch HammerDrill in the USA, I would go to the CPO Bosch website, and see a decent looking, midrange model for $139 US- thats 1875 in pesos today, almost triple the price.
http://www.cpotools.com/bosch-hd19-2b-8-5-amp-1-2-in--2-speed-hammer-drill/bshnhd19-2b,default,pd.html?start=16&cgid=bosch-hammer-drills
Being me, with my penchant for overkill, and my love of tools, I would more likely buy the one that costs $179US.

To me, this illustrates once again how Argentina is NOT more expensive than the USA.
Up north, many, though far from all, things are more expensive. Hammer drills seem to be one of them.