Venturing a guess wouldn't be a good move since a pretty close fit is still not good enough. The slots are designed to work with the chuck and vary even within brands. My thought would be to buy a drill to be compatible with available bits or rent a bigger/w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif machine (less spin more hit) and get the job done quicker using less bits. Bear in mind, if an imported tool is purchased without a UL label, don't stand around in the rain or snow, you could get a shocking /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gifsurprise!! Most of this work is outdoors! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif SteveV
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jyoutz
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Dave, This is one tool that I wouldn't buy cheap. I've had VERY BAD experiences with cheap hammer drills. I've burned up 4 cheap drills, just trying to drill RR ties and set concrete anchors. Then I bought a Milwaukie hammer drill. No problem with any job, and it has so much torque that it almost twists your wrist off if you don't have a good hold of it. With this type of HD use tool, it pays to get a good one. On the last cheap one that I burned up, I got so digusted that I threw it in the trash, even though it was still under warrenty. (I had just recieved it back from the factory repair shop after a long wait).