Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill

   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #41  
Ladders I don't lend out, ever. Someone messes up your drill you can't drill a hole. Someone messes up your ladder and you could end up hurt.

I have 5 sets of 6.5 ft ladder type pipe staging with all the accessories, no one wants to own it themselves, but everyone wants to borrow it. The kind of thing you don't need often but when you need it nothing else will do.
I do lend it out to certain people I can trust, I figure you can't really do much damage to pipe staging.

JB.
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #42  
I swore off Black & Decker many years ago. Then they bought DeWalt a few years back. I told a friend there goes DeWalt. I have a friend that works in a truck maintenance garage and he say's they're having all kinds of trouble with DeWalts and are attempting to stay away from them best they can!
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #43  
hf has that hammer drill for 24.99 int he flier this week.. :)
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #44  
I'm an industrial electrician and have been using DeWalt XRP 18 volt hammer drills for the last 12 years. IMO, they are a very good drill. For the tough stuff I get out my Hilti.
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #45  
Surprised no one has mentioned this but there is a big difference between a hammerdrill ex.(Dewalt 18v XRP) and a rotary hammer ex.( Bosch 11224). Hammerdrills are dedicated drills with a hammer feature, rotary hammer are true concrete drills with a drill only feature. I own both the Dewalt and the Bosch and there is a world of difference between the two.
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #46  
Surprised no one has mentioned this but there is a big difference between a hammerdrill ex.(Dewalt 18v XRP) and a rotary hammer ex.( Bosch 11224). Hammerdrills are dedicated drills with a hammer feature, rotary hammer are true concrete drills with a drill only feature. I own both the Dewalt and the Bosch and there is a world of difference between the two.

I agree, My dad has both a metabo hammer drill, and an old hilti, and the hilti is 2x as fast for drilling in something like an old foundation, where as in soft masonary, the differnce is not as obvious. The hilti style of drills are a high frequency hammer drill, and impact MUCH faster, this lets them drill through stone and concrete at a much higher speed then even a very good hammer drill, like the metabo.
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #47  
Please do yourself a favor.Do not buy the Makita(s) HP1640 or the HP1641K models(5/8).They have a design flaw on the top switch where you go to change the switch from drill mode to hammer.My son has recently returned 2 with in 3 weeks of each other.I saw it myself the switch gets stuck in either mode.Also the second time he went to get refund at Big Box store we noticed the display drill was broken also.My son uses these for around his house not a contractor.Also poor reviews on net from these models.
This info coming from a guy that likes Makita tools in general(me).

Boone
 
   / Recommendations, please - Half inch hammer drill #48  
Though not 1/2" but 7/8" my Bosch Bulldog rotary hammer has served me well ! I like the sds system. :thumbsup:
My Makita HP2050 for around $104 and change has also been a solid performer ! :thumbsup:

Boone
 

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