In article om,
Jerry Built ] writes:
I hardly ever need an SDS hammer drill, so I bought one from
Aldi for £25 (including some bits). It's fine. The OP would
do well to but a cheapo first off, mains, with rotary stop
and non-hammer capability).

I went round to a friends a couple of weekends ago to finish
off core drilling a hole for a soil pipe just after his 500W
B&D turned into an indoor firework display. I used my Metabo
but not in SDS hammer mode -- just as a powerful regular drill,
which does have an overheat indicator, and is in anycase over
twice the power of the smoldering B&D he was using.

Fired up by enthusiasm and my recommendations from this group,
he went off to Argos or Aldi and bought a cheap SDS drill.
This weekend, he showed me the stiches in his chin, from the
moment he discovered it didn't have a safety clutch in it
(which my Metabo certainly does have). Fortunately I believe
no serious damage done.

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Andrew Gabriel