Description of πͺ Bosch LBH009 Round Hammer Drill: Unleash Precision and Power
Asymmetric diamond-ground carbide tip β allows for precise starts. Milled U-flutes with deep-cut spiral β delivers fast material removal. Robust head β for long service life in impact applications. Grip shank β provides aggressive gripping power. Designed for impact applications β for fast drilling in block, masonry and concrete.
Also fast. Half of that is of course the puncher I used. What is good. But seriously, the drill did its job perfectly. The cut surface was not damaged afterwards, that's all. On a whim I measured the hole with calipers to see how close it was to 1/2 and my goodness! It was 1/2. The wedge anchors had no extra room and enough biting surface to do their job perfectly. I recommend!
Attaches 2" poly insulation and 5/8" particle board to insulate a garage log wall. There were a few different bits we used as they all tended to blunt if you hit an internal rock or anything unusually hard in the block. These bits held up better than the multi-material bits also made by Bosch. Using a hammer drill made the job easier because a regular drill couldn't easily penetrate the old block and the drill burned out faster.
I bought 5/32" drill bit to drill about 80 1" diameter holes in an 80 year old concrete foundation for mounting foam board insulation. I went through all 5 of these bits in about 30 holes and it was hard to get that many holes as it took a long time to drill. Then I went to a big hardware store and bought a pack of 5 red stripe Milwaukee bits and used them 2 of them managed the remaining 50 holes and it went much faster. I've found that after a few holes the head of these drill bits starts toβ¦