Hi,

I'm trying to drill holes (for curtain rail) into my apartment wall with a Bosch GSB 10 RE impact drill. The drill has a rotary/impact change over but I'm not sure which function to use or whether I should switch the functions in between. Need advice!

Thanks for the tips guys and here's my report.

One side of the wall was easy to drill through. I planned to drill several holes actually. One for curtain rod, the other two for fluorescent tubes. Another side of the wall was difficult to drill through. I stopped seconds after impact. It just seemed like a futile attempt. The impact done on the concrete wall = paper cut I got from flipping through papers.

Damn, was hoping I could save money doing it myself. Turns out I still have to fork out $$$ to get a handyman! But thanks for the tips anyway.

[quote=bahathir,Feb 27 2012, 04:16 PM]
Yes... we have the SAME experiences ... Before I got rotary hammer, I always suffered when to drill into ceiling for lamp's fixing. It was almost not going into it at all. I already burned couples of the drill bits just to get a hole finished. Sometime, I gave up, cut the screws and wall plugs into half, and fixing the curtain rails. Guess what, it did not hold much longer... The curtain will falls down because not enough grip from the wallplug/screw. After I got the rotary hammer, ... everything is solverd...
So, you can save your money from now and get a good rotary hammer for future use. You can help your neighbors, friends and family members to drill holes in their home, if you are not using it, and your experience also can be gained. As I said, don;t just lend it to them, you do the drilling for them...

Thank you.



Yeah, it would be great to own a rotary hammer. Then I wouldn't have to get ripped off by untrustworthy handyman. Might get a cheap china-made one in the future.

By the way, I think I would hurt my male friends and male relative's ego if I started offering to help them do home improvement stuff!