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 LYN Power Tools Discussion V2, Bosch, Makita, Dewalt, Dremel etc

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180jin
post Jul 30 2017, 08:11 PM

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QUOTE(amco @ Jul 30 2017, 06:59 PM)
You will need a rotary hammer and not impact drill to drill concrete, tiles etc.
Depends on your budget for home DIYer.

Grade A & B - Bosch, Makita, Dewalt, Hitachi (from RM 450 up)
Grade C : Stanley, MAX etc (from RM 350 up)
Grade D : China's brand - DCA, DongCheng (from RM 220 up)
Grade E : other China's brand (from RM 150 up)

I would suggest you to get Grade C or D, choose the 24mm capability will suffice.
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Yup I bought a Stanley STEL503K to do just exactly those stuffs. RM 290 from Lazada after voucher.
A contractor that I engaged to put up a partition wall in my house even used a Boyai rotary hammer from Mr DIY and they work just fine.

This post has been edited by 180jin: Aug 2 2017, 09:57 AM
180jin
post Aug 3 2017, 09:18 PM

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QUOTE(ron c @ Aug 3 2017, 11:18 AM)
How is the performance of the STEL503K?
I initially wanted to get a B&D hammer drill but after researching about the advantages of a rotary hammer drill, I decided to get the latter instead and this is one of the cheapest reliable brands around.
CT Hardware is having quite a good deal I think, for RM329.00 and comes with wall plugs and bit set.
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It's a worthwhile investment for me, I'm doing some DIY home reno at the moment and was having a hard time drilling into ceiling concrete with a GSB16RE which is an impact drill.

Decided then to get this Stanley and it took few seconds for the same depth and drill bit size that took almost a minute on the impact drill. Your hands feel less tired and less vibration also, and it's actually not as noisy as an impact drill, also the holes are cleaner because u spend less time boring the hole.

Only downside is, they're heavy compared to an impact drill, but the weight penalty is offset by being able to finish ur drilling much faster

Most of the rotary hammers, including the STEL503K, can do drill-only, hammer+drill, or hammer only for light chisel work (I haven't tried that out yet), just bear in mind that they take SDS+ drill bit, not the usual rounded drill bits that impact drills use.

 

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