Yep, that's a rock. Yep, that's normal. Yep, it'd go a'lot faster if you
got a hammer drill. Yep, it'll go through the rock. You can bang the
drill up and down as a substitute for the hammer drill, but it's hell on
the chuck.
Alex
At 10:55 AM 2/16/01 -0800, Daniel Neuman wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> Please forgive the off topic question (again).
>> So I borrowed my friends big beefy 1/2" electirc drill-unfortunatley it is
>> not a hammer drill.
>> I am drilling into the cement in my garage floor and one hole goes
>> great. The other two go about halfway and jsut stop. I am leaning on the
>> drill and things are getting hot and I'm leaning and leaning on it and
>> nothing... I clean out the hole and look inside and maybe I think I can
>> see a rock that I am trying to drill thru. Is this normal for drilling into
>> cement?? Is this why I need a hammer drill?? Can I get thru these
>impediments
>> or do I just have to give up and move my bender stand???
>>
>> Daniel Neuman
>> SF CA USA
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