Questions tagged [drill]
A tool used for creating holes in surfaces, such as for mounting objects on walls.
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Need to put up curtain rod. How to drill through the header wall?
This is no ordinary wall above my window! Anything more than 3/4"cannot be screwed in so it's impossible to hang curtains with very short screws. There seems to be a steel or concrete in this ...
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How to plumb a drill press bit?
I have a basic drill press.
I can plumb it with a square for one offs, but it's time consuming. Every time I change a bit I go back to make sure it is still perfectly vertical.
Is there a faster way ...
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Should I drill through the metal plate in my wall? [closed]
At home in my apartment, I was drilling into the top part of my wall to install a wall-mounted curtain rod.
I needed to mount it in 4 different areas of the wall, so I opted to install the first and ...
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Curved shower rod -- can I do a mixed mounting style?
I'm renting and the bathroom does not have a shower rod installed. I bought a curved one that can be drilled OR tension mounted, but the landlady does not want me to drill into tile.
The problem is ...
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Is it really risky to use chipping bit to enlarge a hole?
The second stick from top is the "breaking" bit as locally called. Is referred as chipping spear hexagon here.
The bottom left white dust covered one is the "puncturing" bit as ...
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How do you know if a drill is too lightweight for a heavyweight job?
I work in a steel door factory where I work mostly in the assembly department where I use drills and angle grinders. The management is cool enough to let us borrow the tools for home projects so I ...
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Floating shelf: Rounded vs. Rectangular brackets?
What are the pros and cons of each option?
I guess the rounded one means the diameter of the hole in the wall should be very big, while no difficult affixing is required on the shelf, you just drill a ...
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Best way to install Kitchen Shelves next to existing cabinet?
To increase storage space, I want to install 3 shelves (above each other) near the edge of my kitchen cabinet, and near the edge of the wall, and above the kitchen ceramic.
Each shelf is about 75cm ...
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Can I drill through chemical anchor resin?
In order to hang a TV wall mount* onto a hollow clay bricks wall, I decided to use chemical anchors to ensure the mount will endure with the TV weight.
(* originally came with 3 50mm Fischer wall ...
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Remove stubborn drill press chuck
I have an old craftsman drill press. Model #113.213090:
and I've noticed the chuck that I have with it really starts to slip off drill bits, even if I try to crank it tight. So anyhow I went to ...
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Can I use collated deck screws with regular drill?
It seems that the screws are only sold collated - Simpson Strong-Tie. The driver tool is like $500. Can I just use a regular drill? I wish to better attach my subfloor before putting down ...
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How to unscrew this square screw?
I have this screw that looks square and I have many of them to unscrew
I wonder if there is a tool that I can attach to my drill driver to unscrew them
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Does speed control in corded impact drills reduce not only speed but also torque?
I bought a cheap corded impact drill so that I can use it with a drill stand to drill holes at 90 degrees angle accurately, which I find very hard with a battery powered drill. My battery powered ...
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What's the usage of the speed control wheel in drills?
What's the usage of the speed control wheel on the drills trigger button? What will I not be able to do without that red wheel? I am assuming if I press the trigger button, the drill will rotate ...
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Drilling a cross hole through SS screw hex head
I am trying to drill a 3mm cross hole through the head of a 18-8 stainless steel hex head screw . I am using a hand drill with a 3mm drill bit made of Titanium-Nitride (TiN) Coated High-Speed Steel.
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Tools and techniques for enlarging round hole in brick wall
I have a new kitchen hood with a vent duct slightly larger than the existing one and I need to "roundly" enlarge the hole.
What would be the best power tool(s) and accessories to be used for ...
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What do the 1/4 , 3/8, and 1/2 in the impact drivers mean?
I bought my first impact driver--a Worx 1/4 & 3/8 impact driver. I am trying to buy sockets and realised that these sockets come with drive sizes mostly 1/2".
I read more and I found that the ...
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What does the colour of drill bits mean?
I bought this set of drill bits.
The set came with 3 colours of drill bits:
Silver
Gold
and Black
I do not know. What does each one of these bit colours mean?
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When drilling holes in a wall, how do you make sure you don't hit an electrical wire?
I have fairly solid walls in my apartment (plaster?), no drywall, so when I want to hang something or put in a screw, I need to drill a hole and first put in one of those small plastic 'sleeves' to ...
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Drilling into concrete with a cordless drill
I understand that my brushless cordless 20V (Dewalt) drill—because it has a hammer option—
has what it takes
to drill a 16 mm hole into concrete.
I also understand (from the same answer just linked) ...
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Why drilling too slow is bad?
Recently I was watching some YouTube machinist channels, where for a few times I've heard phrases like "you need higher speed when you use carbide bits".
I understand why operating drill or ...
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What kind of drill bit will go through both concrete and wood to sink concrete anchors through the sill plate?
I need to sink 8" TITEN HD concrete anchors into a foundation and through 3" of wood sill plate above the concrete. It would be nice to use one drill bit, but from my research it looks like ...
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Lag bolt pilot hole diameter for softwood - unthreaded shaft splitting wood
I'm planning to screw some 3/4 inch lag bolts through a couple of 4x6 PT southern pine beams and looking up pilot hole diameters for softwood it seems like either 3/8" or 13/32" is ...
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Is it safe to drill through metal on the side of the windows?
I was drilling holes on the side of the window to install new venetian blinds. I found that the drill bit was not going through. Upon taking a closer look I found metal. Why is there metal on the ...
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Install hose hanger with Regular drill and bits
Disclaimer: I am very newbie when it comes to DIY stuff, so be patient :)
So I have installed this hose hanger into my exterior brick wall using 12V cordless drill. Looks sturdy, but I do have some ...
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Why is the classic metal drill index arranged so strangely?
Does anybody have any idea why the traditional metal drill indexes arranges with largest drills and the labels toward the outside?
The result is that you can't just flip up all the panels, search for ...
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Is it a problem that my contractor drilled vertically through a beam?
I hired a contractor to run some low voltage ethernet wires through my house, but I can't shake a gut feeling that he may have done something that he shouldn't have.
Running a cable to the back of the ...
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Drilled hole for wall anchor into a stud instead. How can I use it for mounting?
I was drilling 8mm diameter holes into plasterboard to put in hollow wall anchors (https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-8-16mm-m5-x-52mm-10-pack/12229) in order to put shelves up.
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The drill bits in my SDS drill don't slide up and down 15mm in the chuck
Drill bits are meant to slide up and down within the chuck. In my new drill there's about 2mm of in/out movement in the chuck. (There's about 1cm if movement from the whole chuck, but I don't think ...
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Why would I not be able to drill through a concrete wall splitting our house/laundry room and garage? [duplicate]
I am trying to hang a suspension rail in our laundry room concrete wall. I got the best concrete drill bit but it just won't go through past half an inch. I'm not sure what the issue is or what ...
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Why isn't there a single type of drill bit for both metal and concrete/bricks? [closed]
I have found that there are two different type of drill bits for the concrete/bricks and metal. Metal is so much harder than concrete and bricks. Therefore, from logic I would expect that the drill ...
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Failing to install a babygate to a stone wall
I need to fit a baby gate to the top of some stairs. The manual of the gate we bought says it is meant to be screwed on a wooden wall. Our wall is stone, so we first tried drilling holes and using ...
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Vertical bricks above a window new house uk
I am trying to fit an outdoor camera above my window frame. The beat place for me is in the line of vertical tiles above the frame. These seems to only have half thickness and I am not sure what is ...
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Why can’t my hammer drill drill a hole in concrete?
I do have a hammer drill (Bauer 7.5amp, Harbor Freight) and some 1/2“ Bosch masonry hammer drill bits.
I‘m trying to drill a hole into my concrete patio. I have made it one inch deep but that ...
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Counterbore pilot guide
I'm looking for something to drill a 3" + 1" counterbored hole by first drilling with a 1" auger bit and then drilling with a 3" bit part of that way yet keeping it perfectly ...
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Quieter drilling into concrete
I need to drill some 1/2 inch holes in a 4 to 5 inch slab. A typical hammer drill is going to give us 90-92DB. I'd like to knock that back maybe 8-10DB to around 82-84DB. is that possible? Are ...
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What's the minimum distance between holes in a concrete wall?
I'm fixing a pull-ups bar to a concrete wall. I need to drill some 15/32'' holes, but I have the feeling that two holes in the metallic frame are too close to each other.
They are less than an inch ...
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Tricks for fitting a 7/16" bit into a 3/8" drill?
I have a 3/8 hand-held drill and that's pretty much all I need for my projects. But now I have a project where I have to insert large dowels, and they will need a 7/16" hole. I don't have that ...
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Drill hole size for a given screw size in tile
I need to install a grab bar in a ceramic-tiled shower. I plan on drilling through the tile and screwing into studs (no anchors) with stainless steel screws.
I know I need to use a carbide or diamond ...
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Unable to drill through second story subfloor
I have squeaky floors on my second story. I bought one of those repair kits with the tool that helps find the joists through carpet. Wherever I drill, no matter which room or what distance I move ...
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How to cut a 1 5/8 hole in plexiglass with a hole saw and not break the plexi
I'm making a router base plate to accommodate a larger round over bit. I need to cut a large hole through the plexi for bit clearance and I don't want to break or crack the plexiglass.
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How to make a Ø25cm notch/groove/slot, 20mm thick, 10cm deep, in the ground? [closed]
Strange need isn't it? It is to seal no bottom pots in the soil, like in the following photo but without the bottoms:
It is a circular notch or a groove or a slot, not a hole.
I have imagined this ...
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Where does one acquire lost parts from toolboxes or toolsets? [closed]
I purchased a Durabuilt toolbox many years ago, but some of the tools from the box have gone missing (ie. a vice grip and a screwdriver).
I'm trying to buy those missing parts. So that when I take ...
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Appropriate mirror type (self-adhesive/drill-based) for outside of wardrobe door
I'd like to fix mirrors on the outside of each of this wardrobe's four wooden doors:
Easiest would be to use self-sticking square mirrors such as this one. But several reviewers report having had ...
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What hard thing am I hitting in my brick wall?
I'm drilling several 2.5cm deep holes (all horizontally about half a meter from the roof) to install some large IKEA Pax cabinets into an internal single-brick wall. I'm drilling into a wall with a ...
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Can't drill hole deep enough in concrete
I need to anchor a shed to cement or concrete with ⅜" x 3" anchor bolts. I have a Bosch "long life in concrete" ⅜" bit. The drill motor is medium-size but was able to get ...
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Drilling hole through layered wood and metal
I want to drill a hole (about 12mm diameter) through the floor of a shipping container. From the inside of the container, the wooden (probably plywood) floor is visible, and from the outside there is ...
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Dewalt Power Drill DEWALT DCD708B, how to change drill bit
I have a Dewalt Power Drill DEWALT DCD708B ATOMIC. Instruction manual here.
What is the proper way to change a drill bit? I see many online videos, where they remove the battery, open the chuck hole ...
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Choosing pilot hole size for brick
I'm new to drilling but I've read up as much as I can.
I need to drill some 8mm holes in brick (not the mortar) for 8mm rawlplugs.
I'll be using a 550W Bosch corded hammer drill and I have a set of ...
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How can I mount something heavy on a wall that's too hard to drill more than 1/2 inch
I am trying to mount a wooden trellis on my living room wall. The house was built in 1890 and later remodeled. Most interior walls are standard drywall with studs, but the exterior walls seem to be ...
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