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I need to drill a 120mm hole through a (dis-used) brick chimney brest, which has an outer layer of plasterboard & tile (@ 2cm), as an outlet for an air -con hose.
With a suitable (120mm diamond tipped) stone cutter, would you say a Milwaukee SDS Plus (M18CHPX) is up to the job?
I don’t know if the chimney is built with 1 or 2 layers of brick, so the total depth-of-cut could be anywhere between 4-7 inches.
I’m pretty sure my 18v Milwaukee drill would struggle; I’ve used a 100mm wood holesaw on it & there was noticeable vibration with all the torgue.
Thanks.
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That SDS Plus drill and bit look appropriate.
The “fun” part is going to be chiseling out the center every time the hole saw bottoms out, about every 1½”, using an impact device, like a hammer and chisel.
SDS plus is way undersized for a 5” hole.
You might get away with it if there is only one hole.
Is there such thing as a 120mm in SDS+?
You can certainly get the bit in SDS Max, it may be easiest to rent an SDS Max drill.
Certainly cheaper to rent a Max with the holesaw than to buy a bit outright.
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Mordekyle wrote:
12 hours ago, Mordekyle said:SDS plus is way undersized for a 5” hole.
You might get away with it if there is only one hole.
Is there such thing as a 120mm in SDS+?
You can certainly get the bit in SDS Max, it may be easiest to rent an SDS Max drill.
Certainly cheaper to rent a Max with the holesaw than to buy a bit outright.
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Yep it’s just the 1 hole.
I’ve found a 120mm SDS Plus diamond bit on Ebay for @ $25.
There will be some chiselling out as mentioned above 🙂
Can’t lose for only 25 bucks. Go for it.
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