UHM has done a video on multi purpose drill bits ,they look like a good drill bit set to have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-UO2UT_X3k

Thanks diyguys,

They are useful if you have limited space in your toolbox as they will drill almost anything.

They would be especially useful if you had to drill a masonry wall and there was a steel lintel in the way etc.

The drill bits are not brilliant on steel, but they do go through eventually!

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DIY | Donnas dream house

I think we need to buy you a new drill UHM. It's sounding a bit tired

It's always sounded like that, as far as I can remember

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Doesn't seem to spin very fast for an 18v.

I might have it in the low speed, not checked to be honest.

If it breaks I have a spare set of brushes and trigger that I got from ebay

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DIY | Donnas dream house

Great drill bits.
Have them for battening just hammer setting through all!

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darrenc wrote:

I dont think its a stupid question but does show a lack of understanding of how paint works and reasons for certain applications, now dont jump down my throat Jaegar i'm not being funny its just a classic case in point of a well educated professionally trained painter against a general tradesman.

i had one of them. it sounded the same from new.

I use these a lot and the biggest plus they have over standard metal drill bits is they dont shatter.They bend instead which is much better than trying to extract a broken drill bit from a lintel.
Not as fast to drill metal but go through masonery with ease and then into the lintel too without swapping bits.

Like everything they have their place in the tool box and these will take a fair bit of abuse over normal dedicated drill bits.

i have a 8mm that i use just for making a hole in tile before i send a 7mm sds bit in the wall, cuts tile better than the tile drill i had