Big rotary hammer drill bits.

[Buck Parrish]

I looked at Lowes and home depot and could not find the right bit for my Metabo hammer drill.
Am i missing something? Has any body else had this problem.
The bit on the left is readily available but does not fit my drill. The one on the right, I can not find it any where.

 

[LarryFine]

SDS-Max vs splined. What size(s) are you looking for, diameter and length?

Have you tried a Hilti store? If they don't have any, ask them for suggestions.

Have you tried eBay? The fewer search terms you use, the better the results.

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[Buck Parrish]

A pic of my drill, I also have an Hitachi the same size.

 

[synchro]

They also make spline to SDS Max adapters:

Google Search

 

[Buck Parrish]

They also make spline to SDS Max adapters:

Google Search

Thanks, I knew some one else must be having this same problem I'm having.

 

[Little Bill]

I looked at Lowes and home depot and could not find the right bit for my Metabo hammer drill.
Am i missing something? Has any body else had this problem.
The bit on the left is readily available but does not fit my drill. The one on the right, I can not find it any where.

I've used this company to buy bits, they are good bits and have lots of choices.

BuyDrillBits.com

buydrillbits.com

 

[LarryFine]

Thanks, I knew some one else must be having this same problem I'm having.

Buck, did you look at the eBay link I posted above?

 

[texie]

Spline drive bits are getting to be obsolete as everyone moved on to SDS and SDS Max.

 

[garbo]

Spline drive bits are getting to be obsolete as everyone moved on to SDS and SDS Max.

Always had a lot more trouble inserting & removing older SDS style hammer drill bits. Still have my old Black & Decker Macho two hammer drill that uses the spline drive bits. Had a B & D repair center rebuild it once and still running. My first hammer drill a Skill used 7/16" hex hammer drill bits.

 

[Seven-Delta-FortyOne]

Yours is called a Spline-Drive.

Less common these days, but still available.

 

[letgomywago]

If you can move to the more available sds max it's becoming the standard for larger holes

 

[Buck Parrish]

Buck, did you look at the eBay link I posted above?

Yes, thank you. Looks like they're getting away from making the spline type.

 

[Mystic Pools]

Pretty sure you can get an adapter that goes from spline to SDS Max or SDS Plus. That way you can keep your drill and use the readily available SDS bits.

 

[MD Automation]

Still have my old Black & Decker Macho two hammer drill that uses the spline drive bits.

Yes sir! Gotta love those old machines.

This is my B&D Macho V Hammer Drill. It's long on the "Hammer" and short on the "Drill" - broken gear inside, won't turn the spline drive. But it hammers like crazy, and I simply can't throw it out (yet). Use it every so often as a little jack hammer.



Like the old horse sayin goes... "Been rode hard and put away wet". But it refuses to die.

As I get older, I don't like lifting the case around too early in the morning. Between the drill and bits, the thing is a workout.

 

[LarryFine]

I have a Bosch 11227e SDS-Max that I have had for years, that still works well.

I have used it for everything from driving ground rods to running 6" core bits.

It looks like this one:

 

[letgomywago]

So I'll take some heat for this but since 2018 I've been using the same harbor freight sds+ and it's held up. I use it for more than ground rods too.

 

[hillbilly1]

So I'll take some heat for this but since 2018 I've been using the same harbor freight sds+ and it's held up. I use it for more than ground rods too.

I have a HF SDS Max that I charge $75 every time I take it off the truck. It has already paid for itself twice over.

 

[rambojoe]

I have a HF SDS Max that I charge $75 every time I take it off the truck. It has already paid for itself twice over.

I am trying with every brain cell to figure out the math on this one.. i failed!

 

[hillbilly1]

I am trying with every brain cell to figure out the math on this one.. i failed!

As in using it. I carry it all the time on the truck. When it comes off, somebody is paying for me to use it. The $75 does not include labor.

 

[letgomywago]

I am trying with every brain cell to figure out the math on this one.. i failed!

It's the same as if you needed to rent one