The hammer drill

After completing the first section of the deck prior to mother's day weekend I took it easy and worked on the connecting section of the deck. I learned this weekend the importance of having the right tools for the job. A co-worker of mine, Mike, was generous enough to let me borrow his hammer drill. The only problem was the fact that it had seen better days, and was not nearly as hammerlicious as it was in it's youth. Even with the assitance of the elder hammer drill it took several minutes to drill through the concrete block and sink the anchors for the deck.

After beating myself to death holding the drill up in a futile attempt to punch a hole through cinder blocks I decided I had get a new drill. The only drills in my possesion were hand me downs from my father and father in law, all of them being older than I was at the time.



After doing some preliminary research online I found the drill that I wanted. A 7/8th inch hammer drill made by Bosh. This has to be the best $199 I have spent in a long time. Rather than 4-5 mintues drilling a hole in concrete, this new drill too 4-5 seconds. Absolutely amazing.

Here is a glorious photo of my blessed hammer drill. My only regret is that I didn't purchase this handy tool earlier. However, my mom and dad pointed out that I would not have appreciated the drill as much without first suffering as I attempted to drill holes without the new tool. Knowing what I know now I don't really care, I am just happy to have it's service now. Anyone in the market I would highly recomment Bosh hammer drills :-D




Like I said previously this was Mother's Day weekend. I just did some preliminary layout work. The following photos just show some other angles of the work completed.