SDS rotary hammer drill accept regular bits?

[Motochris]

Looking for a rotory hammer drill, but haven't seen anything that lets me know if I can use standard drill bits in it too. Yes/no?

 

[64merc]

Looking for a rotory hammer drill, but haven't seen anything that lets me know if I can use standard drill bits in it too. Yes/no?

Do you mean regular (non SDS) masonry bits, or regular bits meant for wood/plastic/metal?

You can use standard masonry bits only with a chuck adapter meant to convert SDS chuck to a standard chuck. I believe HD sells the Bosch version of this. With this adapter you can use HSS bits in "drill only" mode, non hammer masonry bits in "drill only" mode, or non-SDS hammer drill bits in "hammer" mode. I'm not sure if I helped any here.

 

[Motochris]

Yup, that's what I needed to know. I'll need an acc. chuck to use my regular drill bits. Thanks.

 

[goodfellow]

There is an adaptor made -- the cheap ones sell on e-bay quite regularly

http://cgi.ebay.com/Converion-SDS-d...ryZ50892QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[chad s]

HD sells a Bosch one thats made in Germany or Switzerland. I have one, and it works just fine.

 

[ricleh]

Milwaukee also makes a chuck adapter for SDS hammer drills. I have one and it works well with my Milwaukee hammer drill. Here is a link

SDS chuck adapter


Rick