v8bertha Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 After a thoroughly productive and enjoyable day in the sunshine on saturday, modifying and welding the roof rack from the 110, the misses dragged me off to a certain swedish furniture shop up north (croydon!) on Sunday Well, having been so efficient on the saturday, and seeing as the weather was pants on sunday, I thought I'd do some DIY and put up some hangy rail things in the kitchen. Not a problem, just need to drill some holes in the walls.... easy! But oh no... not my walls, they had other ideas! So I won't be buying one of them cheap drill bit sets again. And all I did was make a dimple in the tile So what sort of drill bit should I be using to drill through wall tiles? I was using a masonary bit, thats right init? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 yep, masonary drill is fine. i used to be kitchen fitter so had a bit of practice... buy Black and decker 'Bullet' drill bits, use a small one (4mm) to cut a pilot hole then open it out to desired size (prob about 7mm???) don't use the 'hammer' feature untill you've gone through the tile glaze as you'll probably crack it. as soon as your masonary drill goes a bit dull bin it, they're not worth having sharpened, are difficult to do yourself (need a green wheel) and cause agro when blunt. hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02GF74 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 did the orange paint fall off? look on the bright side, at least the bit did not snap off and wedge itself in your eye but that wouldn't happen as you were wearing goggles right? for drilling tiles and glass, there is tile drill bit, it looks like a small spear from the film Zulu - a flat pointy bit held in a shaft; never used one myself - the masony drill bit worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bertha Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 did the orange paint fall off? Funny you mention that, it was orange in the end! Goggles? eh, what gogg.... oh yeaaaaahhhh... Of course I was wearing goggles! Superb advise freeagent... ta muchly D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 As stated about the tile drills you can get, used them every time with tiles and never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOA 93 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 [Ok, I know a little about this subject, being a builder, get yourself some glass/tile drills, they have them at B&Q, homebase etc, they're not expensive and they'll go through most tiles like butter. However, some tiles are b*****d hard! Try not to let the drill tip over heat, keep a little water handy, overheating the drill bit will shorten its life by a huge amount, if the tiles are super hard then you may need to keep sharpening the tip, as said above try a smaller drill first, only necessary on the hardest tiles. Don't use the drill on hammer and only use to go through the tile, masonry bits and hammer have a habit of cracking tiles espesially when close to an edge! customers don't like that. I thought this was a LR forum? Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 the misses dragged me off to a certain swedish furniture shop up north (croydon!) on Sunday Oi! I had spent 5 1/2 hours doing colour treatment/polish and wax getting your Camel looking shiney! Besides, it was raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Rebel Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 you have it in black and white Dan. She said it was YOUR Camel!!!! Women are funny arent they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 you have it in black and white Dan.She said it was YOUR Camel!!!! Women are funny arent they? Hehe - it's only his Camel when I've spent a day working on it and I want a day in return from him on my old Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 P.S. Sorry to hear about your Mum bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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