Stop drill from wandering

[^woody^]

I was talking about the bottom edge of the brick.....

My mistake. Sorry.

 

[blup]

….And get someone else to hold the vacuum hose right under the hole, until you have mastered holding both.

Nilfisk do a vacuum adapter, it does work, both in sticking to the wall and extracting the dust. More expensive but more effective than an envelope and masking tape, and the tapered connector fits other makes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nilfisk-107402478-Adapter-Multi-wet-cleaner-x/dp/B005LIVUQ4

Blup

 

[opps]

Nilfisk do a vacuum adapter, it does work, both in sticking to the wall and extracting the dust. More expensive but more effective than an envelope and masking tape, and the tapered connector fits other makes.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nilfisk-107402478-Adapter-Multi-wet-cleaner-x/dp/B005LIVUQ4

Blup

A mate of mine made something similar. He used the clear plastic lid that a router bit came in. Hot melt glue held rubber to the edges. He drilled a hole large enough to accommodate a spigot for his 27mm Festool hose (again using hot melt glue to hold the spigot) and then drilled a small aperture for the sds drill bit to pass through. It worked very well.

 

[geraldthehamster]

What is it wondering?

 

[ivixor]

Use hammer fixings. They hold in just about anything.

 

[opps]

What is it wondering?

Perhaps it is wondering why it keeps wandering?

Well spotted though- I missed it until your post.

MOD: Thread title edited.

 

[opps]

Use hammer fixings. They hold in just about anything.

Not particularly useful if you need to make minor adjustments though, eg levelling the TV bracket.

When I built my thermolite garage I did use the screw type hammer fixings to hold down the timber that I then screwed the roofing joists to. They worked well but I don't see them as being suitable for anything that needs accuracy or that needs to be removable (especially given how wide the the nylon collar is).

 

[mattylad]

I have a problem with my drill wandering too.
I put it down on my bench at work and no sooner have I turned my back that it has wandered off somewhere not to be seen again for a few hours.
It usually returns once it's battery has run out though.

 

[^woody^]

It usually returns once it's battery has run out

What? How? Does it Uber itself back or something.