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TIL my 3/4 inch drill bit is no match for a 1940s Chicago brick wall.
I was installing a shelf bracket in my kitchen last week and hit what felt like solid iron, which snapped the bit and sent my drill spinning out of my hands into a bowl of cookie dough.
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keith1645mo ago
Yeah, those old Chicago common bricks are basically rocks with some clay mixed in. You need a masonry bit and a hammer drill, a regular drill just won't cut it. I learned that the hard way trying to hang a TV mount, smoked two bits before I gave up. What kind of drill were you using?
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sethm585mo ago
Same thing happened when I tried to mount a shelf in my place. Grabbed my dad's old cordless drill and just made a shiny spot on the brick. Borrowed a hammer drill from a neighbor, used a fresh masonry bit, and it went through like butter. The hammering action is what breaks up the hard material. That regular drill just spins and gets hot.
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fisher.jessica5mo ago
Wait you smoked TWO bits? lmao that's wild. I burned through one once trying to put up a curtain rod and felt like an idiot. How did you not notice the drill screaming and smelling like hot metal after the first one?
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