If you are working extensively in stone, brick, or tougher materials, you don’t want a tool that is simply capable of doing the work, you want a tool that was specifically designed to tackle the job.

No workshop is complete without a drill – but what sort of drill should it be? Andy Collings takes a look at SDS-drills to see what they can do and how they do it Before the mid-70s, a powered drill ...

Hammer drills and rotary hammers are both excellent for drilling masonry. Rotary hammers are more powerful, though, and have a “hammer-only” mode with no rotation. They usually have an SDS chuck, ...