General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Bolting on lead	21-May-2007 At 12:49:33 AM	drdeviousii
Message
>I'm quite new to bolting. I've now put in a number of 10mm x 10cm glue >in SS belay bolts into sandstone. I'm using a new 18v hammer drill (not >a percussion drill). I used the best quality masonry bits I could find. > I found drilling the holes took a LOT of time. Using a couple of smaller >bits to drill guide holes, sped things up enormously. I find it hard to >imagine how any of this could be done with a hand drill, let alone on a >lead. Are there some drilling tricks I should know about that people might >like to share ? you need a ROTARY hammer drill. If hand drilling, well that's just hard work. Expect to take between 15 & 30mins+ for each hole.

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