harrycatcat1 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 As above really what size drill should I use into breeze block please for 6.3mm masonary screws? Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 5mm i would say. i think 5.2 is recomended. if you can try on a test piece of block somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 should say on the raw plug strip some even have a hole in the plastic central strip to try drill bit in atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 should say on the raw plug strip some even have a hole in the plastic central strip to try drill bit in atb Thanks mate but these are the screws that screw straight into brickwork without rawl plugs I thought it would be an odd size drill because the screws were "end of line" at screwfix at £4.09p for 100 Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 ok harry just googled "what size hole for 6.3 masonry screws" then looked on evolution fastenings in list they have a chart for the size etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Simples-5.15mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Use a 5mm drill and move it in and out a couple of times in the hole to clear any debris. They should screw in without any problem. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Thanks chaps I think 5mm drill is the favourite and rag it in with a socket and ratchet Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 ok harry just googled "what size hole for 6.3 masonry screws" then looked on evolution fastenings in list they have a chart for the size etc Thanks even they say 5mm drill Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Use a 5mm drill but wrap some selotape around it to make it 5.1. Or put it in the microwave to heat it up and expand it a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Or you could freeze the wall and drill the hole-as the wall warms back up the hole should expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byjovecarruthers Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Use a 5mm drill but wrap some selotape around it to make it 5.1. Or put it in the microwave to heat it up and expand it a little. Are you supposed to put metal drill bits into a microwave ? It doesn't seem very sensible to me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee35 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 That is just hilarious microwave ! Just use a 5.5 mm masonry drill bit and not the micro ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 You could hammer in some cocktail sticks to open it out a bit, if you don't fancy using a microwave then melt some lead down and dip it in that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLuke Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Once again a helpful thread descends into stupidity Best bet is to drill a 6mm hole and fill 1mm around the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Use a 5mm drill but wrap some selotape around it to make it 5.1. Or put it in the microwave to heat it up and expand it a little. OOOO NO .......metal in a microwave absolute no no. Unless you want a sparky light show and a boogered microwave Edit = anecdote A few years ago at work we had a transponder returned, user claimed he was doing his normal job when it just exploded (lying scrote). After doing lots of tests with similar items we could find no way it could have produced enough energy to carbonise the surface mount components (CR2032 coin cell power source). Harry our director and clever dickey, sitting having a coffee rested his eyes on the factory microwave. Being an innovative engineer he had to have a try, put the same model transponder into the microwave, guess what....yep he screwed up a cheap microwave into oblivion but the appearance of the transponder was very very similar to the one that was returned. The result he got was very very close to the returned tag. Being an engineer he had to reproduce the test results so he took a tag (transponder) home and put it into his microwave, again guess what he boogered that one too. Anyhoos end result was problem solved, the end user either by design or accident had put his tag into a microwave, so we told the systems integrator in polite words to booger off. Moral of the tale do not put metallic bits into a microwave oven. Edited April 7, 2014 by Sha Bu Le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Well can you beleive it ? All I did was went to bed, then went to work and the thread went wild Microwaves? Metal? next you lot will be telling me to blast a hole in the wall with the 12bore Thanks for all your replies anyway Regards H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Not a 12 bore, maby a garden gun would be the right size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted April 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Not a 12 bore, maby a garden gun would be the right size Does it need to go in the microwave first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 I'd use a Bauer BG40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 If the wall's in your basement you could just kick the right sized hole in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Not a 12 bore, maby a garden gun would be the right size Naw................ 0.22 fac airgun (5.5mm) exactly(ish) the right size. I do realise that this comment may give rise to the 0.22 v 0.177 argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyh Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Naw................ 0.22 fac airgun (5.5mm) exactly(ish) the right size. I do realise that this comment may give rise to the 0.22 v 0.177 argument. PCP or Springer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Some say he spins faster than a pigeon magnet, some say he is harder than burnley Dave's right foot. He's called the bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 PCP or Springer? PCP of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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