Scutch SDS - black magic or am i pleb

[jeremy]

Also, have you cut the chase lines before trying to chisel? if not your impact is being spread over the whole surface of the wall, if you have the impact is confined to the area between the cuts. hope this helps

 

[wade88]

Thanks Jeremy, no i havnt drilled any chase lines i was only trying it out after buying it and just attacked the wall straight up. I was under the impression you see that i needn't bother putting in any chase lines before using the Scutch, and that it would just power its way through. I was obviously wrong! It was concrete block i was attacking however

 

[MarkieSparkie]

wade88, scutch tools, both hand and SDS are finishing tools for removing small amounts quickly and evenly, dressing the faces of your roughed out cuts.
Your primary rough cutting tools should be the wall chaser, flat chisel, spade or bolster chisel and channelling chisels.
When using an SDS scutch tool, support the weight of the SDS, contact the surface to be finished with the teeth of the scutch tool, apply the hammer action, start slowly increasing the speed as required letting the tool do the work, work away from your body without forcing the tool. With a little practice you will be producing lovely flat and even facings very soon. You will be amazed by the quality improvement in your first fix work.

 

[wade88]

haha thanks man...i think its fair to say...the answer to my initial question is...i am a massive pleb...

truly humbled. thanks for the help chaps.

If only you lot had seen me, that would have been endless amounts of abuse down the pub for years to come after watching me try and hack a concrete wall appart with my scutch and failing horribly.