Socket box sinker for brick

[longboat]

When I have young lads on with me I always make them do boxes by chisel. My argument being that you can learn the shortcuts in the fullness of time but you need to know how to do it if the toy is broken that day.

Sadist!

 

[7029 dave]

-------'s to that.
Back in the day before i bought a bolster with a guard, it wasn't nice hitting your hand with a club hammer.
If it happened twice in one day it would make me cry.
Takes a bit of practice, but a 30mill sds bit works quick and neat. Just dont go crazy.

yeah but men were men back in my young day lol

 

[the pict]

£1000 for test gear and £10 for knocking holes in brick gear, funny old world eh
Pict

 

[Guest111]

-------'s to that.
Back in the day before i bought a bolster with a guard, it wasn't nice hitting your hand with a club hammer.
If it happened twice in one day it would make me cry.
Takes a bit of practice, but a 30mill sds bit works quick and neat. Just dont go crazy.

Wouldn't have a guard on a bolster if you paid me,only used one once hammer slipped and bounced off the guard and nearly broke my wrist,worst idea going.

 

[Phoenix]

Wouldn't have a guard on a bolster if you paid me,only used one once hammer slipped and bounced off the guard and nearly broke my wrist,worst idea going.

Have to agree; the guard kinda makes you careless but with no guard you're BLOODY careful when you hit it!

 

[telectrix]

Have to agree; the guard kinda makes you careless but with no guard you're BLOODY careful when you hit it!

just get the apprentice to hold it while you hit it ( the chisel, i mean ).

 

[Carlosfandango]

Nips like he'll when the guard slips and catches your skin!!

 

[Phoenix]

Catches your skin? More like wallops you in the forearm!!!! You need to hit it harder!!!!

 

[Geordie Spark]

This oughta do it !!!

 

[Tommy C]

its a 4 pointed chisel. it says on site for soft brick. so if you come across hard brick or heavy breeze block/equivalence then you got no chance.

if you cant chase out for a back box using just a hammer and bolster you should be ashamed of yourself.

using a hammer drill with chisel bit is the same, if the brick disintegrates then you wont get a good fixing with screw's and plugs no matter how you do it

Truesay, though I tend to find a scutch chisel a little better than a bolster (must be why stone masons use them).

To answer my actual question I have bought a brickmaser and have used it on hard brick plus engineering bricks and found as long as the morter is sound it is quite good when used with a dust extraction cover and extractor. How long it will last time will tell, seems pretty tough.