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Hi, is there a socket box sinker on the market that will work on older (Tougher) type house bricks, or is it just a case of good old lump hammer, chisel, and lots of holes with a masonry drill ??
 
you just answerewd it. holes and chisel. forget the socket sinkers. they should have been sunk with the titanic. they are useless
 
:D there are a couple of members who will be more than happy to sell you theirs for a lot less than they paid for them if you fancy a go :)
 
i have the best socket sinker going. it's called an apprentice. available at any job centre,
 
I take it that's one bit of kit not to bother with when I tool up then, lol. Glad I came across this. maybe you guys can do a thread listing tools to avoid? :)
 
no they are great :rolleyes::rolleyes::D sirkit has one for sale so i can`t say anything bad before its sold :p:D

Best and cleanest piece of kit in the van. light use and kit is complete although it is only single socket size. To be honest it would be more use hanging on the christmas tree than is is for cutting bricks.
 
SDS scutch with an decently powerful drill for me in brick. Posted on here previously that I rewired a sandstone cottage a couple of years ago and the socket box sinker kit was invaluable as the sandstone absorbed the chisel impact but the rotary cutter in the armeg kit got rid of most of the cut out in no time
 
Get a wall chaser instead you can cut the back boxes out with them and get a nice neat finish , comes in handy for chasing walls too
 
Have you tried using just the TCT sds round cutter and hard material chisel from Welcome to Moorcut Direct Ltd
The round cutter will cut the brick, but you have to square the corners off with the hard material chisel instead of the square box cutter. I dont think you will find a sds plus box sinker that will cut hard brick, these tools rely on the power of the sds machine and they are just not powerful enough.
A sds max version would be to powerful and knock the bricks out, we know we have tried.
 
Rob, they are a waste of money if you dont use them. They are great on breeze and thermolite and soft concrete blocks, that is what they are designed to cut. It was just a suggestion to try, i've cut harder bricks using the method I descibed quite easy, give it a try mate.
Where did or who did you buy your set from?
Cant find you on our records, if there is any fault we will replace it no problem.
 

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