incognito Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 Hello! I've bought my first power tool - a Bosch 18V cordless drill with hammer function. I bought the extra masonry attachments so I can hang a sign on my solid exterior house wall. But I've just tried using it on the hammer function setting, and it didn't actually penetrate the render/solid block. It just spun forever -barely making a dent. I watched a million youtube videos and even tried making a pilot hole first. I tried gently guiding it, I tried pushing in with all my strength. No joy. It didn't feel like it was actually 'hammering' at all, but I've never actually used power tools before so I don't know if it's broken or if I'm just a bit dim. Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingless Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 Welcome to the forum. It is good to provide enough info so others may be effective providing assistance. In this case a model number for the tool would be very useful. What is the tool model number? As a guess, here is the Bosch 18V GSB18V-975CN Hammer Drill. That tool has a drill / hammer selector at the top. Is that selector in the correct position? The tool will spin until pushed into the material, then will also hammer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyrfytr998 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 The easy answer would be to return the drill for another one and doing it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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