Splitting Firewood with a Hammer Drill - Let’s Try this 1 More Time! 
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- Firewood Splitting Bit in a Hammer Drill - Does it Really Work?
This is a follow up to my first test of the firewood splitting drill found here
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Part 1
Firewood Splitting Drill - Gimmick or Useful Tool
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Too much energy is lost. Just give me an axe or hatchet. Gimmick for sure.
Using an impact helps alot - th-cam.com/video/Bk7w15yGhuA/w-d-xo.html
Well, you definitely went the extra mile with that bit. I coulda split all of that with a hatchet in about two minutes.Thanks for keeping other people from that mistake. Cheers
IT'S BECAUSE OF HONEST PERSONS LIKE YOU MAKING ALL KINDS OF VIDEOS, THAT STILL GIVES ME HOPE OF A BETTER WORLD. THANKS.
Thanks I try to share what I’m doing and my experiences
I'm glad I saw your video before buying this thing, thanks for that video.
@@RockhillfarmYT This review repeat with SDS hammer drill gives it an honest shot. And you are 100% right, they are not honest with the advertisement. Should say it's made for SDS drill, has SDS shank, will probably need corded tool or very priceyest cordless, that it's two pieces and needs thread locker, and that all you'll get is kindling. Looks like it cost you a grand to make it work and it never worked as advertised.
@@RockhillfarmYT I think these are made for easy splitting softwoods
@@Anthony_Spilotrofor sure. I was thinking it would be easy for some oak until I seen this video.
You need to read the owner's manual for those bits! Bury the bit into the wood, attempt to retrieve the bit, and then after you've hurled the wood down the driveway a few times the wood will start to open up.
pure gold 👆
Lmao!
just light the wood on fire and sort threw the ashes for it
I appreciate people who do straightforward, honest reviews. Thank you for the videos!
Wow! Thank you so much for this review! I, too, saw some impressive pop-up ads and was tempted to order. SO GLAD I found your review first! Boy, you have some excellent patience and persistence! I would have been dropping f-bombs and bleeping the audio and probably bashing the wood and the tool and my drills/drivers and probably take out the camera in the melee! (Had to look that one up - why are there no A's in melee?!) Thanks again, this is pure excellence!
Thanks for watching. I appreciate it
Thanks for doing the reviews of these "woodsplitting "bits. Looks like they require more effort than swinging a sharp axe a few swings.
Agreed. Thanks for watching
@@RockhillfarmYT
Rockhill,......
You've got it ALL Wrong once again.
That is not a wood splitter.
That is a "" Cordless Mary Go Round. ""
You drill that thing into the middle of the stump, THEN
lean over it, pick your feet up off the ground.
Then, proceed to pull the trigger once again.
To stop it,......take your finger off the trigger !!!!
Once you have stopped, take a minute to sit on the ground,
before you get up ??????
Thank you for both videos. I watched them both. Your trials were very fair and reasonable. You saved me both money and frustration/disappointment. I was also going to buy one for a friend, and that would have been a disappointment for us both. This is an excellent review! Thank you, again.
It looks like it works best when you start on the ends, but even then it looks like it's more effort than it's worth. Just found your channel today and you got a new subscriber! Getting a lot of ideas and inspiration for my 20 acre homestead I live on. I'm now the third generation in family to live here and I'd really like to be the one to make some real improvements here. Your drainage videos really got the wheels turning in my head today! Looking forward to more Brock!
Awesome. Thanks for subscribing and I’ll see you on the next one
idea for a video: since you already have a SDS hammer drill, buy a large SDS chisel and try to use the chisel to split wood. The hammer function should easily drive the chisel into the wood and if the chisel is wide enough it should split the wood. Make sure the hammer drill is set to only hammer and not rotate.
This is the way.
Or learn how to swing a maul. It is much faster and easier on your body, as long as you do it right.
I have tears in my eyes... I think you would have got a lot further with a hatchet. Now I have to go out and split a few logs with my "The Unicorn". Thanks for the laugh!
A hatchet definitely works better.
Thanks for watching
" wranglestar" did a "good" review (and had a sponsored ad before his video featuring this product) Biggest note:
"wranglestar" split what appeared to be well seasoned pine not a harder to split hardwood like oak, walnut or what you were using(appeared to be hard wood) I could see this product working well on chiefly soft wood (but not so well on knots/knotty wood) Thank you for this video, you are very straight forward, fair, and dedicated.
Yeah, I’ve seen wranglerstars videos. He’s got a great channel. Thanks for watching
Or maybe wranglestar is nothing but a shill like so many on youtube now.
Thanks for sharing the update with me. With my 1/2" impact wrench I didn't have the twisting problem that you had with the $220 hammer drill but it won't adapt to the sds shank you would have to get the wood splitter bit with the 1/4" hex shank. I still couldn't split bigger pieces of wood like others videos the bit just gets buried and impact wrench just hits a standstill and bit is stuck in the wood. Then you need a wedge to get the bit unstuck. These wood splitter bits can basically be used only for splitting kidling. Thanks for all the time and money you dumped into sharing your videos. Hopefully people watch them before wasting their money on the bits to think they can actually split firewood
From other reviews that I have watched, these cone-splitting bits are reverse threaded and should be run counterclockwise and not in a clockwise direction. The torque of most drills is designed to be stronger in reverse than the forward torque; this gives them the power to reverse more efficiently if they get stuck. Try running the drill counterclockwise with this bit. Hope this may help.
I just want to say Thank You for both videos on this product. My husband and I were considering buying this for convenience but have decided against it. I love people who are honest about a product I know nothing about. Again Thank You for your honesty!
Thanks for watching
It can be made to work but to me it is more hassle than it is worth
@@RockhillfarmYT I agree and at 80 and 70 we are much too old for extra work.
Thanks for this video and ur other! Oh my! So glad I seen this. I was thinking about getting this for the hubby. So how the heck did the ad look so easy to do? Fake wood? SMH.
Wow...thank you for making these videos. I bought these and my husband tried them out and had a similar experience. Wish I had seen your videos before purchasing!
Yup, thanks for the demo on how it does not work. Very useful info. I am wondring if you had "Just the right wood that was perfectly seasoned with long grain" (like she said) if it would work better. But we can 't all choose the wood we work with.
For me it has to be convenient or I’m not going to mess with it
Thank you for the follow-up.
You're an honest man and gave this product a fair review.
I tested out this drill bit today fir first time and it worked flawlessly. I was using completely dry birch wood and it took 60 to turn a log like yours into 8 pieces. My drill is not even high powered. So the issue is the dryness of the wood.
Thanks for sharing
No the issue is the type of wood and the dryness
Birch is a soft wood !
@@ronaldcarrender6136 I think you are correct. Though, if you try it with harder wood and just go for small pieces at a time it works great. I have now tested the drill on piles of different types of wood. Though, birch is the best since you can go right in the center and get it to go every time.
I think they use cedar wood in the sales video, the grain is straight and it splits easy.@@ronaldcarrender6136 Thanks for the test, now I know it won't help me.
Love your honest unsponsored videos, much appreciated 👍
Thanks
Thanks. Really good review. Looks amazingly frustrating when the bit gets stuck - the rest of the process just looks a normal amount of frustrating.
Thanks for watching and for commenting
Thanks for your honest effort and for testing it on hardwood. It sure looked effortless in the ads. You saved me some needless frustration and a chunk of change!👍🏽
best place to keep this is in the store, cheers for the heads up.
Thanks man you gave this a really fair test...and have saved me money. 👍
I appreciate this video. I am a woman and I’ve used a wood splitter and a wood ax. When I saw this product, I thought about purchasing it as a gift to someone else, but wanted to know more. After watching your truthful video, I won’t be buying the product. After using a big wood splitter, I thought that bit was too good to be true. Thanks again for the video.
Glad to help
Thank you so very much for these videos! As a worn out great grandma, I had considered this product. Thanks to you I won’t waste my money.
Glad to help
Thanks for watching
Don't take this the wrong way but I am so glad to see you are having the EXACT same problems I had with my Carlton wood splitting bits. In fact, just listening to your video gave me flash backs to the frustration I felt trying to split small pieces into kindling. I used a Bosch HAMMER DRILL and the wood would just spin out of control, which as you said is extremely dangerous.
Yeah, it’s disappointing but I was hoping to save some other people from that frustration.
Thanks for watching
From other reviews that I have watched, these cone-splitting bits are reverse threaded and should be run counterclockwise and not in a clockwise direction. The torque of most drills is designed to be stronger in reverse than the forward torque; this gives them the power to reverse more efficiently if they get stuck. Try running the drill counterclockwise with this bit. Hope this may be of help.
I appreciate your dedication to honesty and fairness.....and being straight forward!
My maul and/or hatchet really seems like it would split faster with less effort than that thing
Thank you for both of your splitting videos, you're saving us in buying this crap. You're an angel my dear friend 😀😀😀
Thanks for watching
Thanks for taking the time to give us a real honest video. That thing seemed to good to be true. It would be great to have something that simple split wood for us. Wood is tough and it takes a tough machine to split it. Thanks again
Thank you for your honest review. I was about to buy this cause im a grandma and ive never split wood and thot it would be a must have. And you saved me from spending what lil money i have on something i can see from your video, I wouldn't be able to use.
I'm 70 yrs old and I still split by hand with a splitting maul. I season the wood round and split the wood as I use it. Once it's dry you see the cracks that way you see where to hit them, also the wood is frozen so that probably helps as well. I've being doing this way for over 40 yrs, it works for me, it was a little difficult the year I broke my collar bone it took a little longer. Swinging with one arm. I still did that way, but mostly used a wedge.
Thanks for the time. I watched both videos as I always wondered about these. They screamed gimmick, but I had no idea. After your first time putting it into wood, I saw a major accident coming. Glad you didn't get hurt testing these things out for us.
Thanks for saving me some money. A couple swings with a maul or hatchet and the job would be done. Loved the real life experience of using a new tool.
Yeah, I really wanted to like this product but just not worth the hassle
Thanks for watching
Well... I was considering getting one to keep in my camper.. thanks for the video
Yeah, to me it’s more hassle than it’s worth
When I was younger I heated exclusively with wood and split everything by hand with the old Sotz monster maul or wedges and a sledge. I remember green, frozen wood split easiest. Whatever the temperature, I always tried to get it done before it dried out. Now I use a Supersplit kinetic. It just doesn't care, it splits everything anytime.
Thanks for sharing. I have a champion hydraulics splitter that I use most of the time. I’ve heard good things about those kinetic splitters though
I was very close to buy this tool. I'm glad that I made a youtube search and found your review.
When I lived on a farm I cut a lot of kindling with a small axe and it didn't take anywhere near as much effort as appears to be needed with this gadget. Great video. Thanks.
I got myself a sharp wedge that you drill into a stump. I then put a piece of wood on top and hit it with a small 3lb sledge for kindling and for smaller pieces of fire wood. So much easier than this bit and easier than swinging an axe at it.
Thank you, you got the exact same results that I did. I thought I needed a better drill, but now I know it is the bit that does not work, not that my drill is not powerful enough. Thank for saving me $200-$300 on a new drill.
Wish I would have seen your video before I bought this paperweight!!! Thanks for the added assurance it wasn't just ne!!
Your 1st video regarding this drill bit was enough for me. Your 2nd video proved you correct for the 1st one. Great job
Thanks again, just came over here form your other video. And this confirms it. I wanted to use it to split small logs. Don't seem to work with a cordless drill. If I have to buy a new one I might as well put money to a splitter. Thanks again
I'm so glad I watched this before I bought one. I almost checked out with it. Saved me some cash!!!
I watched both video's of this "tool". There was a similar item sold in the 1970's with about a 6 or 8" cone/ screw, for either bolting to a vehicle wheel (open rear end only) or a tractor's three point hitch. As much as i wanted to get away from using a sledge hammer and wedges, even my teen age self didn't think it was safe to use.
Yeah, I had high hopes for this but to me it’s just more hassle than it’s worth.
I’ve seen the giant ones like you’re talking about and they definitely work but I’m not sure I would want to mess with one of those either
Thanks for watching
Thank you for the videos, sure wish I saw this "before" I bought the splitter.
Yeah, the advertisements make it looks really easy.
Thanks for watching
Thank you for saving many of us money.
You went out of your way to be fair, I appreciate that.
Thanks for watching
I almost made a terrible mistake. Thank you for this video
Just ordered two, and I wish I saw your video first. I do have a hammer drill, hope it fits. My wood is not as big as yours and it has been drying for awhile. Hope splitting it down from the top down makes a difference from splitting at the side. Your video was very informative... thank you and blessings.
Thanks for showing us this bit. I'm glad you showed how it got stuck and what it can do. Looks a little dangerous.
Agreed
Thanks for watching
Lol. I feel like I at least need to give you half the money you just saved me…
Thanks a ton!
Thanks for watching
Thank you for posting this video. I was going to buy one for my husband for Christmas. Not anymore.
Thanks for the honesty in your reviews and the time it took to make them. Does it work any better from the top of the log? I hope you make a video on that so I don’t have to buy one and try it haha thanks again for the videos
These 2 videos just saved me money. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
Thank u so much for giving this an honest review. The firewood splitting drill bits are not the quality tool that it's advertised as!!
Again Thank u so much !!!
Just commented on the first of these videos you posted. Glad to see you had on eyes.
Thanks for saving me money.
Thank you for saving me some money and the effort of trying to make that bit work.
Thanks for watching
My wife just sent me the facebook advert for this. Looked very impressive. Im so glad I've found your video. I guess these drills will work with some knot free, soft wood. Seeing how youv3 struggled even with 20v sds drill or corded one - these drills look just like a gimmick.
I knew this was too good to be true. I also have been targeted by these adds on the twitter. You'll be happy to know that they have been ratioed in the comments which is how I found your content. Good work. 🤣😂🍻
Thanks so much for this review, I bought one of these, came with 3 SDS shanks, and I can't use it with my Ryobi cordless drill, certainly not on Redgum.
Thank you! Saved me time, money, and frustration.
Thanks for watching
I got an ad for this bit while watching this video. Classic!
That’s funny
Ah ah ah ah. Throw that thing in the garbage and don't give it to someone else. Somebody's going to snap their wrist with that thing.
I'm subbing right now. I just found the channel today as well. You seem honest and fair, which makes easy to trust. Thanks.
I know I'm from a distant generation compared to younger adults today. My father took his time to show us how to split wood and he was big on safety. I think I was around 10-11 when we did that. We also went into the bush and he taught my brother and I the safest way to cut and bunch trees. It was the old way, when people still used horses, but we used tractors. We'd cut them to 8½-10½-16½ depending on the diameter. So we'd pile them in the middle of the trail, which we kept super clean and we'd haul all the branches to either side of the trail. The tractor could ride on top of the branches and stop at each pile of wood and used a knuckle-boom with a hydraulic claw to put the logs onto the trailer. When we were done, there were rows upon rows of branches and clean trails. Doing it that way made it much easier to get rid of the branches and start a field for planting potatoes other crops.
Sorry for the long story. I get these boutes of nostalgia from time to time. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your story
Thanks for the review (watched part 1 also, and others). I won't waste my money. Subscribed to your channel. Thanks.
Thanks
Thanks for making these videos. You saved me some money.
Great
Thanks for watching
Thank you so much I just Thinking About buying one of those things.
Thanks for watching
Sir you have far more patience than me. I would have given up on the second try!!
Yeah, it’s possible to make it work, but it’s just more trouble than it’s worth in my opinion
I’ve had no issues running mine with a cordless makita. Nothing special. Mine has mostly been used on red oak, and it splits kindling great. Red oak is pretty easy to split though. I would say the type of wood used is going to impact this the most. Also, i have no clue why the bit isn’t a single piece. I had to gob a load of red loctite on the bit so it could back out without unscrewing.
As someone who grew up with softwoods in California and has had to adjust to the hardwoods of the midwest, I can be fairly certain that the ads for this product are using softwoods. I am glad someone tested this with hardwoods because that's all I've got and I don't need to be wasting money on garbage bits.
I just stumbled across this video. It's clear that the tool is ineffective. Thanks for saving us the money. For me, it's either a splitting maul or a 3 point hitch hydraulic woodsplitter.
Hi,... who doesn't like a new tool????.... really!! Saw you struggling with it and commented that at the very least a impact drill driver drill would be needed. Im thinking dry wood would help as well.... Green wood seems to be harder to split, at least in my experiences... After drying, most times its already developed cracks along the radius and that is a good starting point to continue the split.... thanks for taking time to show us your efforts! good man!
Thanks for watching and for commenting
Most of the videos I have seen using these bits - they are splitting pine - not hard wood.
Thanks for showing us how it works on real firewood!
No problem. Thanks for watching
Yeah pine flavor in your food taste so good….not! This tool is good for one thing….a paper weight!
Thank you for the video, I was considering purchasing this product. I think I will save my money.
Yeah, I feel like these are just more trouble than they are worth.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video! Very helpful!
Nothing has changed my mind about this product from your origional one. Thank You.
Thanks for saving me some dosh and pain.
Being in construction all my life there is one thing that is true . Some guys just make it look easy . There is always a trick as in the saying , your just not holding your mouth right .
I hope they will see your videos and give you the advice to pass on to us .
Thak you for your efforts.
Whether or not it’s possible to make it work isn’t really that relevant to me.
There are already plenty of ways to split wood. If you have to have the perfect size pieces of perfectly dried wood or the exact right drill, it is probably more hassle than most people want to mess with.
It is marketed as quick and easy
I think you were very patient with it. You see that little barn with the white roof behind you (at 3.00) - I reckon I'd have got it to there by now 🤣🤣
I used a "stickler" brand cone splitter (vehicle mounted) for several years and it worked really well. Maybe this little one would work well with very dry pine, and like you said for making tiny kindling. Rocket Mass Heater owners may benefit from this drill mounted tool the most, where ONLY very small kindling is used (no logs). Thanks for the great review. When you dropped the drill in frustration, no words were needed.
Thank you for watching and sharing your experience
thanks for this info, I almost bought one of those things
I have a 'screw-type' log splitter -- same design as your cone-shaped bits, but it is about 5x larger and is driven right off of my tractor's PTO. With my 45HP tractor running at idle, I can stall the tractor when the bit gets caught in the wood. At a little faster RPM, the bit grinds on through the wood until the wood gets jammed up on the drive bearing. I shut the PTO off, take a sledge hammer and drive the wood back off of the bit. This process is under a huge amount of torque from the tractor. The wood locks against a steel work table mounted along side of the bit. When the wood splits, the process is fast and less effort than wrestling with a conventional log splitter. But, some types of wood are 'stringy' -- and they are pain to split this way.
Wow, I was thinking of buying one of these for my dad, but whoa. That thing is less than useless. You could easily grab a hatchet and split four or five of those pieces of wood in the time it takes just to get that drillbit back out!
Got a sub from me. Thanks for being honest and not just hawking a product for profit!
Wow…I was about to buy one of those bits! Yikes!
I’ll stick with my hatchet for kindling and maul/mallet for bigger pieces. If it won’t split SPLIT wood it’s useless…thank you so much! You even bought a new tool and gave it every chance.
Thank you. You saved me money!
That just got PULLED from the cart!!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching
I was thinking of getting one since my splitter gaskets are having a "slight" leaking issue. But, looking at it I pictured the same results that you showed especially when splitting hardwood. Maybe this might work for non-knotted softwood.
Sounds about right
Thanks for watching
Seems like huge effort for very little and very slow results. However I guess an axe is a huge effort as well. It does seem to rest quite a bit on whether the wood has been really dried. As far as the 2 piece cone and shaft is concerned you need to get a single piece so that when its stuck you won't just undo the shaft from the cone when you go into reverse. Thanks for the video, so much better info from which to make a better informed decision.
Thank you ! Sure glad I watched this video before buying this product and ending up with buyer's remorse.
Right. I think it is more trouble than it is worth
Thanks for watching
I saw these advertised on Facebook and I was tempted to buy one . Your videos showed exactly what I thought would happen . IE. Useless tool that binds and won't split FA . If it won't even split soft wood it has no hope in splitting Australian hard wood like iron bark or red gum..
You handled it better than I did... once I tried to reverse it and noticed it backed out leaving screw piece in the wood and the other end still in the drill.... I hurled it across my yard with anger in my heart body and soul that only a certified counselor can talk you through... they leave out where it grabs ahold of the wood the drill spins your arms into a pretzel shape that can't be fixed in my small town po-dunk emergency room... you ever had something irritate you so bad that you make up new curse words? I finally moved up and bought a stickler wood splitter...
Thanks so much for these two videos. Honest, straightforward, and practical. I actually had my credit card ready to purchase when your videos came up. I'm 72 years old and just split 2.5 cords of wood over the Labor Day weekend with a 6 pound maul that I've split many cords with over the years. Using this cone tool, I would still be splitting that wood or have a broken wrist or other injuries in the process. Granted my wood is fir, spruce, and aspen, but that thing looks dangerous, prone to getting stuck, and spinning a log out control. I'll stick with the maul.
It is possible to make that tool work, but to me it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
Thanks for watching.
Agreed. And the time it took to make a couple kindling splinters, one could split several pieces of dry wood.
Love your videos and your attitude!
Thank you Brock for an honest thorough and diplomatic review. I bought one and my review would say it is functionally totally useless, and I would suggest marketed as a cynical ripoff. My simple splitting maul takes a bit of effort at age 73, but it does actually do the job - which this silly advertised trinket does not. Hopefully I will have a need for a plumb bob sometime soon as the only other use I can think of is for throwing at unscrupulous advertisers.
Completely agree
Thanks for watching and for sharing your experience
Thanks bro!
Thanks. The wood they showed was short length wood and much easier splitting wood. Looked like fir. Enjoyed your review.
Thanks for watching
Lol are u sure it wasn't balsa
Lol are u sure it wasn't balsa
Been splitting wood for over 50 years (67 now), got my big splitter, axe & hatchet, I really don’t need to go through the frustration you have shown here.
Thanks.
Yeah, this thing is just more trouble than it is worth
Thanks for watching
@@RockhillfarmYT we could feel your frustration during the demo. Off camera, did you try going in the end grain?
I’ve got a cheer squad every time I chop, our grandkids live with us and Mr 6 year old stands clear and calls out “nailed it!” On a split and “come on Pop, you can do better.” Or sometimes things a bit fruity when it doesn’t, yeah, I’ve gotta watch my language, 😂😂😂. Nan caught him uttering an expletive one day and admonished him, to which he answered “well, that’s what poppy says.” Thrown under the bus, 😂😂😂. Thought about getting one of those hydraulic splitter once, but hey, got a perfectly good splitter, got years left in it, only need to sharpen it every other season, holds a bloody good edge.
Good on you young fella, thanks for posting, very informative.
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I tried it a couple more times and I did a follow up video and you can make it work. I just think it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
My five-year-old grandson is my biggest fan as well.
Those are the really important things in life
Thanks for doing this video. Like you said the ads for that product make it look so quick and easy. It would be much quicker and easier just to use a axe or hatchet.
Excellent Job on this review...I did notice you were using oak wood...I believe those bits are for soft dry redwood or cedar which split very easy...otherwise those bits are junk...thanks for your video.
Indeed, it may work on wood that splits very easily - for which I don’t need any such tool anyway apart from my splitting axe. For all the other wood I would appreciate a tool - this did not work, did get wedged in and is even more dangerous than using the maul. A regretful purchase!
Wish I "wood" have watched this before buying one of these POS's.. A pretty good cordless stuck.. (same) a nice corded drill similar to what you used.. (spun around) Same.. but it caught me... After seeing this, for giggles I put about the same size piece you were using in a vice in our shop.. drilled several 1/4 holes along the side then the POS bit.. got 3 pieces... Gimmick all the way, but I'll keep it for one of those "ya never know" scenarios...
Yeah, I went and bought a hammer drill just to do a follow up on this and it still didn’t work very well. It’s possible to make it work and wranglerstar even makes it look easy but to me it’s just more hassle than it’s worth
Did you ever try this bit in reverse? Wranglestar was using it in forwards motion, getting nowhere but realised it has reverse thread. Putting the drill in reverse made a load of difference and it didn't get stuck. Give it a try 👍
I watched wranglerstar’s video before I bought these.
His bits were left handed. These clearly are not. The fact they are getting stuck proves that.
When you spin a left handed bit to the right nothing happens. It won’t dig in.
New sub. I saw you at the Arm's family farm. Man I'm glad you did this video! I'm a 5' , 110#, 53 year old woman. I've been wanting one of those bits for awhile. It looks so easy on the ad.
It is possible to make these work but it is not easy and convenient like the ad portrays
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From other reviews that I have watched, these cone-splitting bits are reverse threaded and should be run counterclockwise and not in a clockwise direction. The torque of most drills is designed to be stronger in reverse than the forward torque; this gives them the power to reverse more efficiently if they get stuck. Try running the drill counterclockwise with this bit.
That won't work with this bit. The shank is threaded into the base of the bit and will unscrew if you reverse the drill.