Charles Nicholls Posted October 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 On 10/10/2017 at 5:33 PM, BillyJack said: Maybe...Maybe not................... When you can lean up against the door of a brand new truck, and actually put a dent in it, there is something wrong there LOL. HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 p_toad, HARO50 and Stick486 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 33 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: your soft spot is showing... HARO50 and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARO50 Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 On 10/12/2017 at 9:22 AM, Stick486 said: your soft spot is showing... Took his 'do rag off, did he? John Gene Howe and Stick486 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 1 hour ago, HARO50 said: Took his 'do rag off, did he? John Yep. All washed, ironed, folded and in the drawer till next May. Unless it gets hot sooner or, I gotta pose for my Rolling Stone cover photo. HandyDan, Cal and HARO50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 last Saturday I needed a 9/16" steel twist bit.... found a made in China for 22$ at Ace hardware... no American made ones to be had.... the third hole chipped (took chunks out of) both cutting edges... Ace warrantied the bit... while trying to finishing the third hole the bit split length wise... (stamped bit???)... Ace warrantied that one and then told me there was no point in taking a third one... caught up to my supplier today... Silver and Deming M7 reduced shank made in USA drill bit... cost all of $11.50..... plus tax.... and it finished the third hole along with the remaining 17 and seemed no worse for the wear... I did use my drill press... I did use cutting oil... and it was 3/8" brass plate I was trying to drill... chinese and cheap... but not inexpensive... p_toad and HARO50 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schweitzer Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 We buy a lot of tooling from European Tooling Systems. They have an on-line catalog. They stock metric bits in several variations. Carbide tipped or solid carbide, thru bore or dowel bit (brad point), several shank types. The bits we use have 10mm shanks to fit the boring block on the router or bore & insert machine. For good twist drills try MSC, they have a huge selection, online catalog and very fast delivery. And as usual, do a Google search. For my own general purpose use I've got a set of screw machine bits of M2 alloy, very hard but brittle. p_toad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiler Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 I really like these https://www.montanabrandtools.com/collections/x29-bradpoint-drill-bits Gene Howe, p_toad and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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