On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:06:47 GMT, (Mike_in_SD)
wrote:



no .. its on my drill press


Use left-handed drill bits.

People should always say why they are asking a question.




Sorry mm, you dont get to make the rules.

Oh, please. You're calling it a rule. I never did. But people
*should* always say why they are asking a question, if only because
they stand a better chance of getting an answer that will solve their
problem, and if someone cares about other people, secondly, because it
often keeps people from wasting their time giving answers that apply
to the question as phrased, but don't have anything to do with what
the OP is trying to do. Maybe you don't care if people here waste
their time, or you think that even if it's relevant, someone will
benefit from it.

Maybe someday** we'll take a survey of how many people answer
questions and feel they've wasted time when the OP left out something
that, had it been included, they would have given different advice.

**It would have to be a new thread. I'm sure most people have stopped
reading this one.

Its like guys that cry about top posting (which you did)

By pointing this out, when I hadn't said a word about it, you are the
one crying about top posting. So I guess you're a lot like your view
of me.

Even in this one thread one can see that I normally bottom post, and
most people could figure out that I top posted in this one case
because I wanted to make SURE you saw my statement that LH drill bits
didn't work. I wasn't addressing anything in your previous post that
I hadn't already addressed in my first reply to it, which you had just
read.

I can see their argument .. but .. I can give you a counter argument
that is just as valid. So sometime I top post and sometimes I
bottom post.

Well good for you. You seem like me in this regard, so why did you
bring up the subject and why are you still at it? This has nothing
to do with this thread or our arguing about people saying why they are
asking a question.

What you are doing by wanting to know WHY .. is trying to decide
if I actually NEED to reverse this motor. Think about that ..
slightly insulting in itself.

And you take that personally? How many people post here wanting to do
something when they should be doing something else? Lots. How do I
know you're not one of them? I don't know.

But here is something you can take personally, and feel insulted: In
this thread you've written like an insecure jackass.

And as you can see by your attempt at an answer .. the only thing
that will work is ... reversing the motor

I don't know that is the only thing that will work. You still haven't
said what you are trying to do.

I just know the LH drill bits won't work, and that's not because of
your particular situation. I reverse my drill when I use left-handed
drill bits and I forgot that.

And it doesn't change what I said. People should always say why they
are asking a question.


thanks to the guys that actually answered my question.

Mike