N_Cook wrote:

Jamie t wrote in message
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N_Cook wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote in message
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In article ,
Eeyore wrote:


I use Stanley screwdrivers almost exclusively for serious work. There's
a particular series with a very comfortable asymmetric moulded handle
that is normally red (including the Phillips versions) but the Pozi
versions are all a slightly dark blue to aid immediate identification.

Stanley these days are pretty mediocre. Plenty of much better makes. A

set

of screwdrivers from Lidl etc is likely to last longer for a fraction of
the cost. But if you want good stuff, try Wera. But you'll need to go to

a

decent tool supplier for them.

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*A woman drove me to drink and I didn't have the decency to thank her

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.



ah, decent tool supplier. I went to my otherwise respected decades
residency, local engineering tool supplier , a couple of years back. A
middle aged bloke on the counter, not teenager. I asked what range of

small

size left hand drill bits they had - he thought I was taking the ****,

like

asking for long stands, golden rivets etc.

( used in drills with reverse action for drilling out and often

releasing,

in the process, seized screws , broken studes etc )


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electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
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We call them Easy outs over here.


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Not the same thing at all, other than having LH thread of sorts. That's what
you use after drilling a hole, but what do you use for say 4mm studs/busted
or seized screws ? - LH drill bits.

Where I used to work there was a full set of LH bits in a case covered in
hazard tape and warning messages.

We only use LH bits only in the hopes that maybe the remainder will
spin out as we're drilling. Mostly for small holes where easy outs are
not practical. Even with that, our machinist still don't have much
better luck, than just simply drilling out the hole as close as possible
with a RH bit and run a tap down through it.

Most of the problems I hand over to the machinist have loctite broken
screws heads..

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