On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:43:19 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:

How does one get a left handed flute out of a right handed
bit? Even if it's broken off, it's still a right hand twist.

Only the tip cuts and catches to reverse the broken bolt. I learned to
sharpen bits by hand many years ago from an old machinist. This is
something he showed me before I had ever seen a left twist bit.