"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in message news:
Don't you put the drill back on the bit and tighten it back down? It
works about 90% of the time for me.

Of course, but it's fraught with problems. Tightening a 5 pound drill down
on a 1/16" drill bit while keeping the drill perfectly vertical is
difficult to say the least. One little fraction of wavering with the drill
snaps the bit off. Don't know if that's ever happened to you, but it's
happened to me more than once. Can't think of a faster way to blemish a
project than trying to retract a tiny drill bit from a piece of wood.

Instead of using a drill bit, try grinding the head off of a nail, then
sharpen the point on two sides, opposite each other.

You pretty much can't break it, they are cheap and they work well for a
pilot hole.
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Jim in NC