Gunner Asch wrote:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:14:05 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:44:05 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:47:32 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Larry Jaques fired this volley in
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I just got another 21
billdrits from HF yesterday for $2.97. 1/16", the size I break most
often.


Larry, you should work on that. You certainly should be wearing out
bits; but not breaking them. 1/16" twist drills don't break any easier
than any other size, if you're running them at the right chip load, with
the right lubricant.

What and how are you drilling that you break enough bits to justify
having a entire pocket-full of just the one size? (And, you know those
Horrible Fright drills aren't centered, and don't have consistent rake
from flute to flute???)

I use them all freehand, not in a drill press. And it's all on loose
material, like mobile home siding/trim and wood. Half the time, it's
from setting the drill down and grabbing the screwdriver to put the
screw in, or from kicking it over. I need to build a safer storage
for them, too, because many are broken in my toolbox when they fall
out of the cheap plastic holder in which Snappy sold them.

Handymen are much harder on tools than machinists, in their nice clean
shops.

Pill bottles with snap caps work well enough for holding small bits in
tool boxes. Stuff in a little cotton to keep them from bashing the
tips

Gunner

Which reminds me...I also use the steel/brass waterproof match
containers for small bits that I use in the field...you can pick em up
at WallyWorld as well as most other outdoor sports places

https://www.google.com/search?q=wate...utf-8&oe=utf-8


Have you ever used the plastic bottles that glucose test strips come
in? They are 1.75" inside depth and 13/32" inside diameter. I would
guess that most diabetics throw them out, but I use them for tiny screws
and other parts.

http://www.libertymedical.com/uploadedimages/products/diabetes/LIF020963/lifescan-onetouch-ultra-test-strips-2.jpg


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