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On 10/27/2018 12:43 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 10/26/2018 10:59 PM, dpb wrote:
On 10/26/2018 9:10 PM, rbowman wrote:
...

that in perspective the smallest drill bit you're liable to find at
the hardware store is 1/16.
...



Any should have down to #60 (0.040") altho that's still a little too big
for a hole in a 1/32nd-wide brass strip...


I haven't seen many decent number drills in Ace etc. I do have a set
from Harbor Freight that are semi-usable. I bought a set of 0.3 to 1.0
mm drills that weren't very good either. Finally I just faked it. Even
with a Dremel drill press it wasn't going very well.


Huh. The one headline store here has both the Ace-branded and another
(Hanson, maybe? HSS that are both not bad as both replacements and
sets...but this is a small farming community so there's a lot higher
fraction of population that is really after hardware rather than
houseware than most higher-population centers would have may explain...


Hopefully I can finish it this winter. Mostly rigging although I have to
fabricate some chainplates and dead eyes.

My real plan was to build a Viking longship but this was billed as an
entry level kit. It great quality with plenty of spare material but it's
so small everything is tiny. Not good when you take XXXL gloves.


Chuckles...I no longer have the patience it would take, methinks...


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