On 22 Jun 2005 22:58:14 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:36:57 UTC, EricP wrote:

They were Rawl things. Still got mine and use it occasionally. Trouble
with them was getting the drill out of the handle. You banged it into
a hard wall nicely and then tried to remove it, and only then did the
bit slip easily out of the handle, leaving the bit as part of the
wall. Any other time even the largest metalworking vice would fail.

What you needed was:

http://www.londontools.co.uk/acatalo..._RAWL_457.html

Well possibly .. though if the bit was part of the handle I wouldn't
;-)

If there was any chance of the bit falling out and getting jambed in
the hole then it would happen to me .. ;-(

All the best ..

T i m