So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:57:45 -0400, Tony Miklos
wrote:

So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

Aw...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Bit_and_brace.JPG

On Oct 3, 1:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:

So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. *I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

What did you tell the guy? I'd be tempted to tell him, "No, that
makes slots."

R

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:19:36 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:

On Oct 3, 1:57*pm, Tony Miklos wrote:

So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. *I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

What did you tell the guy? I'd be tempted to tell him, "No, that
makes slots."

R

You would be correct.

On 10/3/2011 2:19 PM, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 3, 1:57 pm, Tony wrote:

So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

What did you tell the guy? I'd be tempted to tell him, "No, that
makes slots."

R

LOL. Sorry, I answered a simple yes. I almost asked him what he was
"putting a hole in" to maybe give him a little advice but I decided he
wasn't anyone I wanted to get into a conversation with.

On 10/3/2011 12:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

I would have pulled out my onboard .45 taurus public defender and said
"not as good as this, but yes."

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:50:08 -0500, Steve Barker
wrote:

On 10/3/2011 12:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

I would have pulled out my onboard .45 taurus public defender and said
"not as good as this, but yes."

Giggle

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
news
On 10/3/2011 12:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

Interesting hole maker.

http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/

On 10/3/2011 1:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

He probably has kids to support, so letting him near power tools,
unsupervised, may not be a good idea.

Mind you, I'm not flaming the guy- all of us on here started from zero
DIY knowledge at some point. For most of us, it was before we could ride
a two-wheeler, but some families simply do not have that heritage. I
know close to zero about sports and hunting- it simply wasn't part of my
world growing up. That clueless fellow probably never saw anything
repaired in his life.

--
aem sends...

On 10/4/2011 9:27 PM, tom wrote:

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
news
On 10/3/2011 12:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

Interesting hole maker.

http://www.wimp.com/squareholes/

yeah, bet that's good and cheap.


--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

aemeijers wrote in
:

On 10/3/2011 1:57 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
So... I'm not proud, but I was at walmart buying a dremel tool accessory
and a guy about 5 feet away shows me a 3/4" spade bit and asks me "Will
this make a hole?".

I don't expect much at the walmart "home improvement" section but I
didn't think things were that bad. I hope he knows he needs a drill to
turn the bit.

He probably has kids to support, so letting him near power tools,
unsupervised, may not be a good idea.

Mind you, I'm not flaming the guy- all of us on here started from zero
DIY knowledge at some point. For most of us, it was before we could ride
a two-wheeler, but some families simply do not have that heritage. I
know close to zero about sports and hunting- it simply wasn't part of my
world growing up. That clueless fellow probably never saw anything
repaired in his life.


I know close to zero about sports and hunting

Me too.

I do them both in the same place - supermarket. In the hygiene aisle I get
sports deoderant and hunting done at the meat counter.