Looking for an adaptor
To enable use of old handbrace drill bits with square taper ends in a standard hex cordless drill. Am not getting anywhere with search, don't know what terms to use really. Any ideas?
NT |
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Looking for an adaptor
I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution.
Richard |
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On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote:
I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT |
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On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote:
On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT |
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On 11/08/2019 23:30, wrote:
On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ |
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dennis@home wrote:
On 11/08/2019 23:30, wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ If you have one of those it would be better to just use it as intended - those drills often aren't really usable at power drill speeds, even the lowest. -- Roger Hayter |
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On Monday, 12 August 2019 09:53:46 UTC+1, dennis@home wrote:
On 11/08/2019 23:30, tabbypurr wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ they don't work. Ones that do, I'd not reasonably expect that type of chuck to be able to do the job. NT |
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On Monday, 12 August 2019 10:05:55 UTC+1, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote: On 11/08/2019 23:30, tabbypurr wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ If you have one of those it would be better to just use it as intended - those drills often aren't really usable at power drill speeds, even the lowest. I've had no problem using cut off ones in cordless drills. NT |
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On 12/08/2019 10:05, Roger Hayter wrote:
dennis@home wrote: On 11/08/2019 23:30, wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ If you have one of those it would be better to just use it as intended - those drills often aren't really usable at power drill speeds, even the lowest. Yes, cheap forstner bits from TNPs favourite shop would be much better or even a spade drill in a powered drill. The spiral is too coarse for a fast speed. |
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On Monday, 12 August 2019 12:53:27 UTC+1, dennis@home wrote:
On 12/08/2019 10:05, Roger Hayter wrote: dennis@home wrote: On 11/08/2019 23:30, tabbypurr wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 23:18:45 UTC+1, tabby wrote: On Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:40:12 UTC+1, Tricky Dicky wrote: I think you might be out of luck there with the extensive use of hand tightening chucks on modern drills and the conversion of many of the bits formally used with a brace to fit three jaw chucks I cannot see anyone bothering to make a replacement chuck to fit drill bits that are now getting harder to find. I must admit I find augers used in power drills very easy to overdrill the depth owing to the screw guide feeding the drill in rather than the pressure applied by the user. If you have a number of brace bits that you want to use then cutting off the taper end off them might be your only solution. Richard That's what I did before. Would be nicer to keep these as is. Maybe I could contemplate moulding something in plastic, probably be strong enough for small bits. NT It's easy to find adapters the other way round, but not to enable an old bit to be used in a modern hex drill. NT cut one of these up https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silverlin...dp/B001JJR54K/ If you have one of those it would be better to just use it as intended - those drills often aren't really usable at power drill speeds, even the lowest. Yes, cheap forstner bits from TNPs favourite shop would be much better or even a spade drill in a powered drill. The spiral is too coarse for a fast speed. It's exactly the same as modern augers. It's not a problem. NT |
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