[stevebrot]

It's all about the quality of the hole.

Sort of like Voodoo Donuts in Portland where "The Magic Is In The Hole"

Steve

[Racer X 69]

I am surprised no one has mentioned the SR-99 (Bertha) yet. After all, it just resurfaced in August this year after drilling since 2013.
Alaskan Way Viaduct - Ballard Marine Construction

It's so big!

[Racer X 69]

Come on now, this is in the wrong forum entirely... There is already a long running thread about this very topic with some of the same points being discussed in detail:

Drill Bit Recommendations? - Tool Talk - ToolGuyd Community Forum

Please.. Can we just keep this thread in one place? Can we get a modertator's help on this? Where's the complain button?

One of these Dotco right angle drill will fix you right up.



They accept a variety of threaded drill bits in single and double margin, gun barrel, core drill or reamer, in lengths from 1/4" to 3", and most decimal, fractional and numbered sizes.

[Digitalis]

It's all about the quality of the hole.

*chortle*

[vyoufinder]

One of these Dotco right angle drill will fix you right up.



They accept a variety of threaded drill bits in single and double margin, gun barrel, core drill or reamer, in lengths from 1/4" to 3", and most decimal, fractional and numbered sizes.

Why spend all that money when he can get the Sioux brand? There's only a 500 rpm difference and he can save a hundred bucks! Geez, any fool knows that.

.0025 runout on the SO vs .005 on the sioux
.45hp motor on the SO vs 1hp on the sioux

and if for some reason it's not enough, they have a 2500 rpm model. I wish people would quit spouting this stuff out like they have any idea what they're talking about. These specs, much more convincing than your simple pictures, should convince everyone too see it my way, therefore proving I am right:


.80 hp (0.60 kw) - Reversible - Side Exhaust1 3A2430

3/8

10.0

1000

6.3

2.90

15.4

391

0.8

19

33

16

81

1/2"-20

3A2340

1/2

13.0

700

6.9

3.10

15.5

394

0.8

19

33

16

81

1/2"-20

3A22401 Not CE Certified General: Air Inlet Size: 1/4" NPT • Recommended Hose Size: 3/8" (10 mm) • Performance rated @ 90 psig (6.2 bar) air pressure
Standard Equipment: Parts List • Safety and Instruction Manual • 3-jaw Chuck and Key

[ccc_]

Sort of like Voodoo Donuts in Portland where "The Magic Is In The Hole"
Steve

more truth to that than you might expect

here are a couple of examples...

my father in law designed a jig to provide a dead flat, no-wobble platform to face turn the wheels for spinning wheels
the initial product was bored slightly oversize but more importantly off axis
one hundred pounds of iron doing what it wants to is quite frightening
he built his own the second time with the small town machinist who taught him after the war
beautiful and true....no wonky warbling sound...just the hum of the motor and the hiss of the chisel removing wood

in my work it was wood, the wood in people's homes
I was working with a tech that everyone liked but wasn't very flexible in his approach to the job
customer wanted some wire in THAT spot...period
jerry measured everything...multiple times...he always did
we went to the basement to drill up...after about 24 inches of boring jerry began to worry but he kept drilling
then a shriek
jerry had drilled up, the bit had glanced off a nail in the floor's substrate, through an oak parquet floor, through about eighteen inches of piano leg and out the top of its curve into the bright sunshine
there was an offset because the house originally hadn't been built with a basement
jerry had measured from a wall that was concealing the old footing
while she was berating poor jerry I pulled out the molding, whipped out my bright chrome yankee drill, put hole at the edge of the wall and dropped a telltale into the basement, tapped the molding back in place and went downstairs

the company bought a new floor and a new baby grand

it's not that I don't have a number of stories to tell on myself
it's just more fun to recount someone else's disasters

[monochrome]

This thread is too much...





There are people in the adult entertainment industry that could make the same claim.

If this keeps up much longer I fear a Mod will deploy threadlocker.

[ccc_]

If this keeps up much longer I fear a Mod will deploy threadlocker.

wouldn't anti-seize compound be more appropriate
it seems to have a life of its own...it will likely die when it should

[RoxnDox]

When one of the M0ds is busy talking about his perfect holes and shiny wild tools he uses on them , I wouldn't expect any seizing up... At least nobody has tried drilling holes with a K-3!

[jeallen01]

At least nobody has tried drilling holes with a K-3!

Could try dropping one with a long lens straight down on your foot - might drill a very nice hole in it
(PS: that has probably actually happened sometime, somewhere )

[stevebrot]

After all, it just resurfaced in August this year after drilling since 2013.

We won't mention how long it was jammed solid against a giant ice-age boulder somewhere under downtown Seattle, will we.


Steve

[stevebrot]

At least nobody has tried drilling holes with a K-3!

A runaway AF drive pawl should do the trick.


Steve

[ChrisPlatt]

Today I finally installed those last three blinds. I even shortened them, along with two more I had been avoiding.
My wife and daughter both went out which helped, as did a half liter can of German lager and those new drill bits.

Chris

[Sliver-Surfer]

1/2" drill bits are fast and good but be careful if you buy them online I have seen 1/2" bits that are actually 1 1/2" and some that are 1/1.2". The 1/2' bits are not always sharp but a swirly soft bit can make for a glamorous hole.

[swanlefitte]

1/2" drill bits are fast and good but be careful if you buy them online I have seen 1/2" bits that are actually 1 1/2" and some that are 1/1.2". The 1/2' bits are not always sharp but a swirly soft bit can make for a glamorous hole.

We refer to that soft glamour hole as "Borekah"