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RE: Drill bits, list (was: E-Z out)

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Subject: RE: Drill bits, list (was: E-Z out)
From: Mark Miller <markm@tutsys.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:30:15 -0700
I got mine from Mcmaster-Carr.  Look at

www.mcmaster.com and search for left-hand jobbers drill.

Mark Miller
measure once, curse twice

> ----------
> From:         Lee Daniels[SMTP:DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu]
> Reply To:     Lee Daniels
> Sent:         Saturday, May 15, 1999 10:09 AM
> To:   shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Drill bits, list (was: E-Z out)
> 
> 
> >The tool you are looking for is made by RIDGID not RIGID, you can them at
> >http://www.ridgid.com/cat73.htm  Hope this helps.
> >Jim V.
> 
> Amazing.  Again, this list proves invaluable.
> 
> As for drilling into broken-off bolts (for insertion of e-z out), I have 
> heard several folks suggest using a LEFT-HANDED       drill bit to do the 
> drilling, with the advantage being that sometimes the broken stud will
> back 
> out just due to the drilling process.
> 
> However, I have never seen a set of left-hand thread drill bits!  I've
> only 
> looked at hardware stores, Sears, and Harbor Freight.  Do only the
> high-end 
> tool dealers have these?
> 
>    Lee M. Daniels         Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding
>    daniels@tamu.edu                                 Texas A&M University
>    http://acs.tamu.edu/~lmd1191
> 

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