I don't see how that rig could work easily at all by drilling at an
angle. Here is another type that I've used with some success:
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/safewire.htm and scroll down.
Small picture, but it holds the bolt so that you drill through the flat.
Still isn't a slam-dunk, I've got the broken bits to prove it.
David
On Tue, 01 May 2007 15:28:54 -0400 James F Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
writes:
> I have had a tool like this for drilling safety wire holes in nuts
> and
> the heads of bolts. I have never been able to use it successfully,
>
> always breaking the drill or dulling it to uselessness as it abrades
>
> against the angled flat.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3y83tx
>
> Have any of you used such a fixture successfully and can you tell me
> how
> it's done?*
> *
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