And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This is not a bad shop investment. I have one that's at least 20 years old - the case lasts forever. There are some empty holes in the indexes, sure, but when I wear out or break a bit, I generally replace it, although it's hard to find the the A through Z sizes - the fractionals you can generally find at the big box stores, down to most of the 64ths. And the ones along the cover are in odd decimal sizes, quite handy at times when sizing for sheet metal.
I have a drill index very much like that. Around twenty years ago I paid way less than $100.
Comes in a very similar grey box. The latch never would stay shut. The index card is quite useful. Mine has rows and columns of decimal, fraction, letter size.
I keep a smaller length trimmed back paper tube of metal bandsaw blade cutting wax. can't spill and less messy, easy drop in the toolbox, in a sandwich bag sometimes.
I bought the 115 pc. TiN set from Hazard Fraught on sale. They’ll do for what I need and I’ll replace broken or dull individuals with Viking/Norseman/CTD as required. Beats buying the good drills all at once.
I'm an ogre when it comes to drill bits. I'd just start messing up the tips right away. I buy moderate priced, smaller sets and have a wooden box full of the orphans.
I have something similar but in a metal stand to hold the bits vertical. Pretty sure it once said "Craftsman". The Old Man bought it probably in the 1950s, God Rest his soul.
This is not a bad shop investment. I have one that's at least 20 years old - the case lasts forever. There are some empty holes in the indexes, sure, but when I wear out or break a bit, I generally replace it, although it's hard to find the the A through Z sizes - the fractionals you can generally find at the big box stores, down to most of the 64ths. And the ones along the cover are in odd decimal sizes, quite handy at times when sizing for sheet metal.
ReplyDeleteHobby shops sell drill bit sets that go from small to tiny, really tiny.
DeleteI have a drill index very much like that. Around twenty years ago I paid way less than $100.
ReplyDeleteComes in a very similar grey box. The latch never would stay shut. The index card is quite useful. Mine has rows and columns of decimal, fraction, letter size.
I find light motor oil works just fine as a drilling/cutting lube.I have a baby refillable bottle for just that.
ReplyDeleteI keep a smaller length trimmed back paper tube of metal bandsaw blade cutting wax. can't spill and less messy, easy drop in the toolbox, in a sandwich bag sometimes.
DeleteBest place to replace bits is your local
ReplyDeletefastener/ bolt/ screw shop. They usually
have every kind of bit and better quality.
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I bought the 115 pc. TiN set from Hazard Fraught on sale. They’ll do for what I need and I’ll replace broken or dull individuals with Viking/Norseman/CTD as required. Beats buying the good drills all at once.
ReplyDeleteDump the cutting oil. Use Boelube paste as it will make your dies and bits last longer.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with sets like that is that you only have to break or lose one bit and the set is ruined. Then you have to buy another!
ReplyDeleteUm. You DO know that you can buy individual drills, right? And resharpening is actually a thing, at least for machinists.
DeleteI have a Drill Dr for sharpening the bits, it works.
DeleteI'm an ogre when it comes to drill bits. I'd just start messing up the tips right away. I buy moderate priced, smaller sets and have a wooden box full of the orphans.
ReplyDeleteI have something similar but in a metal stand to hold the bits vertical. Pretty sure it once said "Craftsman". The Old Man bought it probably in the 1950s, God Rest his soul.
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