Duff drill bits

NY · 2020-08-14T12:03:07+00:00

I've just ordered a saw horse in the form of four metal "tuning forks" which are inserted a log-length apart into a piece of 4x4 timber, as a base to which the "forks" and some legs are attached. The logs are strapped into the tuning forks to be cut with a chainsaw. The supplier provides two spade drill bits for drilling out the timber for making the base. Would you believe both drills have manufacturing faults! - One has a bent shaft: the hexagonal end which fits into the chuck is at an angle to the shaft ;-) - The other has never been sharpened, so the cutting surfaces are blunt ;-) (I've laid the shaft along a straight line drawn on some paper) (it's the 25 mm one) I've complained to the supplier and asked for replacements (no point in paying for new ones if they are included in the purchase price of the saw horse), but I thought I'd share the photos - what are the chances that *both* drill bits are faulty!

Aug 14, 2020 21 Replies

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Andy Burns 5 years ago

That's why I said "in a modern drill" they were a lot more controllable in a brace drill.

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Vir Campestris 5 years ago

On the very rare occasions I want to make a large hole in a bit of wood I still use the brace and bits I inherited from my grandfather.

I don't expect to be able to pass them on any more as both my sons are single, and they'll get my dad's stuff when my mum dies.

Andy

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