Boathook
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Is there a 'groan' emoji !
Hi speed drillbit sorting
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Bouba
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This is the sort of vitally important thread at which I excel??
ChromeDome
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Digital for me: More exact, easier to read (when somehow my eyes have gotten older(?))
Bouba
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The one in my workshop is digital but I have a cheapie analogue one on the boat...and it has gone into so many tight spaces where it has bent and I have restraightened it, it might not be so accurate anymore
ChromeDome
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Digital at home, cheap digital (£2-ish) on the boat and an analogue 100% plastic one in the shed. Seems indestructible but not really precise anymore.
LadyInBed
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Save your lungs.
Take a rectangle of wood, start with the smallest drill bit to drill a hole near the corner of the wood, extract the bit from the drill and put it in the hole. Continue with progressively larger bits drilling around the wood.
Oil the wood to prevent the bits rusting. ?
Lomax
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Not that I'd want to hijack this interesting thread, but I have to protest against the impression that analogue calipers would somehow be the cheapo option - my Helios calipers that I've had since my school days cost a fair chunk of £££ back in the day and are still in surprisingly good nick thirty years later, despite having lived through the rough and tumble of life aboard. They've been fished out of the mud at least a couple of times, and they're still on their original set of batteries!
Wansworth
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That’s very good but will it stand being thrown i tool bag to go aboard,tin can have small quantity of oil to anti rust……
Bouba
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We can agree with that...but surprisingly you can get a very accurate caliper for about six euros...in fact the digital ones are also remarkably cheap
bill bligh
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Not wanting to hijack the thread. How many of you re sharpen your drill bits after they have gone blunt or broken? YouTube is useful.
Wansworth
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Triedbutunsuccess ful?
Bouba
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I used to but you lose the edge hardness so now I just get a new bit
Wansworth
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Bit like handsaws,basically so cheap it’s not worth it
bill bligh
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You need to practise. I prefer using a 4 inch angle grinder
Bouba
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I have a drill bit electric grinder...still not worth the effort
Wansworth
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As If I don’t have enough to do?
bill bligh
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I don't want to hijack this thread I only asked to try an help folk. If you broke or blunted your last bit of a particular size it would be handy to know how to sharpen one so you could carry on with your job until you could buy a new one.
Wansworth
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No your right,certainly a sensible suggestion
NormanS
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Always.
Sandro
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Lomax said:
"Not that I'd want to hijack this interesting thread, but I have to protest against the impression that analogue calipers would somehow be the cheapo option"
+1
My analogue Mauser (made in Austria, same company of the rifle) are from 1954, cost at the time a lot of money, accuracy is mechanical thus everlasting if not abused. I try and keep it as far as possible from the sea side.
I wonder if digital calipers have an adjustable zero, likely to cause errors. Electronics are irreplaceable where needed but best avoided if possible, IMHO.
I aknowledge the better readability.
"Not that I'd want to hijack this interesting thread, but I have to protest against the impression that analogue calipers would somehow be the cheapo option"
+1
My analogue Mauser (made in Austria, same company of the rifle) are from 1954, cost at the time a lot of money, accuracy is mechanical thus everlasting if not abused. I try and keep it as far as possible from the sea side.
I wonder if digital calipers have an adjustable zero, likely to cause errors. Electronics are irreplaceable where needed but best avoided if possible, IMHO.
I aknowledge the better readability.
