"Drill Taps" ?

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Ah, but do your trespassers read English, or only German?

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Any simple way to tell what you got from the scrap bin, other than try a piece and see how it behaves?

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By gosh- you're right! I thought I got one once for maybe $4.95. But this (probably about as cheap as they get now) one includes a master link as well:...

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I am just now in the process of testing and tuning up the lifter for the drill press table I've thrown together... using a motor from a paper shredder...

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Ironically, this very morning a thread started about tools that you never use but can't throw out.
I also really need to clean and organize...which...

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Lately I've been using one of these things a lot - directly on small work, or sometimes I use it to clamp the vice itself. Either way, it clamps the work...

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"Something old, something new"! I like it!...

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Years ago, I sliced up antlers to make buttons for the handwoven clothing my wife and I made. I hope he was wearing a respirator - that stuff is supposed...

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Yes, wouldn't expect that. I'd think they'd put money into a not round column before fancying up the table.

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Has anyone tried or is using these? Obviously only for through holes Looks like a potential real time saver if the quality is decent. Or maybe it's just...

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Thanks for all the ideas!
I have used the "find a 12 point socket that fits" method in the past, but have found it a bit "iffy"....

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For example, where just using a regular tap handle would bump into some other part.
I think there was a thread recently where a few different techniques...

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Ditto! Far too many you-tubers don't write themselves a script before hand, much less rehearse first or edit afterwards - they just wing it. Planning...

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Damn. Now I'm gonna be way too embarrassed to show my quick and dirty but entirely functional front panel done with the label printer.

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Not too many years ago when I was still working as a software developer, we finally got Triplite UPSs for each of our PCs. I made the mistake (?) of testing...

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Hey, when I'm standing at my grinder with a HSS bit, 'removing metal' is exactly what I AM doing! But I get your point.

About...

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It makes me sad when two long time, valuable and respected members of a group of persons with shared interests have hard feelings towards each other,...

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Exactly what I was going to suggest. Substitute yourself for the motor, and see what does what in slo-mo....

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That is very, very pretty!

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So now you have a couple of 12 in rules! No problem!...