> PTM,
> Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend
of
> mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had
about
> 8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
> drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
> distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
> DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
> question BTW.
>
> --
> "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
> They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
> Homer Simpson
> Jerry© The Phoneman®
Try MSC at www.mscdirect.com (I think that's the address anyway)
and
www.jlindustrial.com
LOTS of left handed drill bits in all sizes are readily available due to the
large numbers of Swiss automatic screw machines that are left handed.
Mike
Doug Miller wrote:
>
>
> I've never heard of left-handed drill bits. Every time I've needed to drill
> out a stud or broken bolt, I've used a standard (right-handed) drill bit, and
> an Easy-Out. Are you sure that's not what your friend had?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller
>
Any of the machine tool suppliers have left hand drills.
MSC Travers McMaster-Carr etc.
...lew...
You are correct. It is a habit of mine beacuse in my native language
Tempered is used to define Hardened. Even in italian is a wrong use of the
term because tempered measn kind of mellow which is what you usually do
after the Hardenening process.
MG
"Lewis Hartswick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> MG wrote:
> >
> > Black anodized, it broke wirh a glassy snap as if it was tempered.
> >
>
> You mean "hardened" and NOT "temperd" :-( I get discouraged hearing
> folks use tempered for hardened.
>
> ...lew...
PTM,
Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend of
mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had about
8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
question BTW.
--
"Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
Homer Simpson
Jerry© The Phoneman®
"P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I am sure this is a common problem some of you have already solved.
> >
> > Where to find a left hand screw to hold the chuck for a drill?
> > The dealer Harbor Freight is no help.
> >
> > 6mm dia; 25mm long; any kind of head.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mauro Gaetano
>
> Hi Mauro.
>
> Sadly it is not that simple, we carry at least 15 different one's, seems
to
> be no rhyme or reason to the head, length, diameter, thread, slotted,
torx,
> phillips, hex...metric? imperial?? What make / model is the drill? what
size
> chuck? what diameter spindle even effects the size of screw used, some
1/2"
> chucked drills even have the spindle more suited to 3/8" & vise
> verse....from there I might just be able to help, even after over 15 years
> in the power tool business I still come up with yet another different left
> hand screw every now & then.
>
>
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <KKTZb.97849$uV3.568674@attbi_s51>, "Jerry Gilreath"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >PTM,
> >Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits?
A friend of
> >mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and
he had about
> >8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air
drill to
> >drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a
MAC tool
> >distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I
haven't
> >DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a
serious
> >question BTW.
> >
> I've never heard of left-handed drill bits. Every time I've needed
to drill
> out a stud or broken bolt, I've used a standard (right-handed)
drill bit, and
> an Easy-Out. Are you sure that's not what your friend had?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller
>
> For a copy of my TrollFilter for NewsProxy/Nfilter,
> email me at filterinfo-at-milmac-dot-com
>
http://www.mytoolstore.com/hanson/hanson.html
In article <KKTZb.97849$uV3.568674@attbi_s51>, "Jerry Gilreath" <[email protected]> wrote:
>PTM,
>Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend of
>mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had about
>8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
>drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
>distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
>DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
>question BTW.
>
I've never heard of left-handed drill bits. Every time I've needed to drill
out a stud or broken bolt, I've used a standard (right-handed) drill bit, and
an Easy-Out. Are you sure that's not what your friend had?
--
Regards,
Doug Miller
For a copy of my TrollFilter for NewsProxy/Nfilter,
email me at filterinfo-at-milmac-dot-com
"Jerry Gilreath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:KKTZb.97849$uV3.568674@attbi_s51...
> PTM,
> Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend
of
> mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had
about
> 8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
> drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
> distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
> DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
> question BTW.
I had 5 sets of 10 or 12 double ended left hand drill bits that I sold to
our local machine shop, it did not have a name on it but the index case was
stamped Swiss made, they were about four inches long & there was only about
an inch of spiral at each end, I was told they were for production drill
presses, reversible & very high quality, I picked them up at a yard sale of
a retired tool & die maker for $5. The machine shop gave me $60 for them &
could not believe I would sell them so cheap. The ones you describe sound
more like easy outs but might have been left hand bits.
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"MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thank you PowerToolMan
>
> The screw is for a Harbor Freight 1/2" drill Model 07426 made by Chicago
> Industrial or something like that.
>
> Dimensions:
> 24 mm all threaded shank below the head.
> 5.9mm diameter, a 6mm nominal
> 1mm pitch as far as I can tell, counting the threads and comparing with a
RH
> 6mm
> Slotted Head, Cylindrical 10mm dia 3.8mm thick
> Black anodized, it broke wirh a glassy snap as if it was tempered.
>
> If you are able to sell a couple you may e-mail directly
> the name is: gaetanos followed by a funny A, then mind spring point com
> ( the mind and the spring form a single word). Sorry for the extra work
to
> reassemble the address but I get enough junk already.
>
> Regards
>
> Mauro Gaetano
Sorry but in this instance I cannot be of much help, Here in Canada we do
not have Harbor Freight or Chicago Industrial??? however if Harbor Freight
cannot get you the simple part they are not trying.
On the subject of Chicago ELECTRIC power tools :
The only tool from the States called Chicago ELECTRIC power tools we have
had here for service recently was a really poorly built Grey & Yellow 12"
sliding compound miter saw.....stripped gear & drive end of armature on the
first job he did with it last summer, poor machining a generally crap
overall, really high & unbalanced in design, it was purchased in the US by
one of our customers that spend the winters in Florida last year, if it is
the same company as that one....good luck. He took it back with him this
winter in hopes to get it replaced it looked like it was not even worth
$175.
--
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http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
Chicago Electric is Harbor Freight's store brand for generic import tools.
For the original poster, there are only a few sizes of drill chuck screw out
there, unless HF has invented some new ones. A decent shop servicing power
tools or selling repair parts should have some sizes on hand or know where to
get them.
GTO(John)
>Sorry but in this instance I cannot be of much help, Here in Canada we do
>not have Harbor Freight or Chicago Industrial??? however if Harbor Freight
>cannot get you the simple part they are not trying.
>
>On the subject of Chicago ELECTRIC power tools :
>
>The only tool from the States called Chicago ELECTRIC power tools we have
>had here for service recently was a really poorly built Grey & Yellow 12"
>sliding compound miter saw.....stripped gear & drive end of armature on the
>first job he did with it last summer, poor machining a generally crap
>overall, really high & unbalanced in design, it was purchased in the US by
>one of our customers that spend the winters in Florida last year, if it is
>the same company as that one....good luck. He took it back with him this
>winter in hopes to get it replaced it looked like it was not even worth
>$175.
>
>
>--
>© Jon Down ®
>http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
"GTO69RA4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Chicago Electric is Harbor Freight's store brand for generic import tools.
>
> For the original poster, there are only a few sizes of drill chuck screw
out
> there, unless HF has invented some new ones. A decent shop servicing power
> tools or selling repair parts should have some sizes on hand or know where
to
> get them.
>
> GTO(John)
Yes that's true in away compared to other screws & bolts I suppose, but at
our location we have a tray to select from that started at about 8 different
ones but has grown to over 20 in the last fifteen years or so due to
different shaped & sized heads, lengths, threads, diameters etc some have
phillips, slotted, allen, or torx drive, some come with a tread lock
compound already on them, some are fully threaded & others have a section
without thread. Makita alone have about 8 different ones...seriously & not
many are interchangeable believe me.
As you may know if the screw does not seat fully & tight the chuck can turn
on the spindle & snap the screw head clean off or even damage the screw or
spindles threads under torque. Many chucks need replacement because the
screw head was not fully seated & the jaws have been damaged from binding on
it among other reasons....the Chinese imported tools are famous for that &
often a decent chuck replacement is as expensive as the drill cost.
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http://www.stores.ebay.com/jdpowertoolcanada
Thank you PowerToolMan
The screw is for a Harbor Freight 1/2" drill Model 07426 made by Chicago
Industrial or something like that.
Dimensions:
24 mm all threaded shank below the head.
5.9mm diameter, a 6mm nominal
1mm pitch as far as I can tell, counting the threads and comparing with a RH
6mm
Slotted Head, Cylindrical 10mm dia 3.8mm thick
Black anodized, it broke wirh a glassy snap as if it was tempered.
If you are able to sell a couple you may e-mail directly
the name is: gaetanos followed by a funny A, then mind spring point com
( the mind and the spring form a single word). Sorry for the extra work to
reassemble the address but I get enough junk already.
Regards
Mauro Gaetano
"P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I am sure this is a common problem some of you have already solved.
> >
> > Where to find a left hand screw to hold the chuck for a drill?
> > The dealer Harbor Freight is no help.
> >
> > 6mm dia; 25mm long; any kind of head.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mauro Gaetano
>
> Hi Mauro.
>
> Sadly it is not that simple, we carry at least 15 different one's, seems
to
> be no rhyme or reason to the head, length, diameter, thread, slotted,
torx,
> phillips, hex...metric? imperial?? What make / model is the drill? what
size
> chuck? what diameter spindle even effects the size of screw used, some
1/2"
> chucked drills even have the spindle more suited to 3/8" & vise
> verse....from there I might just be able to help, even after over 15 years
> in the power tool business I still come up with yet another different left
> hand screw every now & then.
>
>
Many thanks all. As I said, I was just passing through and saw this thread
and thought I would ask. I knew they made them. His air drill only went one
way, and if the stud wasn't rusted in there too bad, he could slow it down,
and as the left twist bit went in, it would work the same way as an easy
out, most of the time. If it didn't, he had a hole already drilled for the
easy out. Thanks again all. I'm going to get a few to have around. One never
knows when one might have a need for one.
--
"Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
Homer Simpson
Jerry© The Phoneman®
"MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well Jerry, you are not nuts, when I did AGS for the chuck screw I got
> hundreds of hits for Left Hand drill bits and just then learned that they
> are used to drill out broken studs. Automotive supply may have them.
>
> Good luck.
>
> MG
>
>
> "Jerry Gilreath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:KKTZb.97849$uV3.568674@attbi_s51...
> > PTM,
> > Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A
friend
> of
> > mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had
> about
> > 8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
> > drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
> > distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I
haven't
> > DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a
serious
> > question BTW.
> >
> > --
> > "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
> > They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
> > Homer Simpson
> > Jerry© The Phoneman®
> > "P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > "MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > I am sure this is a common problem some of you have already solved.
> > > >
> > > > Where to find a left hand screw to hold the chuck for a drill?
> > > > The dealer Harbor Freight is no help.
> > > >
> > > > 6mm dia; 25mm long; any kind of head.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Mauro Gaetano
> > >
> > > Hi Mauro.
> > >
> > > Sadly it is not that simple, we carry at least 15 different one's,
seems
> > to
> > > be no rhyme or reason to the head, length, diameter, thread, slotted,
> > torx,
> > > phillips, hex...metric? imperial?? What make / model is the drill?
what
> > size
> > > chuck? what diameter spindle even effects the size of screw used, some
> > 1/2"
> > > chucked drills even have the spindle more suited to 3/8" & vise
> > > verse....from there I might just be able to help, even after over 15
> years
> > > in the power tool business I still come up with yet another different
> left
> > > hand screw every now & then.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Jerry Gilreath wrote:
> PTM,
> Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend of
> mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had about
> 8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
> drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
> distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
> DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
> question BTW.
>
Here is one place you can get left-handed drill bits. It only took a
simple search
http://www.mytoolstore.com/hanson/hanson.html
--
Mule-Tracks
One for the board and two for the nail
Well Jerry, you are not nuts, when I did AGS for the chuck screw I got
hundreds of hits for Left Hand drill bits and just then learned that they
are used to drill out broken studs. Automotive supply may have them.
Good luck.
MG
"Jerry Gilreath" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:KKTZb.97849$uV3.568674@attbi_s51...
> PTM,
> Along that line, any idea where to find a set of left hand bits? A friend
of
> mine worked at a Datsun (before they went to Nissan) dealer and he had
about
> 8 or 10 left twist drill bits. He would chuck them up in an air drill to
> drill out broken studs in the manifolds or what ever. I asked a MAC tool
> distributor the other day, and he looked at me like I was nuts. I haven't
> DAGS yet, but I saw this thread and thought I'd just ask. It is a serious
> question BTW.
>
> --
> "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning.
> They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
> Homer Simpson
> Jerry© The Phoneman®
> "P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I am sure this is a common problem some of you have already solved.
> > >
> > > Where to find a left hand screw to hold the chuck for a drill?
> > > The dealer Harbor Freight is no help.
> > >
> > > 6mm dia; 25mm long; any kind of head.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Mauro Gaetano
> >
> > Hi Mauro.
> >
> > Sadly it is not that simple, we carry at least 15 different one's, seems
> to
> > be no rhyme or reason to the head, length, diameter, thread, slotted,
> torx,
> > phillips, hex...metric? imperial?? What make / model is the drill? what
> size
> > chuck? what diameter spindle even effects the size of screw used, some
> 1/2"
> > chucked drills even have the spindle more suited to 3/8" & vise
> > verse....from there I might just be able to help, even after over 15
years
> > in the power tool business I still come up with yet another different
left
> > hand screw every now & then.
> >
> >
>
>
"MG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am sure this is a common problem some of you have already solved.
>
> Where to find a left hand screw to hold the chuck for a drill?
> The dealer Harbor Freight is no help.
>
> 6mm dia; 25mm long; any kind of head.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mauro Gaetano
Hi Mauro.
Sadly it is not that simple, we carry at least 15 different one's, seems to
be no rhyme or reason to the head, length, diameter, thread, slotted, torx,
phillips, hex...metric? imperial?? What make / model is the drill? what size
chuck? what diameter spindle even effects the size of screw used, some 1/2"
chucked drills even have the spindle more suited to 3/8" & vise
verse....from there I might just be able to help, even after over 15 years
in the power tool business I still come up with yet another different left
hand screw every now & then.