Thread: an old wives tale

Used small carby jet drills & a needle before they work well & yes it is instant relief .
Electric drills a bit sus tho , I remember a talk back radio show yonks ago where some guy used a electric drill started out ok but the bit dug in and wound right through his finger so no powered devices for me.

Little centre pop in the mill usually does the job for me. Usually raises an eyebrow or two tho...

I use a welders tip drill. #6 does it for me. Holding the patient down takes a little effort though when it is not me.

A while ago I had this same problem, pain awful and the wife talking about going to the hospital. She was totally offended when I refused to go to the hospital and went and got the smallest drill bit I had. I use the slow hand twist method, safer than trying to use a machine when you are not feeling the best. The wife went absolutely nuts, all sorts of language-nobody had ever told her about the trick-even although her father was a carpenter. My brother was a fitter and turner and my father a mechanic and so I had seen it done on more than one occassion.