Thread: The new (un)twist(ed) drill bit!

Made in China by any chance?

Now that's what I call a splayed bit.

Methinks it might be the latest in torque control.

I had a similar one, it was a masonary bit from a cheap set from "the Warehouse"
I was away from home all the shops were closed and it was the only drill the right size around. It unwound after about 6 holes - I didn't notiice until the next hole (in compressed fibro sheet) when it promptly bent at right angles when I went to drill the hole.

My old man had a Chinese hammer with a nose that looked like the top of a well used bolster. The edges were like a mushroom coming back towards you.
And another one that I had would get dimples in the head when you struck a nail. I was driving a nail in once, and after a strike the nail was gone.
It was stuck in a divot in the nose of the hammer.

I've got a couple of Estwings now, and even after years of use, the claw would still pull out a bullet headed panel pin.

It's not funny when those long drills break and come spearing in towards the top of your hand or even your chest if its long enough!

The other day I was drillin a 3/8" hole in a short piece of 1.6mm x 20 mm SHS when it broke away from the drill vice wound itself up against the vice bending the HSS bit and snapping the bit two. The top bit stayed in the chuck but the bottom half went flying across the shed - luck no one including me was in the way.

WOW I want to know what brand of drill that was to have that much torque

Originally Posted by nev25

WOW I want to know what brand of drill that was to have that much torque

If you are referring to my post it's this one but with a 1 kW instead of the 750W motor

http://www.timbecon.com.au/details/h...ress-9400.aspx

I once bought some cheap drill bits that actually bent from the centrifugal force of being turned in a drill. It was so funny that I showed SWMBO: I put a new drill bit in the chuck, held the drill upright, and increased it's speed until the drill bit started to wobble and then create a propeller effect.

On another occasion I bought some cheap grinding discs started grinding down some metal in my back yard. I had to stop when the neighbour gardening next door complained that he was being hit by something. While he was looking up at the sky, I looked down at the disc and saw that it was losing bits and pieces off the edges.

But we do need to remember that we live in a country where the parts of kids toys can be metabolised into the drug "fantasy" if ingested....

Originally Posted by BobL

If you are referring to my post

No sorry I was referring to the original post about the 18v XXX cordless drill

Hi nev25

I'm not so sure it was the torque but the more likely the poor quality drill. I wasn't going to mention the brand but as you asked it is a GMC. I must say it has been a good drill but the bits could do with some QA.

Ken

Originally Posted by OLDPHART

Made in China by any chance?

Have you tried licking it... maybe you will get a buzz