ohiojim said: (quoted from post at 04:14:00 12/23/08) i'd sure like to see a pic of that drill bit sharpened backwards....
I don't have one as it was a long time ago, but if you look at a good bit (tip up), it slants to the left (cuts clockwise).
here's a store bought one:
http://www.mytoolstore.com/hanson/hanson.html
I just ground it to where it slanted right (cut counterclockwise). This was just a soldier's last ditch chance to avoid stripping a whols nose off a vehicle and doing a bunch of paperwork to send the work to another shop (where it would take several weeks and have to be assembled by me afterwards). Just happened to work on several occasions. When the Hummers first came out, they were real bad about generator mounting bolts busting off in the cylinder head. With over a hundred of them in the inventory, we got plenty of practice.
Dave
This post was edited by dave2 at 03:41:00 12/23/08.
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