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Rat-tail file + Drill ?
Posted by:
Ryan Rossiter
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Date: November 02, 2005 06:48PM
It has been mentioned before that some of you were using a rat-tail file chucked up in a drill to ream grips. Drill chucks have three teeth. All of my files have a four sided end. The two don't play together well. How are you getting the two to mate?
Ryan Re: Rat-tail file + Drill ?
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: November 02, 2005 07:21PM
You need to cut off the tang (square piece), chuck into drill and run drill in reverse when reaming to avoid seizing. Works great
Mike Re: Rat-tail file + Drill ?
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: November 02, 2005 08:08PM
Thanks Mike!
I had tried the file/drill method and had a heck of a time with it seizing! Didn't think to try in reverse! Duh! Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: Rat-tail file + Drill ?
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: November 02, 2005 09:13PM
Can't take credit for that one. Picked it up here on the Board!
Mike (Southgate, MI) If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!! Re: Rat-tail file + Drill ?
Posted by:
Wylie Wiggins
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Date: November 03, 2005 10:30AM
Ryan,
The file you would be looking for would be called a rat tailed bastard file. The bastard means that the file can be run foreward in a drill and still have the correct orientation of the cutting edges. This will help with the chuck on the drill not loosening as the drill will be run in foreward and not reverse. Crazy name for a file huh ;) Tight wraps and lines, Wylie Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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