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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Deadbolts in metal doors advice needed
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 13:24:13 EDT
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mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Oh)
writes:

> ... .75" bits cost an arm and a leg and require a 1/2" drill. (If you own a
> drill, it's almost certainly a 1/4" or 3/8", too small for a .75" bit.)
> Figure at least $50 for a drill that size...

You don't really have to buy a new drill, though.  You can get 1/2" drill
chucks which are on the end of a 3/8" shaft; you put the 1/2" chuck into
your drill's chuck, and put the drill into the 1/2" chuck, and use that.  I
am not sure where these chucks come from; I have had one in my toolbox for
many years, but I forgot where I got it. (It was from some place in Atlanta
that sells power tools.)

Actually the chucks on most drills unscrew off the drill. Some of them
provide a hole where you stick a screwdriver or nail in order to prevent the
shaft from rotating; others you have to improvise.  I'm not sure if 1/2"
chucks are available with the same size threads or not, though.

But one of these approaches would probably be better than buying a new
drill.
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