I have been meaning to reply to the inquiry about letter, number and
fractional drills, the whys and wherefores thereof.
A newbie beat me to it.
Welcome aboard, Lamar. You are gonna love it here.
On Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at 06:02 AM, Lamar keeney wrote:
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> RE:As for the drill bit lettery and number system.Having been in the
> machinenist program before returning to carpentry. The use of them was
> to allow for minor dia. of threads of different classes of fits,also
> tolerace of holes for bolts.This also applied to pre-drillng of holes
> for reams and such.
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