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Why bother...?

I think much of it depends on the thickness of the tubing...and how quickly you want to make progress...slow down ...enjoy the experience...and do it right ...takes practice...

I don't know if this has an ounce of "bearing" on where it's made to you ...But from my decades of machine tool experience...The Italians ( along with Israel ) make some of the finest machine tools & tooling I have ever run across...Just saying...

Ask Hansel & Gretal...lol

Besides it looks prettier that way lol

Drake makes good (expensive) stuff...good luck with it...I've never seen such a thing...must be something special...I don't recall seeing it in any catalog...

Hope your selection's a little better than...Missing some #'s & Letters for tapping...And anything up to at least 5/8 is must :willy_nil

Ha ha ha ...You don't usually use those all that much...And they can be akward resharpening by hand..not impossible but you may just want to replace those...I use them for backing out bolts and they have to be sharpe but not really drill straight...Just enough to "grab" the end...and spinner out...

I'm telling ya all it takes is some practice...and a machinist buddy helping you by giving some pointers...If machine shops thru away dull bits of any kind, they wouldn't be in business long...I kid you not...!

If I were you I'd at least pick up a bench grinder and practice resharpening...What a waste...:eyecrazy:

Yeah...Stay away from 6061...Doesn't care to be bent from my experience...Gets cracks or just plain breaks...But I'm usually using T6 (temper)...Anyone else with 6061 experience...?

Where's the fenders...?

I would never buy a hand-drill with a key-less chuck...Their junk, plain and simple...Unless your a DIY'er around the house...

Maybe...! And I'm still waiting for you to help me with switching my Miller Delta 450 3 phase over it single...Remember, I'm moving to the "country" and the diagram you had posted didn't show where the 2nd cap went...PM me please...I found the old post when I googled the conversion...Did you...

Yep...Pretty cool...I passed up on a piece of property that had a 4,000 sq ft arch metal building on it (plus 5 acres) 'cause I didn't think the walls were straight up and down enough...Big mistake...The place went for $88,000...including a one bedroom house in the country...My Bad...

Here in Ca. if you remove the top, The Dept.of Motor Vehicles makes you put on commercial plates...Ain't that a hoot...Costs extra, too

What year is your "binder"...I had a '78...'till someone stole it and wrecked it...

Nah...Not pot farming...What would you need a genset way out in the middle of nowhere when you have all that beautiful sunshine...? lol

I couldn't help myself...I wrote him a "Question via eBay" as to why I can't find the photo of the car he's selling..? lol

I'm changing my name to "lucky" I guess, 'cause I've never left the guard on and I've never once had any problems...And I grind a lot...Had a sanding disc blow apart once but that comes with the territory...I now wear welding gloves when I use them...