Quick Bits

[Edwin Spangler]

Describe your drilling process. Did you use cutting fluid? Drill press or hand drill?
What is the material of the weights?

Just ran a drywall screw thru the middle into some wood to anchor it down and used some kind of blue gun lube. Hand drilling the finest steel that China has to offer, thats a highly satifying feeling. Anyone know what Im talking about?

 

[Wicked_Daddy]

The bit should go through it as if it were slightly harder than wood! Of course, if your bits are Chinese as well, then it's an even draw as to who wins.

 

[Hellion]

Just finished watching this last night and was for me, one of those movies you’d heard good things about but had never seen. Catch-22. A heavily edited for TV and 4:3 ratio’ed one came up in my Youtoob feed but that’s no bueno. A good antiwar movie but at the same time an absurdity. All those B-25s are real and functional and sound great. I thought it was supposed to be set in the 'Nam war....

*PG-13 or thereabouts

War Movie : Catch-22 (1970)

The Storyline A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying[...]

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The flowchart of the Catch-22 [click to embiggen]:

Hand drilling the finest steel that China has to offer,

I’m with Wicked Daddy. Was wondering if it was some hardened tool steel to be breaking all those bits, but the drill bits were probably made of the same Chinesium/cheapest steel available. Like trying to slice a stick of butter with a knife made of butter.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Had a guy today stop me and wanted to chat while I was working.
I usually will be cordial and answer a few questions.

What cha measuring he says.

I reply the world. Doing a job down the street, getting myself situated in the neighborhood.

He says is that your measuring stick as he points to my GPS pole.

I said yeah, im connected to satellites.

He looks in my other hand and sees the shovel. And said what's the shovel for.

I said digging holes.

A look of extreme confusion on his face.

I said "literally, just digging holes"
Have a good day as i walked off.

 

[Master Hack]

Carbide tipped concrete bits work nicely on chineseum chit.
Regular Chinese drill bits dont hold up well drilling chineseum chit of unknown content. Use 'em in a press for best results.

 

[Kartorbust]

I have found that over the last few weeks, I need to wear compression socks throughout the day, to prevent heel and foot pain. Being on concrete floors for hours at a time, has really hurt my feet. I thought it was front getting them caught between the inground lifts and the body panels. Nope, just standing all day. Going to look into arch support as well to see if that will speed up recovery.

The ABCs of work is, Always Be Comfortable. Kind of hard to be, when your feet are sore. I'm at the point (nearly 34 now), where rolling out of bed and putting weight on my feet, is probably a solid 8 out of 10 on the pain scale. I have to limp to the living room. Soon as I get the compression socks on, pain is gone within minutes.