What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
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What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
Am I going senile or have I overdosed on Metamucil? I could have sworn that, years ago at least, one could buy little steel tubes with a specific OD and an ID to accept popular size drills. These could be pressed into softer-metal or even wood 'templates' (for want of a better term), so when you drill through these tubes the holes would be in the right spot for making multiples of something. I've looked under 'drill sleeves' and 'drill guides' and find nothing. Am I nuts? (Don't answer that!) Thanks!
- warmstrong1955
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
They are still out there.
Drill bushings. I've bought many for manufacturing drilling fixtures, mostly from McMaster Carr.
https://www.mcmaster.com/standard-drill-bushings
You may still be nuts.....but hey....aren't we all?
Drill bushings. I've bought many for manufacturing drilling fixtures, mostly from McMaster Carr.
https://www.mcmaster.com/standard-drill-bushings
You may still be nuts.....but hey....aren't we all?
Today's solutions are tomorrow's problems.
- SteveHGraham
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
Pro tip RE overdosing on Metamucil: you're not supposed to smoke it.
Every hard-fried egg began life sunny-side up.
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
So you tried it? What was it like?SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:22 pm Pro tip RE overdosing on Metamucil: you're not supposed to smoke it.
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
Electrojim writes:
These could be pressed into softer-metal or even wood 'templates' (for want of a better term),
Jigs are what you press the drill bushings into (or rather a jig is the finished result of pressing drill bushings into a plate of some sort).
These could be pressed into softer-metal or even wood 'templates' (for want of a better term),
Jigs are what you press the drill bushings into (or rather a jig is the finished result of pressing drill bushings into a plate of some sort).
- SteveHGraham
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
If it really worked, it would replace meth as the drug of choice here in northern Florida. The roads would be packed with dealers in pimped-out Mercury Grand Marquises.John Hasler wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:28 pmSo you tried it? What was it like?SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:22 pm Pro tip RE overdosing on Metamucil: you're not supposed to smoke it.
Every hard-fried egg began life sunny-side up.
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Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
I don't recommend you take it IV either; it'll really clog you up!John Hasler wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:28 pmSo you tried it? What was it like?SteveHGraham wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:22 pm Pro tip RE overdosing on Metamucil: you're not supposed to smoke it.
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LeBlond Dual Drive, 15x30
US-Burke Millrite MVI
Atlas 618
Files, snips and cold chisels
Proud denizen of the former "Machine Tool Capitol of the World"
Re: What do you call this 'whattayacallit'?
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