To add to what Bob said, keeping a bit down the middle of a bolt particularly a smaller one is difficult in my experience. You need to make a pretty good mark with a center punch to keep even a fairly small bit from wandering as it starts. Not so bad where you can employ a drill press to help keep things from walking but by hand it is tough. Mark the center deep and get a good starter hole with a small bit.
If, as you suspect the thread has been badly crossed you will likely need to get a tap and recut a bigger thread and use a bigger bolt. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] easy outs and other things Thank you for the great info. I sure hope to not need any of this for this project. grin At least I know my options and the article was very interesting. Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 22, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Ray Boyce wrote: > Hi Scott > This is an article I posted some time ago I hope it helps > > Freeing rusted and/or seized bolts is an occupational hazard when > owning any [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
