No, there are actually left-hand drill bits for certain specialty operations. This would be one of them ;-)
I can testify that left-hand drills and left-hand taps should be securely locked up in the shop lest they vex the unwary - hehe. 73, geo - n4ua On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:44 PM, kevinr <kev...@coho.net> wrote: > Backward drill bit? Would that be an Easy Out? > > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > On 11/13/2011 2:06 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > > I recently upgraded my first run K3 and SN 822. 822 was fine, but > > with #295, I had the same thing as you describe..several times. I > > sure did not tighten them "that much" when I put it together! > > > > Besides what Bill has contributed to your issue, I had to leave the 2D > > in place and manage to remove all the other screws so that the block > > came off with the side panel. I then used a traditional pliers to > > undo the block. So like I said, no way I made it that tight > > originally. Maybe it's an Elecraft feature...self-tightening screws? > > LOL > > > > So you may need to be a bit more creative than simply rocking the side > > panel 30 degrees to loosen it up (or other panels). Worst case, you > > can get one of the "backwards" drill bits (no, I don't know what they > > are really called) and take it out that way. I did not need to do > > that. > > > > de Doug KR2Q > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
