Re: 5 ft. long drill bits at Home Depot!

["joe" <nospam@xxxxxx>]

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yah they hide them in a piece of pvc pipe at the end of the electrical
> isle.
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> The only problem with them is the flutes get clogged because of the way
> the
> drill is welded to the rod, make sure you "unload" the hole of saw dust
> frequently. Another tip....use a regular drill bit to get you started,
> then
> use the D'versibit. That way you'll have a nice straight guide hole AND
> save
> some life of the Dversibit. Oh, yeah...don't keep the drill running when
> you're moving through an insulated wall or you could wrap the fiberglass
> insulation around the drill.


and stop drilling as soon as you bust through the bottom or top plate to
keep from drilling through pipes or roof or etc. under the floor or in the
attic.  use the bit as a feeler before drilling through floor or ceiling.
feel around with end of bit to make sure you are on solid wood and not a
wire.
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>
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> "Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> |I found those 5 ft. long drill bits at Home Depot. They were in the
> | electrical department, not in the tools section. And the bit has a hole
> | drilled in it so you can use it to fish wires after drilling a hole.
> They
> | are called D'versibit. Others with holes in the bits (for fishing wires)
> in
> | the tool section are called "installer bits".
> | Exactly what I was looking for - Thanks!
> |
> | I don't know how many times I have been in the electrical department of
> Home
> | Depot and yet never noticed these. They look like long rods (They are
> | actually a long rod with a drill bit on the end), so I probably thought
> that
> | was what they were.
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