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

["Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The discouraging thing about Home Depot is that the employees don't know
what they have in the store so you're pretty much on your own. That's why I
like the electrical supply houses. You walk up to the counter and tell them
what you want. A knowledgeable person gets it and you're all set without
wasting half the day looking for it. If you're after price alone and you can
live with the frustration of not being able to find what you want, standing
in long lines, inept customer service, and rude cashiers, then HD is the
place to be.

Bob

"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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> "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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