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Drill Bits – Square Taper Shank?

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  • Cut the tapered shank off with an angle grinder ??

    I couldn’t do that! Wouldn’t be right!
  • travis-powers
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    edited 26 September 2024 at 5:53PM
    paperclap said:
    Cut the tapered shank off with an angle grinder ??

    I couldn’t do that! Wouldn’t be right!
    Too right they’re Marples and would have been expensive when bought, carefully sharpened when needed and well looked after.
     Having said that unless you want to start drilling holes by hand and trust me you don’t, oil them up and put them away.
     New high speed auger bits are cheap now I’m ashamed to say with the exception of my chisels I don’t sharpen anything now!
    Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'
  • stuart45
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    Have a look at the price of old Sheffield steel tools like Marples bits on EBay.
  • Thanks guys.

    I'll no doubt keep them as a memento, tucked away.

    Perhaps one day, when the world has gone to pot and we all have no electricity... I'll get them out and start building a pergola, just because  :D
  • Eldi_Dos
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    I would imagine a farmer who has to maintain fences would be glad of having them in the toolbox.
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