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carlossa52(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Thanks all for the replies.



Paul, does your shake as bad as this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R6gwzkulI



Carlos



 2009/7/12  <paulrod36(at)msn.com (paulrod36(at)msn.com)>

[quote]          Hi Carlos.  I also got one of their drills, and it also wobbled. Had  some misgivings, but in actual practice, it drilled good holes. I'd say, try it  out and see how it produces.  Three years or so later, I'm still using  it.

  

 Paul R.



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ihab.awad(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Hi Carlo,n



On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Carlos Sa<carlossa52(at)gmail.com> wrote:

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		   Paul, does your shake as bad as this?

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R6gwzkulI


	


Yikes! I just went out and tried mine, and it has *no* discernible

runout. That said, mine has a red plastic part (as opposed to your

yellow -- does that make a difference?); I bought it a few years ago;

and I'm using 1/4-20 threaded bits, not a collet.



Ihab



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Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA

carlossa52(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Yes, it sucks, doesn't it. It is hard to make a hole in a predefined spot.

I don't know if a threaded bit would make any difference: the tool comes with 4 collets, and they are just about the same in "wobliness level".

 Thanks for taking the time.

Carlos

do not archive.

2009/7/12  <ihab.awad(at)gmail.com (ihab.awad(at)gmail.com)>

[quote] --> Zenith-List message posted by: ihab.awad(at)gmail.com (ihab.awad(at)gmail.com)

 Hi Carlo,n

 On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Carlos Sa<carlossa52(at)gmail.com (carlossa52(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 > Paul, does your shake as bad as this?

 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R6gwzkulI

Yikes! I just went out and tried mine, and it has *no* discernible

 runout. That said, mine has a red plastic part (as opposed to your

 yellow -- does that make a difference?); I bought it a few years ago;

 and I'm using 1/4-20 threaded bits, not a collet.

 Ihab

 --

 Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA

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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Re my previous report on my tightfit drill: I’ve always used the threaded drills. That could account for my relative lack of wobble.  

-- Craig  

From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Sa

 Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:46 PM

 To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Re: tight fit tool (additional test + video)  

Yes, it sucks, doesn't it. It is hard to make a hole in a predefined spot.

 I don't know if a threaded bit would make any difference: the tool comes with 4 collets, and they are just about the same in "wobliness level".

 Thanks for taking the time.

 Carlos

 do not archive.    

2009/7/12 <ihab.awad(at)gmail.com (ihab.awad(at)gmail.com)>  

--> Zenith-List message posted by: ihab.awad(at)gmail.com (ihab.awad(at)gmail.com)

 Hi Carlo,n    

 On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Carlos Sa<carlossa52(at)gmail.com (carlossa52(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

 > Paul, does your shake as bad as this?

 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_R6gwzkulI  

Yikes! I just went out and tried mine, and it has *no* discernible

 runout. That said, mine has a red plastic part (as opposed to your

 yellow -- does that make a difference?); I bought it a few years ago;

 and I'm using 1/4-20 threaded bits, not a collet.

 Ihab

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paulrod36(at)msn.com
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:09 am Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  Not quite that much. It almost looks like a slightly bent drill bit. How  good is the hole it produces?

  

 Paul R.

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naumuk(at)windstream.net
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:11 am Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Carlos-

     Roll the damn drill bit on a flat  surface and find out if it wobbles. It doesn't look like it will. If it doesn't,  you've got a collet problem.

                                                                         Bill

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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:42 am Post subject: Re: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Re: tight fit tool.



Have you guys looked at this?  



http://tinyurl.com/kvdopo



or this?



http://tinyurl.com/l7hhnk



You could probably use this to build your plane and then sell it and get most of your money back.  I got two of the tight fit drills and never take them out any more.  I use a drill similar to the second one.  Works great! and less filling.



Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Tommy Walker
N25A - Anniston, AL

paulrod36(at)msn.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  It's a nice looking tool, but seems too large to get into the tight spots  Mine is at the hangar, but I think it will get within 3/4" of a side wall, and  needs only about 2" from back to tip of a short bit.

  

 Paul R.

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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Yes, the one I have will get into the same places the Tight Fit drill will get.  Plus, you can use it with one hand if need be.



The drill in the first link in my message was a little large.  I probably shouldn't have sent that one, but it was cheaper.  The second product in the second link has a head at least as small as, if not smaller than the Tight Fit drill extension.



Regards,

Do Not Archive this or anything I am foolish enough to post.



[quote="paulrod36(at)msn.com"]<xml><xml><endif>  It's a nice looking tool, but seems too large to get into the tight spots  Mine is at the hangar, but I think it will get within 3/4" of a side wall, and  needs only about 2" from back to tip of a short bit.

  

 Paul R.

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Tommy Walker
N25A - Anniston, AL

JohnDRead(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

There is enough material in the TF tool head to file the corners off at a  45 degree angle, this will let you get to within 10 - 11 mm of a vertical  surface. Many of you have commented that the tool is a bit wobbly, mine is to  but it does not seem to affect its ability to drill.

  

 John  Read

CH701 - Elbert CO - Jabiru 3300



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  In a message dated 7/14/2009 4:45:31 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  paulrod36(at)msn.com writes:

 [quote]      It's a nice looking tool, but seems too large to get into the tight spots    Mine is at the hangar, but I think it will get within 3/4" of a side wall, and    needs only about 2" from back to tip of a short bit.

    

   Paul R.

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carlossa52(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: tight fit tool (additional test + video)

Using the stubby bit that came with the tool, not good: visibly oval.



I'll try to contact the vendor tomorrow, see what can be done. 

They are *very* nice, but I don't know what can be done to fix my problem.

 

Carlos



2009/7/13  <paulrod36(at)msn.com (paulrod36(at)msn.com)>

[quote]          Not quite that much. It almost looks like a slightly bent drill bit. How  good is the hole it produces?

  

 Paul R.



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