Try McMaster-Carr at http://www.mcmaster.com/. I use them for my small
business and if I don't get same day delivery it is the next morning. Of
course, I'm located near one of their warehouses so delivery is by courier
rather than UPS but because they have almost every item in their 3392 page
catalog in stock, delivery will be good anywhere.
Go to the URL above and enter the search term "drill bits" and then click
the + sign and pick from the list, for example, "General Purpose Black Oxide
High-Speed Steel Jobbers Drill" and scroll down the page until you find the
place to pick your "Metric Drill Size" ...and you can figure out the rest.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of Ralph K. Hallett III
Subject: Re: pop rivets
I'm so glad someone brought up the question of bit sizes. Here in the US
I'm
having great difficulty finding the suggested mm bits any suggestions as to
source?
Ralph
A234 MG
Hans Jrgen Danielsen wrote:
> Hey Richard.
>
> The 1/8" drillbit is as you describe a little tight. Try a 3.3 mm (as the
> Manual says) instead. Perfect!
>
> Hans
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Iddon" <riddon@btinternet.com>
> Subject: pop rivets
>
> > Just a quick question. Is there a secret to making pop rivets fit the
> > holes? I cafefully drill my holes with a pillar drill and with the work
> > clamped in a drill clamp but the rivets always seem too big for the
holes.
> > The temptation is to use a hand drill and waggle it about a bit to open
up
> > the holes slightly but I'm sure this isn't good practice.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Richard Iddon (XS tri 533)
> >
> >
> >
>
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