[TPR] Photos - Re: Drilling bolts for Safety Wire

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Just posted the photos to the TPR gallery:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=1531

Last three on the page.
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 3/31/2012 6:27 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> Well -that- was an adventure.
>
> I picked up a drill fixture for making holes in bolts to pass safety
> wire through.  It was this one:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006K8G7JE/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
>
> As you recall, last week I broke the first bit on the first hole.  I
> picked up a couple of super-razoo bits (Carbide I think) and took to my
> Dad's drill press today.
>
> Long story short, I think we went through six bits total before we
> called it a day.  The second original bit actually lasted the longest.
> One of the new super-duper ones I think was dull to start with as it
> chattered and shattered almost immediately.  The second one cut like
> butter, until I hit a piece of broken drill bit from a previous snap
> (yea, we thought we got it all out of the hole but apparently didn't).
>
> I now have six caliper bolts with two holes each, and two caliper bolts
> with one hole each... and small bits of broken drill bit in second hole
> attempts.<sigh>
>
> Doing it again... I'd recommend just ONE hole per bolt.  I wanted at
> least two for more flexibility with the safety wire.  However, my Dad
> commented later that I really only need one and we talked through how to
> properly safety wire based on all possible positions of the bolt.  My
> dad is a certified A&P so I figure I can listen to him (well that -and-
> I'm older now so listening to Dad is okay).  He was lusting after the
> drill fixture too, he told me there were plenty of times he'd wished
> he'd had one when he was working on planes.
>
> Overall, mission accomplished... I just need to pay back Dad a few new
> 1/16" drill bits.  :)
> Photos later.
>
> Asa Jay
> PS.  It's damn cold here, raining cats and dogs too.  I've forgone any
> more work on the car today.
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &   Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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