>2. A compact poprivet tool (don't have this yet; any recommendations?). Cut the handles off/drill lightening holes all over the handles? >3. A compact hand-operated drill for a 3/16 inch bit -- for drilling out old >rivets and making holes for replacements. Tried using a drill chuck I had >around, but hand twisting the bit with it is not going to cut it. An old fashioned "yankee screwdriver" drill with a 3/16" bit. Requires a special shank--you can't use a regular HSS drill bit for a 3-jaw chuck. Or, an "eggbeater drill" which would accommodate a regular bit. Shawn *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>Have you ever seen the old PUSH stile spring loaded screw >drivers/drills. They have a chuck attached to a grooved shaft that rides >in and out of the handle as you push it up and down. There is a slider >switch that you can move forward/backward (up/down) to get the thing to >change directions. They actually drill pretty good. I have had ones the >size of a standard screw driver and ones the size of a giant one. Don't >know where to pick one up, but maybe Home Depot. I think Stanley Tool Works still makes them. Used to be called a Yankee Push Drill. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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