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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 711335" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>* a drill going off center is often caused by miss alignment of the chuck itself as compaired to the work surface. In otherwords angled. But a typical two flute drill hanging way out there will flex enough to get you the same problem. Still if all your drill out is about ten thousandths the missalignment will be very minute at the worst. Twist drills are also prone to shifting to one side if not setup in a very tight situation. Plus its well known that a typical two flute twist drill does not cut a round hole. The flutes on a Hi-Roc drill bit are strait with a very short length. Holes are only slightly worse than a good quality reamer. They can be had in metric, letter, number, and fractional drill sizes. </p><p> </p><p>* now if you decide to make a body die out of a standard Lee die, and use the wooden dowl rod trick; you'll be in for some serious time. Their dies seem to be harder and have a deeper case than the rest of the others. But it will work over time. The way to do it is to back bore the neck of the die and then lap it with a series of emery and black paper followed by a tight Scotchbrite pad (oil soaked)</p><p> </p><p>* of course you could simply cut the head of the die off to where the neck part is maybe .10" long max. This would be much easier to cut; no matter what method. That's pretty much what I did, plus I cut about .04" off the big end as well.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 711335, member: 25383"] * a drill going off center is often caused by miss alignment of the chuck itself as compaired to the work surface. In otherwords angled. But a typical two flute drill hanging way out there will flex enough to get you the same problem. Still if all your drill out is about ten thousandths the missalignment will be very minute at the worst. Twist drills are also prone to shifting to one side if not setup in a very tight situation. Plus its well known that a typical two flute twist drill does not cut a round hole. The flutes on a Hi-Roc drill bit are strait with a very short length. Holes are only slightly worse than a good quality reamer. They can be had in metric, letter, number, and fractional drill sizes. * now if you decide to make a body die out of a standard Lee die, and use the wooden dowl rod trick; you'll be in for some serious time. Their dies seem to be harder and have a deeper case than the rest of the others. But it will work over time. The way to do it is to back bore the neck of the die and then lap it with a series of emery and black paper followed by a tight Scotchbrite pad (oil soaked) * of course you could simply cut the head of the die off to where the neck part is maybe .10" long max. This would be much easier to cut; no matter what method. That's pretty much what I did, plus I cut about .04" off the big end as well. gary [/QUOTE]
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