[tomtilley Posts: 568 Status: Offline]

  Colbalt  drills  are very  good  but you  must  drill  at  a  slow  speed  with  lubricant  on Stanles  Steel  or miled  steel.

[Warby Posts: 1043 Status: Offline]

Colbalt drills, Definitely the best!! I doubt if Aldi drills are ground or even HSS (high speed steel)  cheaper drills tend to 'wander' and not always produce perfectly sized holes (for accurate work) also the flutes do not always clear away the swarfe.
Just my thoughts!

[joncurtis Posts: 2068 Status: Offline]

A still bit lasts as long as its long enough to keep sharpening

[rossfloyd Posts: 2025 Status: Offline]

Aldi drills are good too ... not sure they are cobalt but they last longer than most others I've tried....

[Kip]

I have just discovered the magic of Cobalt drill bits.
Why Oh Why did it take me so long to use them!!!
If you want a really useful pressie this Xmas get your family to buy you a set.
They just knock any other type of drill bit out of the ring.
Kip

[Kip]

Much obliged.
 Cheers

[gavinparson]

Can someone please remind me how to shrink a pic to be accepted on our forum.

Merci Blonk,
Kip

Open it in Paint on a PC and click resize. Select 800 pixels wide (or 1000 can bring it within the Mb limit). Save it as a new file and upload that.

[Warby Posts: 1043 Status: Offline]

Shrink from what size? I have had no problems with uploading photos up to 1.8meg the total limit for posting is 4.12meg?

[Kip]

Can someone please remind me how to shrink a pic to be accepted on our forum.

Merci Blonk,
Kip

[Mustang Hovercraft]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-gV2EZ46g

[Kim Taylor Posts: 595 Status: Offline]

Thanks for the ladder joke again Gazza - I'd only just managed to get it out of my head from Porthmadog!!!!

[rossfloyd Posts: 2025 Status: Offline]

or as our Land Rover dealer used to say - drive the b thing where the sun don't shine, open the doors and back out.......

Thanks for the warning - !

[Kip]

Oh , the impetuousness of youth!!!
Windows 10 is a nightmare.
 Everything totally b-------d up big time.
Thank someone for giving you 30 days to return to your old system.
They can stick it where the sun has no chance on of finding it.
  :
.Just to prove I've got me smileys back etc
Kip

[Gary Firth (Gazza) Posts: 3117 Status: Offline hovernerd WWW]

Just for you Kim.

[Kip]

John, I think they needed a nerd to test it for them and my name just came up.
Does that make me a pioneer ??
Fortunately I have a whizz kid neighbour who can sort out any problems as they appear.
Already though I do like what I have discovered.
Kip