Tape would help with the grip but I would be afraid that the bit wouldn't feed straight. Without jumping through a bunch of hoops to find some of the reduced shank drills probably your 1/4 chuck would be the best shot.
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:17 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] drill very small hole I need to drill a very small hole in part of a Christmas decoration. Karen had this snowman that I accidentally broke off an arm. The way that they were attached was with very small eye hooks. I have some fine wire about the same thickness 22 or 24 gauge. I figured that I could clamp the broken part in my drill press vise and drill a thin hole. then twist the wire to the body and epoxy it into the arm. Sounded like a workable plan until I can not put the bit into my drill press. It has a 5/8 chuck and will not close tight enough to hold the fine bit. I have an old 1/4" drill. I was thinking about removing the chuck and placing the bit in that chuck then chucking up the 1/4" in the drill press. Any other suggestions?. Oh! while writing this I wonder if I put a lot of tape around the bit if it would hold in the drill press? Lenny, Please visit my home page http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ It's motivating, humorous and has a lot of resources. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 149140961) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149140961&m=92b4d899e0a1&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149140961&m=92b4d899e0a1&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=149140961&m=92b4d899e0a1&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
