[TheForge] 2 things

[paul]

Mark Novak wrote:
> 1. Anyone know a place that sells only lefty welding/kevlar/work gloves?
> 
> 2. What tool options are out there that would help me drill a centered 
> hole into the end of mild steel rod (besides a punch to make a starter 
> dent)? I have a drill press and a drill press vise, but I'm trying to 
> make a single hole in many inch long sections of half-inch rod and don't 
> want to have to set each one in the vise, trying to get it lined up each 
> time with the bit and the starter dent, etc... Help!

1. No ideas other than those previously tendered, but check oput this 
for the spacers.



2. If I read your post correctly, you need 1/2" diameter by one inch 
long rods with a hole through it. I 'read' spacers... If you need a few 
the drilling process would be fine, but if many translates to a minimum 
box quantity from a place like am Industries or Fastenal, the cost of 
the box would most likely not even be close to the labor cost of cutting 
the pieces, much less drilling them.
see
http://www.amindustriesinc.com/spacers-steel-stainless-aluminum.html#sizes1
-- 
Paul Sperbeck
WB9HCO
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