On 2010-09-28, Brian Lawson wrote:
FWIW -- while the old HUOT drill indexes were gray hammertone,
and the newer ones are something like a fine-grained gray wrinkle
finish, the #61-#80 index from HUOT is blued steel -- or at least mine
is.
Hey DoN,
OK. Thanks.
I have three new Huot's for inch/number/letter purchased (empty) just
last year, but they don't have that "hook" piece.
Interesting. My 115 piece set was purchased perhaps ten years
ago -- a "Made in USA" drill set from MSC with the HUOT index.
I have a Cleveland
and a few "Chinese clones of the Huot's" of the same type, and they
don't have it either. Funny thing is, I have about a dozen Huot boxes
altogether, and not one of them has what I would consider a "part
number" on them, so I have no reference to note.
The hook is on the fractional drill side of the partition
between letter and fractional sections -- and close to the opening edge.
It lines up with the three largest fractional bit tips.
It is interesting that the index does not have the HUOT name
stamped in the lid -- that is blank. The only maker's mark is stamped
in the bottom - visible when the letter size drills are tipped up. And
yes, it *is* marked HUOT. (I've always wondered why the name is always
all upper case. Is it an acronym?)
In any case, I only have a few of the # 61-80's indexes, but none are
Huot that I could see, and I don't use anything in them often enough
to care about keeping them "convenient".
I keep mine there less for convenience, and more as a way to
keep it where I can *find* it the few times I need it. The 115 bit
index is a lot easier to find than something as small as the 61-80
index.
Yes, I used to keep it in a specific drawer of a machinist's
tool chest -- I forget who made that particular chest (if it even had a
maker's name visible), but it was not Gerstner. I do have a couple of
theirs, but this one is not it. (It does not have a hinged lid, so it
lives between two shelves a lot better than one with a hinged lid.
In the smaller sizes, I keep
package size lots of just what I do use, including a goodly number of
the numbers and smaller inch, but none of the smaller letter drill
bits. I'm not good enough and don't care to learn how to sharpen the
itty-bitty stuff, and they are not expensive in package lots, so when
they quit cutting, they quit being drill-bits and become "pins".
I happen to have a sharpener (which used to be made by DuMore)
which will handle 1/4" down to #70. Below #70, it is a mater of just
purchase new in packs of 12. :-)
If you are interested in what the sharpener is like, I made a
web page when I was getting it working.
http://www.d-and-d.com/interesting-tools/DuMore-Drill-Grinder/index.html
Enjoy,
DoN.
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