Here are tips to avoid adding to that inventory ... Coatings are advantages, but not permanent solutions to drilling problems. Drill stainless steel with care. Once a hole is started in stainless ...

Breaking a stud or a bolt is a pretty common shop catastrophe, but one for which a fair number of solutions exist. Drill it out, shoot in an extractor, or if you’re lucky, clamp on some Vise ...

So it’s always a joy to pick up a new trick, especially one as simple as putting a hardened edge on mild steel using a drill bit as a filler rod. This tip comes to us by way of [Jody], aka ...