10-10-2006, 03:53 PM
white_2kgt Wrote:do a google search for how-to helicoil read the first few results, ALL say to DRILL the hole first, this page, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.muller.net/mullermachine/howto/insert/index.html">http://www.muller.net/mullermachine/how ... index.html</a><!-- m -->, goes a step further and uses an end mill in a drill press (which would be the BEST). Nobody in their right mind would DRILL a hole using a t-handle and drill bit in these days of electricity. Are you SURE you are not confusing drill the hole with TAP the hole (when you will use the T-Handle).
Yeah. I'm would think that using a t handle with a drill bit would prevent any sort of slip up and be really screwing up the head.
Couldn't I just skip the drill process, go straight to tapping it and threading in the insert?
Two feet.