I think if you had a wood drill, it would heat up to a Flash Point and begin
to burn the wood. You know, just like rubbing two sticks together to create
enough heat to cause combustion. I have done that with dull steel bits
drilling wood. A whole lot of Smoke. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Harvey <stevenh@execpc.com>
To: R Haug <haugchiro@moscow.com>
Cc: Patrick P. Castronovo <slick1@mohaveaz.com>;
datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: OT Drilling into cement part 2
>R Haug wrote:
>
>> "Patrick P. Castronovo" wrote:
>>
>> > He probably had the wood Spade bits in mind.
>>
>> Or possibly thy guy thought wood drill bits were actually made of wood.
:-)
>> You never know what someone is thinking.
>> That is if they're thinking at all.
>> Bob
>
> He thought a wood drill was made of wood! Theoretically you could make a
drill
>bit out of a hard wood (walnut) and use it to drill pine. Wouldn't last
that
>long however. Again, I had a customer using titanium coated drills to drill
>titanium material. Equal materials are just that, equal. Sold him diamond
coated
>drills and he drilled hundreds of holes.
>Steve Harvey
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