60+ year old thread.

Afternoon all:

Love the pics. of the Pontiacs Richard!

Same here!

 

Well, we're throwing the roof into the project too.



Typical of what's going on over the whole hood




All better soon

 

Howdy, fellow Porchatonians! Been taking a break for awhile.

Had a hip follow-up today. Went well. The Doc said the PT worked better than he'd hoped. For now, advised against doing a steroid injection into the joint. So, we're in a slow heal mode with a re-look in 2 months.

 

Nice! Nice!
I always liked those '74 Goat/Novas and you rarely see one now.
And those '64s.
As they always say,"Never should have sold mine."

 

Glad to hear your followup went well. PT works wonders.

 

I've managed to hold on to this one since 1984.

 

That's about the time I sold the '64.
Had the Nova since the late 70s.

 

Slow heal > No heal! Great news Colonel!

 

Any day is a good day to go fishing.

@Oldie2007 As always great pics. Enjoyed the Torino convertible, always amazed at the wide variety of cars at the shows you attend.

@fathomblue Appreciate the Poncho pics. Pontiacs have been in the family for a long time. Traded in the04 Bonny for the sons 2013 F150.

Good afternoon. I was the designated chauffeur for the wife and son as they attended the 3-day OC Calling festival. I knew I would not be able to take the standing up that was requires. Next year I may attend but with VIP tickets. There is VIP seating. We found a few new restaurants in Berlin, MD that are better than decent.

 

It's been a while since I've owned any classic cars. Got the M37 now but that's not really a classic or a car, I guess. Certainly not a muscle car. But I've owned a lot of them. I think the most I ever paid for something I would consider worth building was $600 for a '66 malibu. Sold it within days for $1200. Owned two convertible Goats. '64 and '67. I wish I'd never sold the '65 442. That's the one car I regret selling. I learned a lot of things in that car. I had less than a hundred bucks in my first three cars. Twenty bucks for a solid, good running '54 Olds 88, thirty for a solid '57 Olds 88 that would outrun the Highway Patrol except they had radios, and forty bucks for a '61 Caddy convertible that I pumped the tires on, slapped a used battery in, primed the carb, and drove home. The gang I hung with were into convertibles. Lots of Caddy and GTO's, and one Mustang and one bilious green Challenger. One guy had a Hemi DeSoto, wrecked it playing chicken, and slapped the hemi in a '57 Chevy wagon that he'd shortened enough that the rear doors were opera windows.

 

Shout-out to the forum... I'd like to find some decent drill bits.

I recently bought some bits that are claimed to be "cobalt". Milwaukee is the brand. They will cut very well... but they are so brittle that they snap within two or three cuts. I was using the 3/8 bit today for the first time and it snapped about half way through the first hole I drilled. The set was not terribly expensive but the individual bits are very pricey.

I went to my dad's old tools and finished up with a bit from a set that's got to be 50 years old, and the bit is back in the box ready to be used again. I don't know about you, but I remember bits that cut and didn't snap easily. Has technology failed us... or are manufacturers making some real garbage so they can sell us more stuff?

Does anyone know of a brand of drill bits that will cut and last? Where do you get them?

 

Let me know when you find them! I have virtually every "set" from Harbor Freight, modern Lowe's Craftsman, etc. If I find the right size? I usually go to the Velveeta boxes of old bits that actually work. I honestly think the best thing to find is some old estate sale sets, and the old "drill bit" sharpener! Not a new one of those either. If I had to depend on them, I'd get better.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and wonder if breakage isn't a part of the modern battery drills we all use. Not so much the big bits, but anything smaller. I have Ridgid, and to say that any of them is designed with the "balance" of an old electric drill, would be really stretching it!

 

I was using a couple of old corded Black and Decker drills to do my job today. One a slow, high torque unit and the other a lighter one. But I've broken these new bits in my small drill press too.

I generally really like my Milwaukee tools. I've used them hard and put them away wet and some are about 14 years old now and still kicking.

I just bought a set of Torx bits from Amazon and got them a couple of days ago. I'm seventy years old and am starting to have trouble opening pickle jars... and I broke the T50 bit on the second bolt I used it on. Shattered like a plate glass window. Returned them today for a refund.

Honestly, I'm not one to rail against Chinese stuff because I figure we did it to ourselves... but it's getting ridiculous. I can't believe some smart kid isn't starting to manufacture quality products today. A lot of the stuff we get from foreign manufacturers is stamped out on a machine with very little hands on. Surely we can run a machine in this country cheaper than paying someone overseas to run the same machine+freight.

 

I have a set of DeWalt bits that are my go-to set. I have had them for a couple of years. I got them online, as I recall.

 

Are they made from some kind of specific metal? Titanium? Cobalt? Petrified Spaghetti Monster?

 

Cobalt drills are harder than hss. But, not as hard as carbide. Harder means more prone to break.

 

I’ll bet they were manufactured in China. I run into problems a lot with things manufactured over seas. I have a motto (actually I have a lot of mottos) . One motto is - when it comes to tools and outdoor equipment buy the best there is or the best you can afford because failure isn’t an option. Usually that means buying American. But a lot of times American made is tough to find. You just have to look hard. So when it comes to tools try to go with American made. Always costs more but is worth it and avoids failure.

 

Good morning fellow Porchatonians!!!

 

Good morning all!