> A part box of finishing nails from a yard sale is like 10 cents.
> Clip the heads off and you got 'good enough' drill bits by the
> fistful.

Duh!  Why didn't I remember that?  My grandfather taught me about
Using headless finish nails decades ago.  Used the idea many more
times than can be counted.  And filing the flats on the tip of the
nail?  Now it's a sort of mini-birdcage awl.

Mike in Sacto