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266986 Bob <bob099@c...> 2018‑11‑08 Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
I feel this is like asking where to find unicorns

Is there a source for these X shaped bits besides finding used ones, 
usually in a drill.  Or NOS that has been dug up.
266987 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2018‑11‑08 Re: Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
i’ve bought a couple tubes or packs of yankee bits in the wilde, but never
g-p.

bill
felton,ca
266988 Erik Levin 2018‑11‑08 Re: Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
Bob asked:


>Is there a source for these X shaped bits besides finding used ones, usually in
a drill.  Or NOS that has been dug up.


Never seen any in the wild, but I have converted a few yankee style. Not a task
for hand tools, but not a difficult job on a lathe or mill with a little prep,
should you have the need. I used a toolpost grinder and an indexing disk in the
lathe. I doubt I'll do it again.




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266989 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2018‑11‑08 Re: Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
I believe M-F continued to use that pattern, so the supply at sails and flees is
abundant

Ed Minch
266990 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2018‑11‑08 Re: Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 9:53 PM Bob  wrote:

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> Is there a source for these X shaped bits besides finding used ones,
> usually in a drill.  Or NOS that has been dug up.


I just give all the GP drills I find to Greg I, who has a few GP bits, and
keep the Yankees for myself

Kirk in HMB, CA

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Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk
266992 Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> 2018‑11‑08 Re: Source for Goodell Pratt drill bits.
clearly an east coast west coast thing, then.  out here in the magnetically
weak bay area we see mf pushdrills pretty rarely, and certainly in large
ratio yankee:mf.

bill
felton, ca

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