Someone wrote; <<I agree completely with Jim Bryant about leaning the tool in a way that it hugs the tuning pin where the becket is. Otherwise, when you hit the tool it can ride over the becket, fail to break it and cause it to stick over the coil. This is very frustrating, loses time and is a pain. >> This tendency of the tool always made me wonder why the toolmakers don't make properly sized becket breakers, and not just a generic one that is too large. Of course, keeping it sharpened helps A LOT! I would think that some properly sized drills and some drill rod, later hardened, would produce a breaker that never fails. One properly sized for #2 pins would cover 90% of usage anyway. Bill Simon Phoenix
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