My First Agraffe Repair

[Avery Todd]

Just curious (nosy). What did you lose in the bet? :-)

Avery

At 06:05 AM 2/28/05, you wrote:
>Hi All.
>
>I lost a bet to a well-respected tech dealing with my first agraffe 
>removal. He suggested the 'tap' method, but just for insurance purposes, 
>he suggested I purchase a reverse drill bit (7/32 I believe), which I did.
>
>Procedure:
>
>-Using an awl, tap a tiny hole in the broken agraffe..just enough for the 
>drill bit to catch it.
>-Insert the drill bit (inserted in a drill..cordless preferred) and slowly 
>turn that drill bit.
>-as soon as the drill bit catches that hole, the broken agraffe will spin 
>right out.
>
>I suspect the 'tap' method without using the reverse drill bit will work 
>just fine, as many have suggested here..I just haven't had my 2nd chance yet!
>
>I went from sweating bullets to hero in about 5 seconds..and I still need 
>to pay up on that bet..!!!
>
>-Phil Bondi(Fl)
>
>
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