<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'><font size="2">What I need is a place I can buy individual bits in assorted sizes. I am missing bits down in the middle of the set, but don't want to buy 6 bits in each size. </font><br> <br> <div style="font-size: 13px; clear: both; "><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</font></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Dale Erwin <erwinspiano@aol.com><br> To: mkurta1 <mkurta1@charter.net>; pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; pianotech <pianotech@googlegroups.com><br> Sent: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 9:25 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] number drills from MicroMark<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_05a6c844-3a61-4bfe-9af5-d1ec1b89e086"> <font color="navy" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Ron  <div>this is zzzzactly my problem here. Thanks <div>Dale<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com" target="_blank">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Mike Kurta <<a href="mailto:mkurta1@charter.net">mkurta1@charter.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:06 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] number drills from MicroMark<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_25638ff1-e713-4a52-a4ac-bdcf41f27b6e"> <div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">    The last time I needed a number drill I found it in a Snap-On® tool dealer's truck.  </font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">    Mike Kurta</font></div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="rnossaman@cox.net" href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">Ron Nossaman</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="Pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> ; <a title="pianotech@googlegroups.com" href="mailto:pianotech@googlegroups.com">pianotech@googlegroups.com</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 03, 2013 10:32 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] number drills from MicroMark</div> <div><br> </div> <br> For those who use number drills in the shop:<br> <br> Keeping a full set of number drills around is a challenge for me. I find <br> that after a few years, or five, or ten, that set tends to thin out in <br> the smaller sizes. They get broken, dulled, or just disappear <br> mysteriously. I can adequately freehand sharpen the larger half of a set <br> as I need to, but the smaller half is well beyond me. Back filling sets <br> with individual bits is the first option if you can keep a running list <br> of needed replacements. MicroMark has another option that I haven't seen <br> anywhere else. They sell bit sets of #41-#60 (Item # 82727) for $22.<br> <br> I thought someone might find this useful.<br> Ron N<br> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font> </div>  </div> </font>