<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Alan and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The "number" drills are used by the = model engineering fraternity. I have a case of them. My case numbers the = drills from 1 - 60 and they <EM>are</EM> "wire guage".According to my micrometer the = No.1 drill measures 0.028" (across the flukes) and the No.60 drill = measures 0.040". No.37 is 0.104"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 18, 2005 = 3:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bit Bytes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Here's a very = useful page to have a printed copy of in your reference materials. I found it = while researching the question which follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial><A = href="http://www.saw-online.com/Tips/drill.htm">http://www.saw-online.c= om/Tips/drill.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Question: = They say to use a #37 drill bit when cleaning out action center cloth from flanges, = etc. What the heck is a #37 bit? Is it the "wire size " 37 shown on the chart above?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Metric?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial>Alien?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=828460203-18032005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Internal Virus Database is = out-of-date.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - = Release Date: 03/09/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>