115 pc drill sets a waste?

You got my Paypal a few months ago, yes?

Cool! I'm looking forward to it.

So far, I have an error running under wine (Ubuntu Linux) Apparently it needs a helper program, because it alerted: "import_dll Library MFC42.DLL".

It'd be cool to have a dialog box revealing the 'cone depth' for a given drill ground to a given angle.

For example: A 0.25" diameter drill ground to 118 degrees included angle will leave a full diameter through hole in a workpiece if the point of the drill travels at least 0.0751" past the bottom edge of a given workpiece. Less, and the hole will have a conical cross section at the bottom.

This feature would be excellent for determining the thickness of a sacrificial backing plate on a mill or drill press, for instance.

--Winston

Yes, I got your $$$ - Thanks!

You can download today's update (same URL) and see if the features you requested do what you want... It defaults to a 118 degree drill point. If you're using a different drill angle, change that first before entering the decimal size, or enter the decimal size, tab to the drill angle and then tab out of that to get it to recalculate cone depth.

Carla

'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'

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Thanks Carla.

I'd be happy to take this to e-mail: My real addy is on the bottom of the first page of my website:

I'm looking forward to your program!

--Winston

Try looking here:

Try putting it here (correct the ?winston? part first):

/home/?winston?/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/mfc42.dll

or in the same directory as "Fractions.exe". The latter will fix the problem this time, the former should fix it for any future woes...

Thanks Leon!

I've got many other windows programs that work great under wine and I've been warned off loading third-party .DLLs. I shall pass but I really appreciate your help.

--Winston

That (mfc42.dll) is a standard MS Windows file. The only hassle you might have is finding a version that works with both Wine and Fractions. For some more info (because I can see you're uneasy) see:

Thanks again Leon!

--Winston

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The idea of using a computer to figure out which bit to use just leaves me cold...

What's wrong with a simple wall chart?

LLoyd

Carla's utility is growing to encompass the information that machinists need in one place. It'll answer the most critical questions we have about RPM and depth clearance as well as the proper drill for a given tap size.

Think of it as a Grand Unified Wall Chart. :)

--Winston

Who has wall space for charts? Gerry :-)} London, Canada

I back up C: with the free Seagate or Western Digital version of True Image before installing anything risky, including MS updates:

jsw

I hang them on doors.

jsw

Other folks may also be using Linux, so let's keep it here (and you get to be the Guinea pig :)

I re-compiled it with the required routines from the DLL embedded into the .exe file so it should work without any external dependencies. Still at the same URL.

Let me know if this works on your Ubuntu system.

Carla

"The waitress had no trouble filling out her black lace blouse, velveteen hot pants, and nosebleed heels, but she was a little long in the tooth to be up on stage, and the shade of her blond hair wasn't on God's original color palette." - Reed Farrel Colemar

Interesting!

Thanks Jim.

--Winston

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YES!

Works great under wine and Ubuntu!

Thanks, Carla!

--Winston

Who has that many doors? :)

Yeah, like me. I don't make any $ anyway. Actually don't try. However I was miking a spilled 115 piece cheap HSS Enco Chinese set in a useless 30 ga. box. (Someone will probably tell me there's no such thing as

With a full load of bits, I would expect it to crumple in the middle if you picked it up by the ends. :-)

Where were you Micing the bits? They normally taper a little being made widest at the tip -- so they don't drag on the sides as much in a deep hole. If you mike at the shank, there is no certainty how much smaller they will be -- but they are unlikely to be larger at the shank, unless they are really weirdly constructed.

Enjoy, DoN.