Help with drilling a flat bottomed hole

Help with drilling a flat bottomed hole

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15 February 2017 at 13:05 #284418
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Posted by Ian S C on 15/02/2017 11:41:51:

Never throw away old HSS tools, taps, end mills, center drills with the tip broken, they all make emergency lathe tools.

Ian S C

No fear of that… I'm still trying to think of a use for a 10mm (carbon) die that snapped in two the other day but that one has got me beat so far (except maybe as packing).
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15 February 2017 at 13:15 #284419
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No fear of that… I'm still trying to think of a use for a 10mm (carbon) die that snapped in two the other day but that one has got me beat so far (except maybe as packing).

Or as a chaser , though you`d have to make some kind of holder.
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