Little_Freddie
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Hiya All, newbie on here, but at almost 60, the old peepers aint too hot,....good optics help, but I do find I have trouble selecting drills/reamers/taps, especially under 10mm... I have a little dodge I use on the above, as reading the etch gives me a lot of trouble.
I am also a Radio Ham, and an aeromodeller, so I know the resistor colour (color? ;D) code, and have lots of pots (tins?) of enamel paint. So, I band the chuck end of my drills/taps/reamers with the corresponding paints, i.e. 3.2mm reamer is banded orange/red,...... 5mm green..... 8.5mm.. grey/green..... for metric (which is my main mode....) I find this saves me hours of struggling with the printing,.... cant think how you would apply this to imperial,.. but they made me have a Euro passport, so I thought I would go the whole hog!!! :big: :big:
Hope this helps anyone,.... ( it will certainly ensure you get the right size drill, if you borrow one off me!! ;D )
Cheers, Fred