At 03:59 PM 8/8/2010, William \"Chops\" Westfield wrote:

>On Aug 8, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote:
>
> > Canada may be 'officially' metric - but most of the drill bits that
> > you find in hardware stores are in inch sizes.  Its actually quite
> > difficult to find any metric-size drill bits.
>
>It should all be fine.  For a 3mm screw, you should use a number 30
>drill (.1285 inch), which is pleasantly neither metric nor imperial  :-)

Actually, #30 drill bits are quite common - that's the recommended=20
size when using 1/8" pop rivets.  I'm in the middle of an industrial=20
area and I see those particular bits used all the time.

dwayne

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Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
(780) 489-3199 voice          (780) 487-6397 fax
www.trinity-electronics.com
Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing

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