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31 October 2003

Drills Made From Needles

Adapted from A Thousand and One Formulas 1920 by Sidney Gernsback.

Having occasion to use many small drills, and not wishing to incur the expense of continually repairing old ones, I used the following trick:

I procured several sewing needles of the same diameter as the drill I needed. After breaking off the eye, I ground the needle slightly flat on both sides of the large end. I then shaped the flattened end according to the sketch. These drills will do good work and will not break so easily.