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Senior Visits Easy way to drill out

a broken stud
by Susan Denning
Now that it’s almost springtime, I’ve started to think by Martin Flanagan
about the upcoming senior visits again. So far, our
club has received 7 “bookings”, quite a few so early We have all experienced a broken stud below the
in the year, and I’m aure that there are many more to surface of a casting. The difficulty is centering the
come. drill bit in order to drill a decent hole to accept the
use of an Easy Out. It is very difficult to use a center
At the last general meeting on February 5, I was punch in many cases; you simply can’t see properly.
asked how many senior visits we had in 2019 but
couldn’t remember the exact numbers, so here they Recently, I created a simple but effective solution
are: that works great. Simply take a bolt that matches the
broken stud and drill a hole in the center of the bolt
Between May 29, 2019 and September 11, 2019 we that matches the Easy Out you plan on using. A met-
had booked a total of 36 visits of which unfortunate- al lathe makes this easy. If you don’t have a metal
ly 10 events had to be cancelled due to bad weather; lathe, you can drill perfectly centered holes using a
we had way too much rain last summer! A total of drill press. Simply use all thread rod, cut rod to
$580.00 was donated to us by various care facilities length 1-1/2”, put in the drill press chuck, install 1
which we were glad to pass on to the Stollery. The nut on the free end, and clamp the nut in a drill press
least amount of vehicles at an event was 3, and the vice.
most we saw last summer at a senior visit was 15
cars (a wonderful number, and these are club mem- Now, bolt the vice firmly in place. Install 2nd jam
bers only. I did not included non-club member who nut up against the first nut. Release the all thread rod
showed up and of course they are always welcome). from the chuck, now center drill, and then drill to
accept Easy Out.
I will keep everybody posted, starting with the April
Running Board we will show a monthly schedule of These centering bolts can be reused many times!
events taking place at various residences/care facili- Hope this helps the next time you break a stud.
ties.

I am very much looking forward to the upcoming
season, to visit with people in nursing homes, have
wonderful conversations, drive my “summer car”
again, and enjoy the camaraderie amongst us club
members. If you’ve never attended a senior visit, try
it — you’ll be surprised how much fun it is!

Susan Denning

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