well, that's one way to drill out a broken stud...

[osteoderm]

Had a few neat projects on a customer's bike this week. Among them was replacing a broken upper shock mount... I was setting up to drill out the mount for a new stud, and the scene seemed so ridiculous, I just had to grab a pic to share:

9 assorted clamps, 1/4" and 3/16" steel plates, a handful of shims, and enough mag-drill to pull the bike off the kickstand (notice the 2x4 propping up the bike)... That hole for the new stud is as straight and square as I can make it without putting the whole bike into the milling machine.

 

[Royboy]

Damn, let's make a hole!

 

[plane_ben]

Two hours of set up. Two minutes to drill out. Had many of those types of fixes.

 

[jd750ace]

Mag drills are sweet!

 

[501Spanky]

Gotta love a mag drill!

 

[osteoderm]

Gotta love a mag drill!

It's heavy, expensive, hard to setup, and frankly kinda ridiculous, but for the 2-3 times a year we need it, nothing else will do. I'd so totally add one to my own tool crib if I hit the powerball.