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Old 19th Aug 2018, 2:10 am   #69
G8UWM-MildMartin
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Default Re: Show us your drills!

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Originally Posted by dseymo1 View Post
There was a sort of fibrous putty sold for the job - Philiplug? - which I suspect was asbestos-based.
Much larger versions of the Rawldrill were used in mining, for making the holes for the charges: a two-man job, one holding and turning, the other hammering.
That's the stuff - Philplug Screwfix- (Dad used to work for Burmah Oil Trading and it, like Halfords, was owned by them for a while.)
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