I was drilling for a pin hole on my fowler's lug, the bit caught and broke off in the lug deep in the wood, I couldn't get it out. Somone here suggested putting a 1/16 carbide bit in the pin hole and let it eat with only the weight of the drill motor to put pressure on it.
I didn't think this would work but gave it a try, I had to get the trigger guard off, I had a temporary Phillips head screw in the trigger plate and you know how that would look on a finished gun.
I put the bit in the hole and let the drill motor run on slow speed. After about 10 minutes I started to see metal come out of the hole then POP, I drilled through the stuck bit and my trigger guard fell off.
Of course, this obliterated the lug on the trigger guard so I made a new lug and stuck it on with solder paste. Ten years later the lug is still in place and doing just fine.
I didn't think this would work but gave it a try, I had to get the trigger guard off, I had a temporary Phillips head screw in the trigger plate and you know how that would look on a finished gun.
I put the bit in the hole and let the drill motor run on slow speed. After about 10 minutes I started to see metal come out of the hole then POP, I drilled through the stuck bit and my trigger guard fell off.
Of course, this obliterated the lug on the trigger guard so I made a new lug and stuck it on with solder paste. Ten years later the lug is still in place and doing just fine.
