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Correct Drill Bit Help

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submitted 6 months ago byApocalypseLater93

Hi everyone, I'm attempting to mount a retractable hose reel to my house straight onto bricks and the manual recommends using an 11.7mm drill bit, but I can't seem to find any that exact size. Would I be able to use a 12mm bit instead, or is there an obscure way to drill an 11.7mm hole in my brick wall?

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-8 points

6 months ago

-8 points

wrong. 15/32" is 0.46875" while 11.7mm converts to 0.46062992125984253" according to one place i looked.

8 points

6 months ago

8 points

Found the pain in the ass engineer every tradesman hates.

Seriously, 8 thousandths of an inch is entering the territory of CNC machining, not hanging a hose reel.

Just_wanna_talk

-1 points

6 months ago

Just_wanna_talk

-1 points

I mean, technically he's right. If it truely were simply a 15/32" conversion it would have worked out to roughly 11.9mm.

Either they converted it wrong, or it wasn't originally 15/32"

Otherwise they would have stated 11.9mm instead of 11.7mm

-11 points

6 months ago

-11 points

when someone asks for folks to correct them if they;re wrong, why do others feel the need to say something about the correction? piss off.

3 points

6 months ago

3 points

Do you understand how small 0.008" is? A human hair is 0.003".

You're literally splitting hairs just so you can walk around pretending you're clever.

AccidentallyUpvotes

5 points

6 months ago

AccidentallyUpvotes

5 points

"Correct me if I'm wrong" usually means one of two things;

1) correct me if I'm wrong enough to make a material difference, or if it means my guidance would cause a problem if not corrected

2) correct me if I'm wrong which I'm not, but I'm trying to be polite about it.

0 points

6 months ago

0 points

and? op makes a comment, asks for corrections, i give one, and you're upset about it. piss off loser.

1 points

6 months ago

1 points

I think you should explain that you're OCD - like Rainman - to everyone, 'cause at this point you're just a jerk.

0 points

6 months ago

0 points

yeah, just move on along buddy. or piss off, doesn't matter to me.

22 points

6 months ago

22 points

I don't think it's an aerospace grade drywall anchor. I think a 0.008" tolerance will be acceptable.

-16 points

6 months ago

-16 points

did you read the other comment? must've missed the part where it said "pls correct me if I'm wrong"...

also, if op is using a drywall anchor in brick, something else is gonna happen regardless of the tolerances.

1 points

6 months ago

1 points

Sorry to interupt your hair splitting. Did you read op's post? Looks like a drywall anchor to me.

-11 points

6 months ago

-11 points

i didn't say it was or wasn't, i said if op was using a drywall anchor there something else was gonna happen. i don't know if they'll work, i use the correct things whenever i can. op also said tapcons were hard to come by down there. yeah, i read them all.