Brian,
In that case we'll book a mutual slapping session next week, milk and sugar?
All,
A thought, if the colt pen drill was designed for pen turners (did I get this right, that was one of their claims?) why is the drill 150mm long, the fluted section being 130mm? The biggest problem with this drill is the strength of the drill relative to the length. the drill wanders over the blank when I drill on a pillar drill and in my opinion it's crap, Thanks to thoughts of some here I now use the dewalt extreme 7 and 8mm drill bits! the wider colts are fine (by me!!).