Using micro drills on distributors etc....

[Straightliner59]

3 hours ago, Flat32 said:

I heard the story as world's thinnest drawn wire, supposedly for telescopic sight crosshairs.

And I heard it that the wire was fed through the now hollow drill bit, and tied, at both ends! It's gotta' be urban legend--it has all the elements.

[Bainford]

4 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

And I heard it that the wire was fed through the now hollow drill bit, and tied, at both ends! It's gotta' be urban legend--it has all the elements.

Yup, pretty sure it's urban legend. I heard it was American engineers who made the bit, and Swedes that drilled seven holes in it and sent it back. Told to be by my physics teacher in the 1980s.

Edited November 19, 2019 by Bainford

[Tom Geiger]

4 hours ago, Bainford said:

Yup, pretty sure it's urban legend. I heard it was American engineers who made the bit, and Swedes that drilled seven holes in it and sent it back. Told to be by my physics teacher in the 1980s.

of course it's an urban legend.  Everyone modified it to their own set of nationalities!  

Three auto executives were at a conference and all in the mens room at the same time.

The Ford executive was washing his hands and he said, "At Ford we wash our hands with great care so not to tarnish our products"

The GM executive was second and upped him by demonstrating, "At GM we do the soap and rinse process twice for double protection"

The Mercedes executive replied, "At Mercedes we don't pee on our hands!"

I'm quite sure this never happened!

 

[SfanGoch]

Reminds me of the story about a a cow, a sheep and a thylacine walking into a saloon....