"Richard Riley" wrote

Die grinders, milling machines, dremels, hand drills, drill presses,
lathes.

If you have a better generic name for abrasive things made of carbide
that go in machine toools, I'll be glad to use it. Bits seemed like
it got the idea across.

I realized after I wrote that, that it could be taken as condescending. Not my
intention.

After I sat and thought about it, I started to think of things that have carbide
abrasive, that I would call bits. At first I could not picture what you meant.

Lathes, with abrasives is about the only thing that I can not picture. Most of
the rest I thought about after a bit. (pun intended) g
--
Jim in NC