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Drilling Stainless Steel
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Drilling Stainless Steel
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 23:10:54 -0500
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From: clara02@m8.sprynet.com [SMTP:clara02@m8.sprynet.com]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:10 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Drilling Stainless Steel
>Subject: Drilling Stainless Steel
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If anybody has any better ways to drill nice
>holes through this stuff, I would love to know about it.
You might try slowing your drill motor down. Stainless
will cut and then try to re-melt back into the metal. You
end up just moving the metal round and round. Slow your
drill motor way down and then cut that speed in half.
Using a lubricant, such as Rapid-Tap, will help also.
W. Encil Scott