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Drilling Stainless Steel
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From: Roger Drosd [SMTP:roger-at-gcisnow-dot-com]
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 1998 2:10 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Drilling Stainless Steel
Try using a metal punch. However, finding a punch with a small
enough anvil that will
allow you to get close enough to the bowl (away from the rim) may be
difficult. If you
can't find one, take the bowls to your local sheet metal shop.
Roger Drosd
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com [SMTP:terryf-at-verinet-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 4:50 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Drilling Stainless Steel
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> Hi All,
> Like many people, I like to use two large 12 inch salad bowls as a
> top terminal. For my new one, with built in current sensors, I had to drill
> 5 holes through the bowls. WOW! was it hard. The stainless steel in those
> things must be very high in chromium content or something. I trashed a
> number of nice drill bits. The titanium nitride bits work for a moment then
> just slide on the surface. If anybody has any better ways to drill nice
> holes through this stuff, I would love to know about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Fritz
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> terryf-at-verinet-dot-com
> or
> terryf-at-peakpeak-dot-com