Dang Ron. You had me going to the dictionary to look up words. And then you
tell us it was a joke. LOL
Sent from my keyboard
> On Apr 12, 2016, at 1:25 PM, Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yup. The bubbles coupled with the extreme heat actually cause a sublimation
> (direct change for solid to gas phase) effect in the steel. Because of the
> austenitic nature of the substrate, there is severe weakening of the metal in
> the area of the friction induced heat, e.g. the hole.
>
> (I made that up; waiting for my lunch. Idle mind and all that)
>
> Ron Soave
>
>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 10:22 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> A couple of years ago I learned a trick for drilling holes in stainless
>> steel that works amazingly well. At work I frequently have to drill
>> mounting holes in stainless and it was always a job I disliked because it
>> wrecked drill bits and was hard to do. Then on a job site one day my
>> customer told me about this trick - use Dawn dish soap as a cutting fluid.
>> When he told me I didn't believe it. He ran over to their breakroom and
>> came back with a bottle of Dawn. He handed it to me and said try it. I
>> squirted a couple of drops on the punchmark on the stainless and started the
>> drill. It went through almost like soft steel! I couldn't believe it! Try
>> it - you'll like it. :-)
>>
>> Sent from my keyboard
>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Trevor Jessie via Spridgets
>>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Being the impatient person that I am ... I whipped out my wallet and bought
>>> some new stainless steel from the local supplier. He had some drop cuts
>>> that I could have pieced together, but nobody likes drilling holes in
>>> stainless. So I paid for a solid piece cut to size. It is mounted and I'm
>>> happy ... maybe I should sell a spare midget differential to try and pay
>>> for my new workbench surface.
>>>
>>> -Trevor
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