- 1. [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels" <lee@automate-it.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:51:13 -0500
- --=_20200909145113_42170 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I need to cut a couple of holes in a rather small electronic project box (This one: https://amz.run/3YjE ) - but I'm not sure how to make nice
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00033.html (149,021 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Horne <patintexas@icloud.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 15:19:36 -0500
- Depending on the size of the round holes, you can use a hole saw or forstener bit. A standard drill bit wonâ??t give you a good hole but you could always file it out. The rectangular hole will requir
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00034.html (11,475 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 17:39:25 -0400 (EDT)
- For nice wiring ports, drill a hole using a regular bit, and insert an appropriately-sized grommet to both protect the wires and improve the cosmetics. For a rectangle, I would plasma cut it, but tha
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00035.html (10,720 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Sinclair <phoenix722@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:44:07 -0700
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- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00036.html (16,883 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:04:54 -0400
- --==6732049181128608288== --000000000000e7fe3105aee8a426 Those step drills (Unibit-style) work really well in sheet metal. I have a set of three from HF, and they are very handy. They will do steel,
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00037.html (12,480 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Horne <patintexas@icloud.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 17:10:59 -0500
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- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00039.html (19,476 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Pat Horne <patintexas@icloud.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 17:12:39 -0500
- --==2915723932929417847== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-DCB0073E-73AA-417C-A524-7B84DDCF8C20 charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +1 for the unibit. Probably your
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00040.html (14,712 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 19:33:04 -0700
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- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00042.html (19,999 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: Jack Brooks <JIBrooks@live.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:46:04 +0000
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- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00053.html (21,975 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Cutting holes in small project box (score: 1)
- Author: "Lee Daniels" <lee@automate-it.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:09:56 -0500
- This is a great list. The suggestions for cutting round and square holes were spot-on. I ended up getting a decent step-drill (Unibit) set from Amazon, and in my small drill press at low speed it mad
- /html/shop-talk/2020-09/msg00079.html (13,989 bytes)
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