[Shop-talk] Drilling a hole in aluminum oil pan

[Jim Franklin]

> On Oct 3, 2020, at 11:56 AM, Miq Millman <miq at bigllama.com> wrote:
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> Here's what I want to do:
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> [...]
> 
> Open to options and opinions. 

Sounds like a good plan to me. Any residual aluminum shavings will get caught by the screen and filter along with all the other shavings from a new motor. I wouldn't bother with removing the pan except that I could then mount it in a press and stop the drill bit from grabbing the material as it breaks through and pulling itself into the baffles. 

jim