[ham] [Rhodes22-list] stainless steel drilling

[Michael Meltzer]

a brand new colbat bit, barly got 8 1/4 to 3/8 holes out of it doing everything right, still had to use a druml tool  to clean and a
quickly polish holes up, that is tought and hardend stuff.

MJM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] stainless steel drilling


> Michael,
> Been there, apparently there are very hard kinds of stainless.
> I just don't try to drill stainless.  It does not work.
>                              Ed K
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael Meltzer
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:53 PM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] it all your fault ed :-)
>
> ok, I pulled the backing plate for my hardpoints, went to west and got
> barrel nut and the right size screews wanted everthing to look nice for
> a piture, now my problem, I am not sure what those schaffer backing
> plates are made of but I just watched them take out a bouch titiaun high
> speed drill bit, 700 rpm drill press using cutting oil. That is f-cking
> hard stuff and not the 316 i know. Any idea's what to drill them with?
>
> MJM
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