[sdiy] Aluminum Panel Thickness

[harry]

If you are going to drill maybe ONE hole... carbide is OK.
Pro's use Diamond.  And Pros don't like to drill glass either !

H^) harry

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> Chris Bryant <bryantrv at totcon.com> wrote:
> >At 07:43 PM 3/3/01 -0800, Nicholas Pelkey wrote:
> >
> > >Any suggestions for plexiglass?
> >
> >         Or even glass? Drilling isn't too difficult, and I have a 35 year
> >old stereo preamp the still looks great (not a diy, though)
>
> Glass ?  My experience with drilling glass was never good.
> You need hardened drills (maybe carbide?) and one has
> to drill while the piece is slightly under water.
> Or is there a better technique?
>
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