[sdiy] DIY panel - rectangle hole

[Tom Arnold]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 01:58:53PM -0500, Scott wrote:
> Does anyone have any ideas of how I can DIY that, without buying any
> expensive equipment?  The only idea I've had so far is to drill it out
> all the way across, and then clean it up w/ a file, but I don't think I
> have enough skill to do that and have it all straight and square.  I
> know they make wood bits for drilling square peg holes, but I don't
> think that would work for metal, as it's basically just a chisel w/ a
> drill bit in the middle.

Here's the normal cheap nibbler people use :
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2289712&cp=&sr=1&origkw=nibbler&kw=nibbler&parentPage=search

Only good for thin metal.  Depending on what you use it might be right out.
You can do a clean job making holes with it if you are carefull and clean up
with a file when you are done, just takes patience.

Another option is http://www.emachineshop.com although that isnt cheap.  You
should also look around for places like this : http://techshop.ws/.

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