Hello,
When I was drilling my Miniwave panel, I couldn't center the punch on the
light bar holes. The LED holes were too small to see what I was doing. I got
around this problem by using a large nail. Since the tip of the nail had a
sharp point, I was able to make a small hole dead center at each LED
position. The nail only makes a small hole in the panel surface, but it's
just big enough to help center the punch afterwards.
Andrew
In a message dated 2/4/03 7:49:00 PM Central Standard Time,
david@... writes:
> At 05:32 PM 2/4/03 -0700, Adam Schabtach wrote:
> >Question for those of you who have drilled Stoge panels with a drill
press:
> >is it still advisable to center-punch the hole locations when using a
drill
> >press, or is the bit not likely to walk? I guess it depends on how good my
> >drill press is, eh? :-)
>
> Definitely use a center punch. After punching the locations, I put some
> masking tape on the face of the panel to protect it from the chips. Then
> pilot drill with a 3/16" or so bit followed by finish size. Use a cutting
> fluid if you have it. A dab of liquid soap will work ok on aluminium.
>