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Re: [motm] Help Guys MOTM

2002-01-29 by Craig Critchley

Do punches work ok on 1/8" thick MOTM-style panels?  The catalog says up to
.079" thick aluminum.

                    ...Craig

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Stella" <cstella@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Help Guys MOTM


>
> Mouser has a one inch Greenlee punch for $22. I have various sizes of
these for
> XLR's etc. Makes a very clean hole. Charles.
>
>
> "J. Larry Hendry" wrote:
>
> > They make a thing called a uni-bit. (perhaps same as what others are
calling
> > tapered reamer)  They use them a lot at work because they are fast.
Me, I
> > have a 1" drill bit.  So, I do like Scott said and start small and work
my
> > way up.  But, nice bits int he 3/4 to 1 inch range are about $30 each.
For
> > just a few, the $45 uni-but will take you a long way.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jwbarlow@...
> > In a message dated 1/28/02 3:11:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > nate@... writes:
> >
> > I went to Villagers
> > Hardware and found a reamer
> >
> > You specifically want a tapered reamer -- definitely worth it compared
to
> > trying to file out a smaller hole.
> >
> > JB
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