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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.
>