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| shateredsoul:
I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on this, I have my control panel built already by arcadesrfun, but he forgot the flipper buttons for pinball games, so now i'm drilling my own into the cp. I noticed that the wood splinters when I drill on a piece of scrap wood, and looked it up in saints book, he advices using extra pieces of wood clamped onto the exit hole side of the hole. Jack from arcadesrfun told me to use painters tape to help reduce the mess, i'm not too sure how that works, but I bought painters tape :afro: I'm using a hand held drill with a spade drill bit I don't have clamps, is there any other advice that would work in reducing splintering? I guess it doesn't matter so much if it's on the inside and no one can see it, but i'd like to reduce splintering if possible |
| bkenobi:
1) Don't push the bit through, let the bit do the work. 2) Clamp a piece of wood as Saint says. It is your best bet to avoid carnage if 1) doesn't work. 3) Painters tape won't do much for plywood, but it might help a little for MDF. 4) Get a hole saw or Forstner bit and you will have less damage period. Basically, if being patient and not pushing on the bit doesn't work, you NEEEED to get a couple clamps. You spent enough on the base CP that doing it right is not the expensive part. |
| WhereEaglesDare:
for a good clean hole you have to use a hole saw, yea an arbor bit is1-2 bucks and the hole saw is 10-13 bucks, but it makes a world of difference. a good 1 1/8" hole saw is worth it, and you'll use it for a long time. |
| Franco B:
Forstner bit over a hole saw any day of the week. Just to echo what bkenobi said, make sure you have some scrap material behind the piece you are cutting. You get splintering as the material pushes out as the drill bit exits the piece. Having a scrap piece behind it will stop this from happening. |
| shateredsoul:
ok looks like i'll be investing in some clamps, they're not so expensive. Hole saws look interesting... but when I checked online I only saw them in sets, are they for use with a hand drill? Sorry I'm new to power tools |
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