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Neat tool i found to help drill holes in CP's

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Rawker:

novelty items, next image posted will be a drill with a leveling bubble on it.

seriously though how hard is it to drill straight? if you have trouble then clamp the piece on it's side so you can work in a more natural position.

Jakobud:

You know, drilling holes for buttons, joysticks isn't this hard guys.  Just hold the drill straight and push down...  Most drills nowadays even have bubble levels on the top for you to keep an eye on.

ErikRuud:

Drilling straight is not hard at all and with buttons and joystick holes the holes do not need to be exactly perpendicular.  If you are a few degress off, it won't be noticable once the buttons are installed.

Santoro:


--- Quote from: ErikRuud on March 19, 2004, 08:53:27 am ---Drilling straight is not hard at all and with buttons and joystick holes the holes do not need to be exactly perpendicular.  If you are a few degress off, it won't be noticable once the buttons are installed.

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I would qualify this a bit. IMHO there is room for error, but not a lot.  My experience has been that if the holes are not perpendicular, when you tighten up the nuts in the buttons, the plastic is squeezed out of shape and the buttons stick.   This happened to me on a prototype CP that I drilled by hand.  It looked perpendicular but wasn't.  See the "Buttons Sticking..." thread for related info.

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Dave

ErikRuud:

I did say a "few degrees".  

More than a few degress and yes, you will probably distort the button sleeve.

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