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Plunge Router with hole saw bit
shmokes:
This website is great. Not only do you all offer great advice on how to build an arcade cabinet you have possibly saved my life :-\
kspiff:
Whoa.. I had been wondering if they made drill guides like that.. maybe I'll get one of these and skip the drill press.. then again a decent drill press can be had for a little over 2x as much if I can catch a good sale.. hm.. hard choice :-\
ErikRuud:
Yes, they have had drill guides like that for years. For a cab builder those guides maybe more usefule than a regular drill press. My drill press, like most of the lower priced ones, cannot reach all the places on a CP that you will want to drill holes. A drill guide on the other hand can be used anywhere on the CP.
I did drill all my holes by hand with out a guide. My drill has a bubble level on the end to help keep the holes straight.
Brax:
--- Quote from: shmokes on March 06, 2003, 02:43:52 pm ---Could I use a hole saw bit in a plunge router to make it work like a drill press for perfectly straight cuts? I suppose the bit might not even clear the opening in the base of the router, but if it would is there any reason to avoid using drill bits in a router?
While we are at it can anyone tell me what size hole saw saw to use for buttons and joystics? I'm sure I can get this information from previous threads so I would appreciate at least an answer to the first question if anyone has an idea as to whether this would work.
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Good freaking god! Thankfully it's already been mentioned but DON'T DO IT!
Don't ever, ever, EVER, E V E R put a bit into a router that wasn't designed to be there!!!!! Holy crap.
I know this hobby collects quite a diverse demographic considering it marrys several very different hobbies. Woodworking, electronics, hardware, software, etc. For those of you that aren't woodworkers, don't ever put something in a powertool that wasn't designed to be there!!!!!! Just don't do it!
You'll look pretty stupid having, "He died while making a Pac Man cabinet" on your tombstone.
Pixelhugger:
KSPIF- if you've got the extra $50 go with the drill press IF it'll reach where you need it. (I imagine the smaller $100 presses are more limiting in how far they'll reach tho). That really is a concern, measure it first of course. The hand held guide is exactly that - a guide. It can definatley be better than guiding by hand alone but it's no where near as dead on precise as a drill press. ;D