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| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: shardian on March 02, 2007, 09:24:26 pm ---Just use your teeth like normal people. Don't listen to these yahoos. --- End quote --- Teeth are jewels, not tools. |
| hypernova:
Easy. Square hole punch. They have 'em at Staples. :) |
| bfauska:
This thread is cracking me up, but on a serious note... If you don't want to file your round holes square (which as we've heard several times is the wrong way), or you don't want to start with round holes and make them square with a file (also clearly wrong) you could use a square hole Punch as suggested by Hypernova, only problem there is his source doesn't provide stout enough punches. We use Greenlee punches at work for our square holes in steel needs, and I think I have seen people discuss similar products for getting a button sized hole (round) into a metal CP also. You can use them with just the punch and a wrench. WARNING, this is a rather large PDF of the catalog, if your not interested in the punch I wouldn't wast the time or bandwidth. http://www.greenlee.com/cat_docs/Holemaking_07.pdf Enough serious suggestions, has anybody tried cutting a round hole and filing it? Later, Brian |
| JustMichael:
--- Quote from: rackoon on March 02, 2007, 04:43:35 pm ---Like the title says I need to make square holes in my metal CP so my bolts holding my joystick wont spin when I tighten them. I was hoping to use black bolts with no screw driver notch on them. Should I try a file or may by a carbid blade in my jig saw. So how is every one else solving this? :dizzy: --- End quote --- If you make a hole all the way through the control panel big enough for the end of the bolt to fit through, won't the bolt just fall right through? |
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