On Mar 17, 10:34 pm, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink? step
> drill bit?
My experience with stainless sinks are that they are pretty cheap
stainless. I drilled mine with a hole saw- no problem. They cut a
little rough but most sink holes have- jeez I'm getting old, I forgot
the word- rings around the things that go in the holes that cover the
edges of the hole. A mind is such a terrible thing to lose. Will you
visit me in the old folks home?
Richard
On Mar 18, 9:36 pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> WD-40 has NO lubricitive properties whatsoever. "WD" stands for
> "water displacement".
>
> -ZZ
>
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:55:57 +0000 (UTC), willim <[email protected]>
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> >"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote innews:[email protected]:
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> >> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink?
> >> step drill bit?
>
> >> Thanks.
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> >Hole saw, use lubrication like a penetrating oil..Blaster, WD-40.. Go slow.
> >Keep the tool as perpendicular as possible to the work surface. When it
> >starts to break through it will tend to grab when cutting thin metal.
> >Light feed pressure will reduce the occurence of finger and wrist repair
> >due to the sudden spin/acceleration of the drill motor in the opposite
> >direction.
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Did this myself and used a (one piece) hole saw (not the kind that
slips into a mult-ring disk!) and oil. Very easy if you go slow and
keep lubricating.
Stoutman wrote:
| What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless
| sink? step drill bit?
Greenlee makes punch sets that you operate with a wrench - that should
work much better than a large diameter drill bit. You might DAGS to
find a distributer...
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> Will you
> visit me in the old folks home?
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> Richard
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No, but I'd be willing to give a couple power tools a good home. ;-)
Puckdropper
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a greenlee punch works verry well i use them all the time you can get all
sizes
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> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink?
> step drill bit?
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> Thanks.
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> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink? step
> drill bit?
>
> Thanks.
Just go slow, that's what my brother-out-law says (he's a plumber). If your
tool goes too fast and it heats up, the s/s will harden.
Using this advice I've used both my tungsten steel holesaw and the jigsaw
successfully as well as drills.
-Peter
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"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink?
> step drill bit?
>
> Thanks.
>
Hole saw, use lubrication like a penetrating oil..Blaster, WD-40.. Go slow.
Keep the tool as perpendicular as possible to the work surface. When it
starts to break through it will tend to grab when cutting thin metal.
Light feed pressure will reduce the occurence of finger and wrist repair
due to the sudden spin/acceleration of the drill motor in the opposite
direction.
x
WD-40 has NO lubricitive properties whatsoever. "WD" stands for
"water displacement".
-ZZ
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:55:57 +0000 (UTC), willim <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>
>> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink?
>> step drill bit?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>Hole saw, use lubrication like a penetrating oil..Blaster, WD-40.. Go slow.
>Keep the tool as perpendicular as possible to the work surface. When it
>starts to break through it will tend to grab when cutting thin metal.
>Light feed pressure will reduce the occurence of finger and wrist repair
>due to the sudden spin/acceleration of the drill motor in the opposite
>direction.
>
>x
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
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> What kind of bit is best for drilling 1 3/8" hole in stainless sink?
> step drill bit?
>
Holesaw. Goes much faster than you would expect.
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:11:30 -0500, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
>Thanks guys! I think I'm gonna get a hole saw tomorrow from the big orange
>box!
You've probably got this done by now, but in my experience hole saws
to metal don't work too well. I think it comes down to what the
finished hole will look like. With a hole saw I have always had the
issue that the final hole has some scrape marks around it where the
teeth touched the metal. I'm not saying it's impossible to get a nice
hole like the other posters. But if I were doing what you are and want
a nice clean hole I'd use a punch. Those tapered bits that were
mentioned are another option I've never personally used one, but have
worked side by side with some that have and the holes those leave also
aren't bad. Keep in mind any hole you cut in metal should be filed and
will not come out as clean as something that was water jetted or cut
with other industrial processes.
And for the WD-40 replies. This is directly from the manufacturers
website: "With literally thousands of uses, WD-40 is the #1
multi-purpose problem solver. It cleans, protects, penetrates,
lubricates and displaces moisture like no other product on earth."