Digmixfill Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 I'm putting a ledger plate on either side of a 9 inch wall. A pair of old railway lines sits exactly where the holes need to be. I've drilled a few holes using cobalt bits 4->8->10->12mm, then switching to masonry for the centre. Then back to cobalt for the rest of the steel. The steel is an inch thick or thereabouts, amd It's buggeringly hard too. A mag drill base won't fit inside the web Any suggestions on how to drill these holes quickly? A hole The sandwich
Onoff Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 14mm mm masonry bit. Then switch to a 14mm Morse Cobalt hole saw (the best imo, piss all over Bosch) on a 300 mm extension bar. Use cutting paste too. Temaxol, RTD, Trefolex etc. https://www.uktools.com/av10-morse-master-cobalt-bi-metal-holesaw-14mm-916.html
Digmixfill Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Tennentslager said: Ffs Star Trek laser For the win! 1 hour ago, Onoff said: 14mm mm masonry bit. Then switch to a 14mm Morse Cobalt hole saw (the best imo, piss all over Bosch) on a 300 mm extension bar. Use cutting paste too. Temaxol, RTD, Trefolex etc. https://www.uktools.com/av10-morse-master-cobalt-bi-metal-holesaw-14mm-916.html The steel in railway lines is really hard stuff. I had read online, before I started drilling, that trying to work with anything other than carbide tipped tools would end with me spending time dressing/sharpening the tools. That was very true. I'm sharpening the larger bits after every hole. Do you think a bi-metal hole saw is up to inch thick hard steel?
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