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Offlinecthulunicorn
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drilling holes in sgfc
    #23909798 - 12/09/16 11:03 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

hey shroomers,

I just made my first sgfc, and made classic nobb mistake no. 3445-5a: didn't think to research drilling holes in plastic beforehand. I tried a couple of different drill bits. found one that kinda worked, but still ended up with a lot of cracks in my sgfc. couple days later it was still naging at me, and I had an idea.

I've had this big ass nail lying aroung for a while - 6mm diameter. So I cut off a 2" piece with a hacksaw, chucked it in the drill, ran the tip of the nail against a file until it came to a sharp point, and then added a cutting edge to the nail-bit with a dremel tool (with a bit of a relief cut leading up to the cutting edge).

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I just made a new lid with it. 70 holes, not a single crack. It's a mix between melting and cutting, and you don't have to put a piece of wood behind it. you can lean on it, you can run the drill at high speeds... nearly foolproof.

I realise that it's probably easier to just buy the proper drill bit, but... I bet there's one guy out there somewhere who's got one of those nails lying around, or whose local hardware store doesn't carry those special drill bits.
took me about 5 minutes to make this tool. if it looks stupid, but it works, then it's not stupid. right?


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Re: drilling holes in sgfc [Re: cthulunicorn]
    #23909827 - 12/09/16 11:13 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Hey, whatever works! Although.... Kind of funny you went through all that cause you dont need a special drill bit to drill holes through plastc.


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Re: drilling holes in sgfc [Re: Kenetic]
    #23909934 - 12/09/16 11:50 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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kenetic said:
Hey, whatever works! Although.... Kind of funny you went through all that cause you dont need a special drill bit to drill holes through plastc.




well, "all that" wasn't really that much. like I said, about 5 minutes to make this improvised drill bit. and it works a lot better than the ones I tried beforehand.


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Re: drilling holes in sgfc [Re: cthulunicorn]
    #23909993 - 12/09/16 12:11 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Torch and a flat head work well too...


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Re: drilling holes in sgfc [Re: DmTree]
    #23910201 - 12/09/16 01:19 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I have a soldering iron I use for costume and prop building, and now I add making happy little holes to that list.


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