On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:14:40 GMT, Rick Dipper
wrote:

Any ideas on how to drill a 1 inch diameter hole in a half inch steel
plate ?

Magnetic clamp-on drillpress. Any steel erector will have one, or you
can hire them.

Or a plasma cutter. Or an oxy-acetylene cutter.

Or a _SLOW_ heavyweight handheld drill, like the one I use for timber
framing. A normal drill would do it too (1" isn't really big), but if
it snatches it'll have your wrist off. You might borrow such a drill
from a plasterer, as they're most commonly used for mixing.

You could even do it by hand. It's not that big a hole.
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Smert' spamionam