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Default Drilling and tapping 200+ 3/8" holes in 3/4" aluminum

On Sep 26, 10:23*pm, Ignoramus24898

Spot drill if you need to hold +/- .002 location, stub drill maybe +/-
.005, *regular drill maybe +/- .010 or worse. So how accurate
determines answer.


Karl


I will use a spot drill indeed. Full diameter holes with spot drill,
perhaps 1/8" deep, to provide guidance for the regular drill.

i


If I were doing this on a manual mill, I would spot drill with a drill
whose diameter is about the size of the web of the drill used for the
hole.

Dan