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Martin Eastburn Martin Eastburn is offline
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Default ARGH!! can't drill small hole in copper

Copper is very soft and needs to be peck drilled.
You take tiny amounts out at a time. Must also keep
it cool. It tends to wad up on drills unless done correctly.

Some swear that milk is the only thing to drill or bore copper.

Martin

On 1/10/2016 3:49 PM, wrote:
Offset the center of the drill