On 12/19/2004 9:29 AM Duane Bozarth wrote:

"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" wrote:

On 12/19/2004 7:11 AM CR wrote:


"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
j.michael.elliottAT@REMOVETHEOBVIOUSadelphiaDO T.net wrote in message
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On 12/18/2004 6:08 PM Duane Bozarth wrote:



"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott" wrote:

Go back to the template idea...make one from either hardwood or a piece
of angle if you have it (since you said you have a drill press, this
should be easy). Go with a twist or Forstner bit (although if you make
a pilot hole first, a twist drill bit should be ok). To
minimize/eliminate the tearout, clamp a piece of hardwood or flat iron
on each side...

I have only access to the side /inside/ the medicine cabinet. The other
side is buried behind the plaster wall.



Whether there is a 14 mm router bit I don't know, I've not researched
metric sizes, but if it is actually a 14 mm hole required by the hinge,
there has to be a corresponding tool...

Well, I've a 14mm brad point bit coming from Lee Valley, but I expect it
will tear out like a twist drill.




I've used a lot of Soss hinges over the years, but at least when I was
using them they were English measurements...

This barrel hinge comes from Rockler, I presume it is euro or

Asian-sourced.


--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR


Maybe a 14mm end mill used for metal work in a horizontal or vertical
milling machine? I have used them before in a router and drill press. They
leave a flat bottom and have no trouble chewing a clean hole in wood or MDF.

Excellent idea! My favorite vendor for parts mechanical is McMaster-Carr
(www.mcmaster.com) and they don't appear to have end mills with 1/4''
shanks -- only 3/8ths and larger (except for a few odd 3/16ths
offerings). Any machinists reading this NG?



It'll work in the drill as is, of course...you could have a machinist
turn a shank--there's the excuse for that small bench top lathe you've
being eyeing...

Right -- I was thinking of chucking it into the plunge router, since
that thing has pretty much all the parts required to A. prop the router
shaft at right angles to the work piece, B. a means to moosh it into the
work piece, and C. a thingy to stop the moosh action when the tool has
delved deeply enough into the work piece.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR
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