Gary, I think you missed the part about "sheet metal". Whacking it with a hammer will change your requirement from hole drilling to dent fixing. Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of gary Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 5:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: drilling through sheet metal?
First thing is get some safety glasses and a center punch. Figure out where you want the holes, and get your big hammer out and put the center punch on that spot and whack it like a Sopprano. Then find a small "brand new" drill bit--like 1/8 inch or so and make a "pilot" hole. Then you can work your way up to a bigger size. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 3:43 PM Subject: drilling through sheet metal?
> Is it possible to drill through sheet metal with a hand drill? I have > cobalt bits and a standard Sears drill. > > My front license plate fell off and the screw that kept it on the > front bumper snapped off. I want to drill another hole into the front > bumper to mount the license plate properly. I tried to drill a hole > into the front bumper for about 30 minutes and could not. > > I've also tried to drill a hole into the pillar where the fire > extinguisher is attached to. I haven't had any luck here either. > > Are there any special techniques? Or, do I need special tools? > > Thanks. > > BTW, I also appreciate all the feedback I got about my surf racks for > the Westy. In a strange coincidence, the guy that sold me the long > board had a set of Yakima gutter-mount racks for sale. Thanks to > people on this list, I knew about the side-mount fake gutters for > Yakima. So, I bought the surf racks from the guy and mounted the > racks pretty easily with some parts I picked up from the local REI. |
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