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Title: Drilling a large hole without a drill.
Post by: airmodel on June 11, 2014, 05:59:58 AM
Hi everyone

I recently needed two 35mm holes in perspex. As large drills are expensive I made a boring bar to be held in a chuck. A pilot hole is drilled to stop the boring bar from wandering off center. The boring bar needs to be a neat fit in the pilot hole. I have used this method  on aluminium and steel. If used on metals a very slow speed is used and also plenty of coolant/cutting oil are needed to help the cutting action.

The photos and video show how it works.   http://youtu.be/Mr6hTa7z_AI (http://youtu.be/Mr6hTa7z_AI)
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Post by: Thor on June 11, 2014, 06:16:15 AM
Nice job, I have always drilled such holes with a holesaw.

Thor
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Post by: smfr on June 11, 2014, 04:45:51 PM
Interesting video! I didn't realize that it was so easy to repurpose a microwave oven controller board.  :ThumbsUp:

Simon
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Post by: Johnmcc69 on June 11, 2014, 05:09:32 PM
I'm with Simon, that's slick!

 What are you going to use this on?

 John
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Post by: b.lindsey on June 11, 2014, 07:05:23 PM
Very slick...and a nicely done video too!!

Bill
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Post by: PStechPaul on June 11, 2014, 08:07:08 PM
Pretty good! The power control could be used for something like a heater where there is a lot of thermal inertia and a slow PWM works fine. The PCB in a broken CFL is quite useful as well, as it will drive a 10-15 watt fluorescent tube more efficiently than old style ballasts:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7QJQBSBRCw
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Post by: airmodel on June 12, 2014, 04:21:12 AM
I plan to use it on my vacuum cleaner as a blower for my melting furnace. Before I made this housing it was in the open slapped together with live wires exposed. Now I can use it safely without getting zapped!
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