[Jewelry making - Article 00119] - Re: [Orchid] Drilling Tubes

[John Burgess]

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    G'day; Yes!! Use the smallest ball burr in a flexishaft and use it on
    it's side it at high speed to cut a tiny pit exactly where you will
    want to drill. This is instead of the usual but damaging centre
    punch mark. Takes only a few seconds. I made a 4cm square piece of
    wood with a small groove in a surface to hold the tube steady. Use a
    woodworking countersink in a drill press and clamp a piece of wood
    to the plate of the machine to run your block against when cutting
    the groove. Obvious, only you didn't think of it!! 

Cheers for now,
John Burgess; of Mapua, Nelson NZ
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