[Jewelry making - Article 01664] - Re: [Orchid] Making holes in a plastic tube

[nick]

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    One way of keeping the tube in place is to warm it in hot water and
    push it on to a wooden dowel that is a tight fit to keep it rigid
    enough to drill. Use a slow drill speed to prevent it binding by
    heating up with friction and melting. If you have several to do make
    a little jig out of a metal tube to cover the outside with a guide
    hole drilled through it in the correct position. If your tubing is
    very flexible spray it with plumbers freezing spray to make it rigid
    first (or dip in liquid nitrogen if you know someone who has some- a
    chiropodist perhaps).
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