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Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - doubleboost - 09-11-2012
Hi
Lads
I have been wanting to make a storage rack for R8 collets for some time
I had thought about using wood (but i just dont like the stuff)
Settled in some 1.4 mm aluminium
This was cut to size and bent to fit in a metal drawer
Marked out to give 30 holes
I made a simple hole cutter from some shiney bits of steel i had found under the bench
The pictures tell the story
The studding is 10mm the finished holes 23mm
![[Image: IMG_4286.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4286.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4285.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4285.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4283.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4283.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4281.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4281.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4282.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4282.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4287.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4287.jpg)
Finished job much better than those red plastic tubes
![[Image: IMG_4290.jpg]](http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/john970s0/IMG_4290.jpg)
John
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - Highpower - 09-11-2012
Nicely done John - as always. That is great having a rack that is a perfect fit to the drawer.
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - DaveH - 09-11-2012
John,
Very neat, you didn't harden it then?
DaveH
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - doubleboost - 09-11-2012
(09-11-2012, 04:20 PM)DaveH Wrote: John,
Very neat, you didn't harden it then?
DaveH
What ever it was made from was very tough
It will cut thin steel as well
I think it was a bit of EN8 (the cutting bit)
The rest was just bright bar
John
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - DaveH - 09-11-2012
It did a good job John
DaveH
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - EdK - 09-11-2012
Nice John! That will help keep your collets organized and dust free. That's the sort of stuff you can't buy. You just make it.
Ed
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - stevec - 09-11-2012
Great idea John, I'm gonna file that away for the day when I get a round toit.
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - sasquatch - 09-11-2012
Real nice work,, and love the cabinets with the drawers.
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - f350ca - 09-11-2012
Very nicely done.
RE: Cutting Big Holes In Thin Metal - DaveH - 09-11-2012
Here you go Steve just for you
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DaveH