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The existence of a drill is no guarantee that you can actually create a hole. I once was a battle tank maintenance guy and we had to replace a cover placed in f
by nosianu 6y ago
The existence of a drill is no guarantee that you can actually create a hole. I once was a battle tank maintenance guy and we had to replace a cover placed in front of the armor. The replacement had holes in different positions, no problem, just drill a new hole, right? An hour and a few broken drills later we gave up. No doubt there are drills that work on that armor-steel, my point is, depending on the material just any drill may not be good enough. An hour of hard work barely caused a <0.5mm "deep" scratch to appear!
PS: We solved the problem by not solving it. Attaching three points instead of four was enough, de decided. That tank would never see a real battle but was only used for training anyway.
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoTrue. But if it's a PCB drill as (s)he said, then it's likely either solid carbide or has a carbide tip. Hold everything rigidly enough and run that drill at the right speed and feed rate, and there's a good chance that it will drill armor plate.
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoFull product catalog from the manufacturer if anyone's interested: https://www.uniontool.co.jp/assets/pdf/catalog/drill_router2020.pdf https://www.uniontool.co.jp/assets/pdf/catalog/drill_router2...