Drilling Stainless

have you tried cobalt Tim?
I heard somewhere, cant remember where, but it was recomended.
Would that be cobalt 60, the radioactive isotope, or the one used in cancer treatment as in radiography.I wouldnt want to ask for the wrong thing down at the motor spares shop.
CLEM
 
Hey guys, just happen to have a bit of time on my hands at the moment.
When we merge again Tim will be well in front.

I seem to have drilled stainless on POP as a mix of what everyone says here. I used a special tipped drill (may have been Cobalt) and some WD40 and a hand drill and lots of revs but as little heat as possible. Worked a treat. Hard to get started though so need a good centre punch first.
As it was the rear mudguard I could not fit it under my pillar drill so had to do it by hand. Also curving metal makes the drill bit not want to sit nice, hence a heavy clout with pointy object to start the drilling point off.
 
don't drill with mudguard on bike like my friend cos when you pop through the  ss rubber is very soft , being a sheetmetalworker in the food industry hss is fine, nice centre pop , loads of cutting fluid ,sharp drill, slow speed, and plenty of pressure.
 
motoddrob said:
Drikko, my working life has been a Model Maker
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Cool, you'd get on with a mate of mine who builds yachts in his spare time but builds model aircraft and replicas as a job. He is building some stuff for the Quantarse museum in Longreach at the moment. Check out his website, it's awesome! :-

http://www.airwaveyachts.com.au/Aircraft/Index.html
 
Geoff certainly has his priorities right, The model building is his business, yacht building is his hobby. Kinda the opposite to most people :) Another one of our mates had his 26ft yacht 'Volcano' smashed into the rocks at Airlie Beach when one of those cyclones went through early this year. It was written off, but Geoff had it trucked down and is fixing it "for sentimental reasons". A very talented person!
 
Hey Drikko,
That was an interesting site to check out. Beautifully built models. Wish I had clients that had the dosh to built toys like that.
Unfortunately most of my clients were architects and most of them were wankers expecting everything yesterday and changing details at the last minute. Too many all nighters to meet deadlines really spoil the enjoyment of making some of the models.
Engineering models were the best paid and without deadlines. Product design models were the most interesting and working on the movies and advertising was the best fun apart from the egos one had to deal with,  but also well paid.
As far as aviation goes, most memorable, once made a pair of glasses for Dame Edna with a jet liner theme and a interior competition model for Airforce1. Oh yeah a half size thingy that got hung in the atrium of a shopping centre in Hong Kong. Probably some other stuff that I can't remember too.
Love the shots of Lord Howe Island, Spent a few days there once sailing from Sydney to Auckland. Sailed pass Ball's Pyramid on the way,
what a fantastic bit of rock in the middle of nowhere.
Cheers
Rob
 
On the subject of making stuff...I've just completed a development project for a new tricycle. Here's a few pics we took last week. It doesn't quite compare to the fabulous model 'planes shown earlier in the thread but I thought they might be of interest to those of us who enjoy a bit of fabrication
 

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Oh yeah, here's the complete article!
 

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