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Post by Titania on Jul 21, 2008 13:22:33 GMT -5
Hi all,
My hubby got me a Dremel drill press for my birthday, and I want to use it to do some cab drilling. I was thinking about how to hold the cab while I'm drilling, and I wondered if I could dop the cab to a piece of wood. Would that work?
My husband recommended trying foam double-stick tape...the industrial stuff.
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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 21, 2008 14:58:19 GMT -5
Get a roll of carpet tape. It is about an inch an half wide thick double back tape. The foam tape would give too much movement, which will lead to broken bits.
Woody
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Post by johnjsgems on Jul 22, 2008 22:31:31 GMT -5
Dopping to a piece of wood would work great. Place the whole thing in a shallow water pan. Mark the drill the depth of the cab and slow way down right near the end. That and dop wax will eliminate "blowing out" the back side. Also remember to apply very light pressure and back off allowing the rock dust to float up out of the hole.
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Post by Woodyrock on Jul 23, 2008 1:55:30 GMT -5
Sticking a waster slab to the back with sodium silicate (water glass) was the old method to prevent blowout. Even though it dissolves in water, if you have let it fully dry (two days) it will hold long enough to drill your hole.
Woody
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jul 28, 2008 16:09:18 GMT -5
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jrtrio
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With10 tumblers tumbling the sound is so delicious!Send me more of those little red fellas, please?
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Post by jrtrio on Jul 31, 2008 3:00:25 GMT -5
Jack, I checked out the link but none of the pictures uploaded. Is something wrong?
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 31, 2008 5:37:11 GMT -5
Nichole Mark your work on both side`s and drill the work from each side.
Jack
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tombodc
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Post by tombodc on Aug 17, 2008 15:49:53 GMT -5
The pics didn't load for me either...
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lynskyn1970
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Post by lynskyn1970 on Aug 21, 2008 16:49:36 GMT -5
i have used putty to hold my stones down. play dough kind of gets slimy in water so i used a good putty that didn't disolve in water. i just got a shallow bowl (water is a must or you will burn up your diamond drill bits) put a piece of putty on the bottom of it and then squished my stone in it and then put the water in there afterwards. also i usually drill my stone before i actually cab it up so if i did have any rough edges or blow out then i could just get rid of it when i worked the stone.
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