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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:32 pm    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

Holy Moley!  What kind of drill bit does it take to drill the control stick/base assembly??  It's killing my bits -- I've had to re-sharpen more than 6 times, and I'm not completely thru even the first assembly!

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:41 pm    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

Try some Boelube or cutting oil on the drill bit.

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Holy Moley! What kind of drill bit does it take to drill the control stick/base assembly?? It's killing my bits -- I've had to re-sharpen more than 6 times, and I'm not completely thru even the first assembly!
Jim Gilmore #40317

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:58 pm    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

I used the standard carbide drills, starting with a #30 and working my way up...
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Holy Moley!  What kind of drill bit does it take to drill the control stick/base assembly??  It's killing my bits -- I've had to re-sharpen more than 6 times, and I'm not completely thru even the first assembly!

Jim Gilmore #40317
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:39 pm    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

Get some Boelube. It make drilling the steel MUCH easier. I got a small container of the paste and it has been used by myself and four other builders. Still have a bunch left.I don't remember where I bought it, but it really does the trick. Cool Tool also works well. It is a product used by machinists. A little of either product goes a long way. Use it on taps too. Jim Combs40192N312F > Holy Moley! Â What kind of drill bit does it take to drill the control> stick/base assembly?? Â It's killing my bits -- I've had to re-sharpen> more than 6 times, and I'm not completely thru even the first assembly!> > > Jim Gilmore #40317> > Legacy fuse complete/installing systems> [quote][b]

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

Remember too that low rpm works better on steel.
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Get some Boelube.  It make drilling the steel MUCH easier.  I
got a small container of the paste and it has been used by myself and four
other builders.  Still have a bunch left.

I don't remember
where I bought it, but it really does the trick.  Cool Tool also
works well.  It is a product used by machinists.

A little
of either product goes a long way.  Use it on taps too. 

Jim Combs
40192
N312F

> Holy Moley!
 What kind of drill bit does it take to drill the control
> stick/base assembly??  It's killing my bits -- I've had
to re-sharpen
> more than 6 times, and I'm not completely thru
even the first assembly!
> Jim Gilmore
#40317
>
> Legacy fuse complete/installing systems
>



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:45 am    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

Thanks to all who chimed in.  I had been using standard machine oil to lube the drilling process, which did not seem to help much.  Where can the Boelube be purchased?   I did realize the speed of my drill press was too high, and reducing it seemed to finally do the trick.  Both sticks are now drilled, but it took much longer than I would have ever dreamed.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:15 am    Post subject: Drilling Control Stick Reply with quote

You can get Boelube from Spruce or Avery Tools. My stocking contained a tube of the solid as well as a bottle of the liquid (from AveryTools).

http://www.averytools.com/p-485-boelube--90-liquid-lubricant.aspx
http://www.averytools.com/p-487-boelube--dry-lubricant.aspx

Drill bits last a *lot* longer when this stuff is applied. Also, use it on the fasterners threads when screwing them into nutplates for the first time - makes it go much smoother.

Ron
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