[Noisebridge-discuss] Drills and Dremels

Brian Sullivan bjsullivan at gmail.com
Sun Jun 24 23:03:01 UTC 2012


Thanks for the idea, but I've played w/ bow drills a bit for starting fires
or on bone and it won't work in this case. I need to put a small diameter
hole (paperclip-ish)  through the thick shell without splintering /
breaking for a necklace.  Modern technology makes this much easier ;)



On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:03 PM, John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> wrote:

> * Brian Sullivan <bjsullivan at gmail.com> [120624 14:23]:
> > Is there a working tool to drill through some thick snail shells
> > (1/8"-1/4") in the machine lab now? Found one Dremel, but based on the
> > masking tape on it the speed throttle is shot. Saw a thread earlier this
> > week about the chuck on the drill press temporarily out of commission.
> Are
> > there other Dremels or tools that could help with this project?
>
> Your best bet might be to use one of the cordless drills. Not sure
> how hard the snail shells are or the diameter of the hole you're
> after, but the drill bit used should probably not be a standard twist
> drill. Probably an abrasive burr or "precision" masonry bit would work
> better. Not sure how much work you want to put into this, but maybe a
> bow drill could do the job? A quick 30-second search brings up this:
>
>  http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/discovery/SaltPond/sphist5.htm
>
> Perhaps there's someone else on this list with more experience
> drilling shells...
>
> John
>
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