- 1. Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: David Cole <dgcole01@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:19:00 -0600
- What is the best way to drill a hole in round tubing? I need to drill a 1/4" hole through a section of 1.25" chrome moly tubing on the chassis of my race car. What is the best way to insure the hole
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- 2. Re: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas@adelphia.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:57:58 -0500
- You need a guide that you can make yourself. Take a block of wood and using a drill press, bore a 1.25" hole. Perpendicular, bore the 1/4" hole through the block. If you can, slide this guide over th
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00048.html (8,214 bytes)
- 3. Re: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: Derek <dereklola@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:44:18 -0800 (PST)
- You say the hole has wallowed out over the years. Was there no tube welded into the original holes to take the pin? If not I strongly suggest you simply drill the current hole oversize, say 3/8", and
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00049.html (8,187 bytes)
- 4. Re: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Nadia Higgins" <seamus@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:18:00 -0500
- Could you enlarge the wallowed out hole, insert and weld a bushing in this hole and insert your pin through the bushing? This would be a stronger set up than just a hole and less likely to fail a se
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00052.html (7,832 bytes)
- 5. Re: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:32:03 -0600
- I'm pretty sure Carroll Smith, author of "Engineering to Win" and 5 or 6 other race car builder books, would have said the exact same thing. Tony in Texas /// unsubscribe/change address requests to m
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00056.html (7,735 bytes)
- 6. RE: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:33:59 -0500
- Also consider that just drilling a hole thru the frame tubes will create a weaker spot on the tubing (and a possible point for cracks to start). Welding in the tube thru the hole will greatly increas
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00057.html (7,813 bytes)
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