Re: chainplates

Sources of metal: Speedymetals.com Onlinemetals.com Both places will cut to length and ship to you very reasonably priced. T304SS is OK if you keep them dry and well sealed. If you drill holes yourself, the slower you turn the drill bit and the more pressure you put on the bit the better luck you'll have. If the drill bit slips on the cutting edge it work hardens the SS and makes it harder. Greg

Use Cobalt drill bits. Not to be confused with Kobalt. http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-CO2147-16-Inch-Cobalt-Jobber/dp/B000AEULWI/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1391400008&sr=1-1&keywords=cobalt+drill+bits+5%2F16 Allen On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Greg Branch <th… [at] hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Sources of metal: > > Speedymetals.com > > Onlinemetals.com > > > > Both places will cut to length and ship to you very reasonably priced. > > T304SS is OK if you keep them dry and well sealed. > > > > If you drill holes yourself, the slower you turn the drill bit and the > more pressure you put on the bit the better luck you'll have. If the > drill bit slips on the cutting edge it work hardens the SS and makes it > harder. > > > > Greg > > > > > > >

you can cut bronze on a table saw into strips and its drills easier than 316 or 304...edward From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2014 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: chainplates Use Cobalt drill bits. Not to be confused with Kobalt. http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-CO2147-16-Inch-Cobalt-Jobber/dp/B000AEULWI/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1391400008&sr=1-1&keywords=cobalt+drill+bits+5%2F16 Allen On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Greg Branch <th… [at] hotmail.com> wrote: > >Sources of metal: >Speedymetals.com >Onlinemetals.com > >Both places will cut to length and ship to you very reasonably priced. >T304SS is OK if you keep them dry and well sealed. > >If you drill holes yourself, the slower you turn the drill bit and the more pressure you put on the bit the better luck you’ll have. If the drill bit slips on the cutting edge it work hardens the SS and makes it harder. > >Greg > >

On 2/2/2014 11:56 PM, Helen Horn wrote: > > > you can cut bronze on a table saw into strips and its drills easier > than 316 or 304...edward And just a warning to people who will use their woodworking table saw to cut metals--you've got to clean it our completely of all wood dust so sparks from metal cutting don't ignite the wood debris. Otherwise you may have a very unpleasant surprise. Chris Campbell > >

My 58 year old chainplates are Bronze. Allen On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> wrote: > > > On 2/2/2014 11:56 PM, Helen Horn wrote: > > you can cut bronze on a table saw into strips and its drills easier than > 316 or 304...edward > > > And just a warning to people who will use their woodworking table saw to > cut metals--you've got to clean it our completely of all wood dust so > sparks from metal cutting don't ignite the wood debris. Otherwise you may > have a very unpleasant surprise. > > Chris Campbell > > > > > >