Re: drilling holes in tablets

[Ellen Shipley]

Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques

I don't do it myself, but couldn't you use c-clamps and a power drill, then 
smooth the holes with sandpaper wrapped around a dowel?

Ellen Shipley

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From: "Linda Hendrickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <tabletweaving@crafter.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: drilling holes in tablets


Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques

Michael wrote:

... we take perfectly good brand new decks of Bicycle cards and
chop them up, drill holes, and round off the corners to sell them...

Could you give your advice about drilling holes in the tablets?  I order 
4-hole cardboard tablets in mass quantities (8,000 at a time) from a local 
printer, and John would like to drill extra holes in some of them for use 
with Andean pebble weave.  He hasn't figured out how to do it so the holes 
are smooth, and so has been using a hole puncher whenever we get an order 
for a pack (one hole at a time -- so I guess it's good there's not much 
demand so far!). What's your secret?

Take care,
Linda

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