router, or dremle,
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Bob Kennedy wrote: > If you are drilling a hole, that's all you can do with it. If you start to > put sideways pressure on a drill bit it will snap. > > A router is about the best way to go. You can get straight cutting bits that > go down to about 1/8 and that's probably smaller than the screw you will use. > > Beyond that maybe one of those roto zip tools might have something that would > work. I don't own one yet so I can't say. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ralph Supernaw > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 6:33 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drilling slotted holes > > > Hi, > > How do I go about drilling slotted holes? I am talking about those used to > allow wood panels to expand and contract. It needs to be narrow enough that > the screw head won't go through it but wide enough to let a piece slide back > and forth a little. > > I don't think a router would work because of the smallness of the hole. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > Ralph > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
