Martyd3 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 I just love it when something goes as planned. It took 15 mins total. If anyone intends on doing this kind of work more than once, I would highly recommmend getting a table top drill press. It makes a world of difference. No drilling was necessary on the crown side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eton Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Sweet!!! Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Great result, mate! Some time ago Enzo (from RWI) and I tried drilling the lugs on the 44mm case to make it pre-V equivalent, by hand. Oh what a nightmare that was...drilling steel, even just widening the existing holes proved to be a major effort. I applaud you for managing this in 15 minutes, it definitely took us lot longer than that I agree with you, top-bench drill press is definitely way to go for this kind of work, in my case even if only for one case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Nice work, Martyd3! (I must have some kind of magic touch or something. I always hear people complain about this, but I've drilled a number of Pre-V and vintage Rolex lugs, all by hand, without a drill press - And I've never come close to having a problem...They all cut like butta') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyd3 Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 These cut like budda too When I did the lugs on my 1655 ... had the same result. You only need to run into one tough piece of steel to see the value of a drill press. I used to use a dremel to do these. The biggest problem with it, was that the dremel RPM's are way to high. You need 1500 max to cut through steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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