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To drill holes in thin gauge stock sandwich it between two pieces of plywood and drill through, will be a clean cut every time. I cut the outside edges with an exacto blade.
Or, you can ream or bore a hole in a block of metal to fit a dowel pin, make two additional holes for locating pins, cut it in half, then turn the end of a dowel pin to be flat instead of beveled and you can punch really nice holes in shim stock.
That's the idea behind one of these:
Or, you can ream or bore a hole in a block of metal to fit a dowel pin, make two additional holes for locating pins, cut it in half, then turn the end of a dowel pin to be flat instead of beveled and you can punch really nice holes in shim stock.
That's the idea behind one of these:
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