Drilling holes in metal angle

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Re: Drilling holes in metal angle

Post by FWLR » Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:43 am

Brilliant Tim, :thumbright: :thumbright: and yes you would be able to use again, but i would drill a flat piece of Aluminium and use that has the template. You can always use the ruler again to drill out another piece if and when the 1st one gets unusable.

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Re: Drilling holes in metal angle

Post by Robert Hammond » Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:57 pm

Sorry for the late reply but have just spotted this one. A useful little tool for scribing a line parallel to an edge is a pair of odd leg dividers, which has one leg with its end either curved or angled to run along the edge of the workpiece.

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Post by ge_rik » Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:52 am

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:20 am What a good idea - filed for future use! :thumbup:
Ditto (ie Wot he sed)

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PS Blimey, just seen the original was posted in October - must have missed this one
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Re: Drilling holes in metal angle

Post by DonW » Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:07 pm

A carpenters marking gauge will make a line parallel to an edge.

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Re: Drilling holes in metal angle

Post by Busted Bricks » Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:10 pm

Busted Bricks wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:17 pm Print it, stick it on with a glue stick, centerpunch, drill. That's how I do it.
That was before I got the laser - now I draw the holes in CAD and let the laser cut them 8)

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