Re: Small holes in aluminum

On Jun 4, 7:17 pm, jerry <jerryzakrzew...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 4, 9:48 pm, Anthony <tonytn3...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

plan is to let it run thru night as spotting and drilling will take
way more than a day.
Any suggestions?

Do you HAVE to spot?
How are you deburring the exit?
If you have to chamfer/deburr the hole then maybe drill thru and
follow up with easy burr tool that will chamfer and deburr both ends
with one quick shot.
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