Drill Press Local to Nashua/Amherst/Milford needed

[maddog@li.org]

Hi all,

A little more about the project.

There are two parts to it.  One part is a set of four "shelves" (2' long and 8" wide) of acrylic (not PVC), each shelf is 1/4" thick and has a covering of thin plastic clinging to protect it from scratching, not paper.  My thoughts on these are to clamp them together and drill four 1/4" holes (one in each corner, centered about 3/4 inch in from the edges).

The three other boards are smaller and thinner and will need about fourteen holes of three different sizes drilled in them.  For those I will have a paper template that can be glued to the board, marking the holes to be drilled.

I will get all the drill bits necessary for this, I just need the drill press for a little while, and I welcome any expertise that comes along with it.

Warmest regards,

maddog

----- Original Message -----
As was mentioned, MakeIt Labs has a drill press. They probably have drill bits for plastic as well, though I don't believe they are absolutely required. 

They also have a laser cutter. So, a quick spin with LibreCAD, or many other packages, would produce a quick panel. 

Acrylic would be preferred, but will get some distortion and coloring around the cut. PVC is a no-no...laser cutting that produces nasty gases. 

Mac 

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:15 PM, David Rysdam < david at rysdam.org > wrote: 

Bill Ricker < bill.n1vux at gmail.com > writes: 
> If you can't slow it enough, can you spray-cool when drilling plastic? 
> I forget if you'd want wood bit or metal bit for this ? 

I googled this and it looks like there's a special acrylic bit you can 
use. Looks like a regular bit, but with a much sharper tip. It also 
looks optional. 

Pretty much all my bits are 118 degree tips and I use them on both wood 
and metal with no problem other than the crappy black-coated, Home 
Depot-level ones don't really work on metal. Those go in the toolbox for 
mobile repairs around the house. 

> If this particular acrylic machines at all like Lucite™ (only acrylic 
> i've machined, in a prior century!), it also wants to be machined with 
> its protective adhesiver-paper cover still on, it helps prevents 
> chipping. If you don't have a cover layer, shelf-paper or 
> packing-tape might temporarily replace it ? 

I've been thinking maddog's acrylic is a laser-cut thing he ordered 
somewhere and wouldn't have any paper. MDF/plywood backing would 
probably work. 

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