Posted by Jerry in Idaho [64.139.238.43] on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 19:42:05 :
In Reply to: Re: Strange posted by D. Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 19:36:31 :
I have had the exact same problem with some new steel recently. I was making some beam hangers and drilling the holes for the mounting bolts was a real pain, due to what you just described.
I guess if you had a piece of steel that you know is drillable, you could cut out a 2" square and weld a larger piece in that would allow you to be drilling all steel and not steel and weld, which, as you know, can be tricky.
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