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   maddog3 | Jul 07, 2006 04:25am | #1

   Lenox sells carbide tipped HS

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   .Wer ist jetzt der Idiot

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   Kowboy | Jul 07, 2006 06:34am | #2

   You were drilling through quartz, not solid surface. You need a diamond hole saw. I bought one from Braxton-Bragg for about $90.00, it's a wet/dry. I drill a 1 3/8" hole in plywood scrap, clamp it onto the deck, fill the hole with water and drill until it's dry and repeat until finished. I attach the bit to a Metabo angle grinder instead of a drill.

   Kowboy

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   DougU | Jul 08, 2006 08:38pm | #3

   Kowboy

   I'm finishing up a job for a contractor that skiped town, needed two holes drilled into granite for an air switch and a gromet.

   The guy came out and chucked up his hole saw and free-handed the cut! He held it at a slight angle and as soon as he had about  1/3 - 2/3  of the diameter of the circle cut he standed the drill up strait and made the finish cut. I was scared shidless thinking that if that drill drifted off track that I'd now have a island counter top in dire need of replacing!

   He seamed to know what he was doing and the wholes came out fine but is this normal? Thinking about your method with the template seams to be mucho smarter!

   Just curious

   Doug

    

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   Kowboy | Jul 08, 2006 09:12pm | #4

   Using my method, as I was lifting the bit out of the hole, the handle on the grinder shifted and the bit took a small chunk out of my splash! Fortunately, I was able to fill it and it was right behind the faucet so it didn't show. What luck.

   The guy you saw has probably drilled thousands of these holes without mistake.

   Kowboy

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   DougU | Jul 08, 2006 09:41pm | #5

   The guy you saw has probably drilled thousands of these holes without mistake

   I'm sure he had, it just made me a bit nervous.  I hired the same company that did the tops and felt comfortable in knowing that they would stand behind there work, pays to use a reputable company!

   Doug

    

    

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   mikeys | Jul 09, 2006 03:13am | #6

   I just had a granite guy use the same method. Scared me too.

   I did notice he had a VERY good grip on the grinder and braced his body well.