I grab every bed-frame that I find. They are almost always 1/8" thick, w/a 3/4" to 1 1/4" Ell. It welds nicely and I've built all kinds of stuff w/it.
I have a heck of a time drilling it. Right now I am adding LED lights to my ATV. I drilled (5) 5/16" holes...it took me over an hour. I started w/a 1/16" bit....that took about 5 minutes, tops. Then a 3/16" and that was 10 minutes or so. Then I jumped to 5/16"...that didn't do anything. Then a 32nd smaller. I would drill, sharpen, drill, sharpen. Then I heated the metal up red-hot and let it cool slowly, and repeated the drill, sharpen, drill, sharpen drill/sequence (a pun there). I don't think that it went any faster after I annealled the metal.
What should I try?
I have a heck of a time drilling it. Right now I am adding LED lights to my ATV. I drilled (5) 5/16" holes...it took me over an hour. I started w/a 1/16" bit....that took about 5 minutes, tops. Then a 3/16" and that was 10 minutes or so. Then I jumped to 5/16"...that didn't do anything. Then a 32nd smaller. I would drill, sharpen, drill, sharpen. Then I heated the metal up red-hot and let it cool slowly, and repeated the drill, sharpen, drill, sharpen drill/sequence (a pun there). I don't think that it went any faster after I annealled the metal.
What should I try?
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