Supplier for 1/16" thick wood for faceplate

[FunkyE9th]

Do you hammer the punch or press it with a drill press?

BTW, thanks for the info.

Hammer

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I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

[Structo]

I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

You use that on 1/16" face plates?

[Chad]

I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

Thats a nice looking unibit.What brand is it and where could I get one. Thanks, Chad

[mclmk8d]

I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

That actually looks good; do you clamp it close to the hole for stability on a 1/16" faceplate and use some wood underneath?
Tom, that's my guess.

[mclmk8d]

I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

Thats a nice looking unibit.What brand is it and where could I get one. Thanks, Chad

Chad,
It's an Irwin Unibit 1T...google it...lots of places, including fleabay; even Amazon has it.

[Chad]

Thanks mc. I'll check it out.

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I use a unibit..
You need a drill press but it is quick and accurate.
It takes about 3 minutes to drill all the holes..

[img:320:320]http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/ima ... 101_lg.jpg[/img]

You use that on 1/16" face plates?

I clamp a thin piece of scrap wood to the drill press table and the extra wood acts as a support for the thin faceplate.
Another thing that helps is to use a spring loaded punch and punch the center of each hole.
The easiest way for me is to have a spare chassis and clamp the faceplate up to the front of the chassis. I then use a mechanical pencil and scribe the holes on the faceplate. When you remove it I then use the punch to mark the center of each hole.
The center punch is is used as a basic guide.
This is the quickest and easiest way to drill out faceplates that I have found..