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Old 01-19-2018, 05:24 PM
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There are over 200 Greenlee chassis punches on ebay right now.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that uses drill rod as the center on hole saws. A good tight hole made with a stub drill makes for a more accurately sized bore cutting down on saw rim wander and reaming by the pilot drill.
I can get good accuracy with hole saw diameters by using a hard pilot (non-cutting drill stem okay), just the right speed (VSR), and a good cutting lube.
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