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does anybody here know how to drill holes through glass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kurt Nelson" data-source="post: 11340" data-attributes="member: 394"><p>I would just go buy yourself a piece of 1/8 plexiglass and make a new lid. It's just as nice as glass and if you leave the plastic protective layer on while doing all your cutting/drilling what have you, you'll have a scratch free lid! It weighs less too! </p><p> </p><p>What I do is I cut a piece to he size I want. Mark out with a sharpie where I want the holes, I measure of course. I then drill them out with a 10 dollar unibit. That's what I call it anyways. Basically what it is, is a step bit. It gauges the holes for you and because it does that it lessens the chances of your plexiglass cracking. I've yet to have a piece crack. Once that is all done, I make up rights and I'll post a picture, but I'll cut to where I want the substrate, if it's for the top you could just cut it in half if you wanted and put hinges on. All together a lid costs me... maybe 10 dollars? Plus time. Bast likes em, I'm going to be making her a couple whenever she needs em. Takes me no longer than an hour to make one, and it gives me something to do. And because it's so easy, I'm seriously thinking about making my own enclosures all together. I like how light weight they are.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Dirtkurt/media/photo3_zpsbf2a6578.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/Dirtkurt/photo3_zpsbf2a6578.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurt Nelson, post: 11340, member: 394"] I would just go buy yourself a piece of 1/8 plexiglass and make a new lid. It's just as nice as glass and if you leave the plastic protective layer on while doing all your cutting/drilling what have you, you'll have a scratch free lid! It weighs less too! What I do is I cut a piece to he size I want. Mark out with a sharpie where I want the holes, I measure of course. I then drill them out with a 10 dollar unibit. That's what I call it anyways. Basically what it is, is a step bit. It gauges the holes for you and because it does that it lessens the chances of your plexiglass cracking. I've yet to have a piece crack. Once that is all done, I make up rights and I'll post a picture, but I'll cut to where I want the substrate, if it's for the top you could just cut it in half if you wanted and put hinges on. All together a lid costs me... maybe 10 dollars? Plus time. Bast likes em, I'm going to be making her a couple whenever she needs em. Takes me no longer than an hour to make one, and it gives me something to do. And because it's so easy, I'm seriously thinking about making my own enclosures all together. I like how light weight they are. [URL=http://s129.photobucket.com/user/Dirtkurt/media/photo3_zpsbf2a6578.jpg.html][IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p225/Dirtkurt/photo3_zpsbf2a6578.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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