1" Thick Aluminum Drilled With Paddle & Forstner Bits

hey YouTube it's Jeff otaku Middle's today I'm going to be revisiting a video I wasn't planning on doing this but over the last month or so I've gotten some interesting comments on a video that I shot back in I think it was like December December 18th 19th 2015 and I did it just for fun I did it to kind of be funny I took a paddle bit this particular paddle did and drilled through three quarters of an inch of solid aluminum and it was a complete train wreck I was just doing it to see if I could get a rise out of people honestly it was kind of like troll bait the drill press I was using the table lock was broken so the table kept moving down as I was punch punch cutting into the material I had the speed up way fast I didn't use any kind of lubrication at all and I was really aware of all of this and it's kind of funny that I do this sort of thing for a living and I go make a video just trying to say haha and everyone's like you know what you're doing but I know but it did raise a couple of interesting questions someone recently asked me well how accurate was the hole and I never measured and I actually just used it in a project I ended up welding a piece of tube into it so I honestly don't know and then somebody chimed in and said hey you should use a Forstner bit well today I'm going to make a video and I'm gonna be a little bit more serious about it this time because there are people out there who genuinely want to know now I'm not going to be using the original pedal bit I'm going to be using a 7/8 rather than a 15 16 and the reason I'm going to be doing that is because I have also bought eBay got myself that sheep 7/8 Forster bit a package in here brand-new never used so I'm going to be making a cut with the paddle bit with the Forstner bit and instead of 3/4 of an inch thick this aluminum is a full one interesting chunk that's a obviously an end cut off of something I found it at the scrapyard and I'm going to test the quality of the whole of shape of the hole and see how good it is against the 7/8 transfer punch to see if there's any wobble or anything like that in the material so this time I'm going to use the building machine I'm not going to use the drill press and I've already set the vise up in such a way that I know that neither one of these bits will come in contact with the vise and damage devices bit so let's load the aluminum and get started LPS tap magic I've never heard the brand before this came with the mill I've never used it but it's specifically for aluminum so we'll be using this for our lubrication alright YouTube here is the aluminum like I said it's a inch thick I did put a little bit of a hole in here just to get her started make sure this lines up okay safety glasses and here we go [Music] [Applause] give us a quick cleaning [Music] all right let me go clean this up alright YouTube here comes the Forstner bit same speed same blue version [Applause] well right off the bat I can tell you there's a lot more effort to get this to move down into the material the bigger surfaces on the bid itself makes it a little bit harder for the chips to evacuate I'm also getting a much finer chip you go [Music] [Applause] yeah there is a significant amount of more down pressure needed to make this cut and it feels like I'm hardly moving [Music] don't know if you saw that guys but the motor actually stopped a little bit it's more important to clear the chips on this bit than it was the paddle bit but I think we can successfully drill this hole keeping that in mind now I don't know if this gets damaged or what the deal is maybe it's just dull but halfway through the cut I really started getting a lot of problems creating and evacuating the chips with these flutes it's not really that hot let's pull it out and take a look now let's see how well this will focus for us oh not too bad the cutting edges don't look too bad I think the issue was as this was cutting and the ribbons were forming it was turning so fast it was pulling the ribbon and pinching it between the side of the bit and the inside of the hole I think that's why it was clogging up so fast we were so deep into the material that instead of the chips evacuating through the top they were getting pressed into the sidewall and binding the bit but the bit is is still in pretty good shape alright YouTube so I'm going to come in got my transfer punch go through the side of the paddle bit first you definitely got some wobble in there and of course your good side just about the same I wasn't expecting a precision finish on this guys I mean seriously if you want precision you wouldn't be using a Forstner bit or a paddle bit drilling aluminium so the holes are pretty much identical as far as size and shape however the paddle bit was a lot faster drilling through it so if you need to drill a series of holes the paddle that is the way you want to go the Forstner bit the plus on that is that the quality of the hole is ten times better than the paddle bit and I'm going to see if I could zoom in so you guys can see what I'm talking about that's the side with the paddle bit not too close come on focus there you go it almost looks like it was threaded and that would take quite a while to buff out if you need to have your holes nice and clean or as the Forstner bit even though it was more of a pain in the butt you need to clear the chips more often it makes a much nicer hole so can you drill holes with these types of bits in aluminum the answer is yes in fact I proved that in the first video do you necessarily want to know you want to use the proper tool for the job at hand this was just more or less to show you that you can do this to get by the addition of the Forstner bit was at the request of a subscriber and I figured what the heck since I'm going to be reshooting this video anyway I might as well make something new well there you have it YouTube you ever wondered whether or not these bits will make it through aluminium the answer is most certainly yes it's not the ideal cutting situation but it can get you by in a pinch I want to take the time to thank all of our subscribers from the old to the new for making us hit a nice milestone that we've been kind of shooting for for a little while we were hoping to hit it in 2016 but we just hit it now today is February 1st the month of January was absolutely tremendous for us in 2017 we gained over a thousand new subscribers and we have hit our long-awaited milestone of 10,000 subscribers to the channel and like I said before we just want to thank everybody out there who have supported us and have stuck with us from the beginning and all the new folks who have come to join us as well there is one favor that I would like to ask and maybe you guys could help us out we are now starting to actively plan videos the way this channel was in the past we filmed a lot of stuff as it was coming into the shop different jobs that we had that we want to share with YouTube community we are now taking the time to actually plan videos go out and get materials for specific projects just to share with you folks out on YouTube if you have the time and you would be kind enough to leave a comment let us know why you started watching our Channel you start watching it because of the welding because of machinery type videos because of the beginning blacksmithing videos that we're doing was it something else a combination of all three that sort of thing just let us know why you started watching the channel and what you'd like to see out here the more ideas we get from you the faster we can implement them and put them out here on the channel now keep in mind this is all it has to stay with inside of the confinements of our budget but we're definitely willing to go out and try something new if you guys are interested in it so once again thank you all for sticking with us thus far and we look forward to making the next video and seeing you again soon thicker

Channel: Jeffrey Santo

Views: 89,868

Rating: 4.8153243 out of 5

Keywords: Forstner Bit, Forstner Bit Drilling Aluminum, Paddle Bit, Spade Bit, Drilling Aluminum, Milling Machine, Darkmoon Metals, Jeffrey Santo, Vered Brandman, Dana Cole

Id: XxGR2ZZCmQk

Length: 12min 22sec (742 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 01 2017