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  • Drilling 600XL plastic

    From phigan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 7 06:47:12 2022
    Does anyone have a suggestion for the best way to drill a hole on the
    back of a 600XL for the monitor port? It replaces the holw for the
    channel selector switch. One website I saw said that a "dowell" drill
    bit would be best for plastic. Thoughts?

    Thanks, all!

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  • From Jer@21:1/5 to phigan on Thu Mar 10 09:53:12 2022
    On Monday, March 7, 2022 at 1:48:45 AM UTC-5, phigan wrote:
    Does anyone have a suggestion for the best way to drill a hole on the
    back of a 600XL for the monitor port? It replaces the holw for the
    channel selector switch. One website I saw said that a "dowell" drill
    bit would be best for plastic. Thoughts?

    Thanks, all!

    I would use a stepper bit and go slow. Little heat may help also.

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