Drilling Paper?
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- Dyea
Anyone know how to drill paper? Can I use a cheap drill press? I know the normal drill bits for paper are hollow tubes... will these fit into a regular drills bit holder? I want to do the grommet style binding on some print projects and need some advice from someone in the know.
Thanx,
DyeA
- _salisae_0
yes you can use a regular drill. just make sure you have a thick stack of cardboard underneath the area you're drilling
- Dyea0
Cool thankyou, is there a certain type I should buy? (masonry, wood, etc...) Paper bits at an office supply store are about 27 dollars so I could buy one of those but I am unsure if it would fit in a regular drill...
- _salisae_0
ask the office supply store personnel .. they'd know best i'd imagine.
i've always used a regular drill bit. i almost said bill drit.
- _salisae_0
hittin the whisky at work today
- Dyea0
thanks _salisae_
- foreign0
hey, i actually did this last year... drilled modelling cardboard for a project... buy a wood drill bit, set the drill to it's slowest speed (touch sensitive control works the best though, where you can regulate the speed and make it as slow as possible)... do some test runs so you can get used to the speed... also you don't need to apply amy pressure, so if the drill is heavy you want to hold it back almost.
- doesnotexist0
yeah jus tmake sure you have achip board on top and below, a lot of it.
- Dyea0
thanks for the tips!