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  1. 20th June 2015, 01:33 AM #16
    Les in Red Deer
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    Drilling at 700 RPM is way too fast and you are heating up the blank which will cause stress fractures inside the blank.
    Slow you drill down to 250-300 RPM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Les in Red Deer View Post
    Drilling at 700 RPM is way too fast ......Slow you drill down to 250-300 RPM.....

    I agree.

    I use epoxy and leave it over night to cure, even when I was using the 5 minute stuff.
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