Thanks Cpt ... that helps a bit. Now I know how it should sound Yep - I used Bucky Jr. - No. 4.


Couldn't let it rest, had to give it another go. This is with one of my practice panels, 0.08 in. thickness.



Ta Da ...




Not bad - not quite as nice as my Pirate Hero's, but much much better than before.




So now - what did I do differently?

1) Different piece of Aluminium - yep (must be that secret alloy they put in the Lian Li mid-plates that caused my problem)

2) Drilled slower (and calmer), carefully monitoring my "steps"

But - the REAL secret (Can't believe you guys missed this one - or else you were just being incredibly kind and not thinking ANYONE could be this STOOPID) ... Did'ya even know you could drill a hole that big by spinning the drill counter-clockwise ????????


Oh My Goodness (Golly, Golly, Golly, as Charles might say) !!!! While I should be embarrassed, I'm just gonna say this is another great example of what I don't know. And y'all wondered why I got so excited about getting a darn rivet in place