Re: Drilling Blanking Plates?

["Tracey Gardner" <tracey.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Paul

I was thinking along the lines of getting my local workshop joiner to cut
the plates for me.

Tracey


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:50 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Drilling Blanking Plates?


> Could work - obviously more work. MDF is also probably not as strong
as
> your plastic and will dent, scratch and fall apart easier than
plastic.
> Def shouldn't be used in moist environments, but that's probably not
an
> issue? Fixing screws might also pull through the material easier if
over
> tightened.
>
> But I think the biggest issue is that you'd have to probably spend a
fair
> bit of time making up the plates, especially if you want a really
> good/square finish. Depends what woodworking kit you have - router and
> router table etc?
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Tracey Gardner
> Sent: 19 July 2013 09:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Drilling Blanking Plates?
>
>
> It suddenly occurred to me, why am I thinking about drilling hard
plastic
> blanking plates?
> Why not use 9mm MDF sheet cut to blanking plate sizes and drill that?
> It could be undercoated and eggshelled or glossed, to the colour of
your
> choice.
>
> Your thoughts/comments, on my hair-brained idea, would be welcome :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> Tracey
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