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Oakley drilling

2003-07-30 by J. Larry Hendry

It just makes sense to upsize to the next size bit for the Omeg pots to
avoid all that filing.  Thanks to Jeff for brining it up so we can make our
drilling services even better.
Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Pontius <jpont@...>
> My own experience of Stooge panels with standard hole sizes for Oakley
> modules was that it only took a little careful filing to get the Omeg
> pots to fit.
>
> Omeg pots come with two flattened sides on the screw thread, so that
> filing has the advantage of getting a precise fit with the pot "locked"
> in a particular position.
>
Both of these observations are quite true.  I have done this filing on
several Stooge panels.  The reason I've given up drilling holes in Stooge
panels is that I don't have a drill press, and a punch and hand drill did
not produce results that I was proud of.  I think that changing a drill bit
is easy, and that others that do not have the tools or the skills may
benefit from having the (slightly) larger Oakley Omeg pot holes.  Maybe I'm
lazy (or not that skilled), but I will appreciate having the pot holes
a little larger for the Oakley pots.

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