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[Rob.]

If and when I do jobs that need custom gland plates like that, I normally get the sheet metal shop to pre drill to my requirements. 

Understandably this isn't always possible, you may not know what you need until you get to site. It's often worth paying the few extra quid and save the time in you drilling, especially in stainless steel. 

 

[apprentice87]

Ooooo!!! I like that cabinet thing!! Well nice!!

I miss trefolex, Used to use it when i was about 14m was a green paste as i remember. I know you can still get it, but they have changed it and taken out the "goodness" [bit like creosote]

How do you post photos?? I can never do it, just links to the things off crappy photobucket.

john..

 

[Tony S]

Ever seen steel lock rings melt, yep it makes a mess! 

I’ve seen the aftermath, fortunately I wasn’t on site when the transformer LV box went bang. I didn’t escape sorting the mess out.

 

[Tony S]

Onoff, you can get punches for SS. You only need to drill a pilot hole.

 

[OnOff]

Ooooo!!! I like that cabinet thing!! Well nice!!

I miss trefolex, Used to use it when i was about 14m was a green paste as i remember. I know you can still get it, but they have changed it and taken out the "goodness" [bit like creosote]

How do you post photos?? I can never do it, just links to the things off crappy photobucket.

john..

It's yellow now (maybe a green tinge?). I alternate between it and RTD cutting compound. My missus used to really kick off when I would place a half used tin atop the stove to warm it up so all the swarf sank to the bottom of the tin. 

 

[OnOff]

Onoff, you can get punches for SS. You only need to drill a pilot hole.

I thought 5mm thick stainless was a bit thick for the normal punches? Mine are only good for a couple of mm in stainless if that.

Rarely do complete st/st cabinets like this tbh. The one in the photos was for a job where there was NO CABINET to start with. All the control gear was mounted on the back of a crane's winch housing door with a token folded acrylic cover. The maker's simply couldn't get an off the shelf cabinet in the space. They made later crane jibs a bit deeper to fit a cabinet in. 

The only holes I do now in st/st cabinets are the odd one off in existing cabinets. The rest of the time it's ABS or polycarb and I'll invariably use a Starrett.

 

[Rob.]

I thought 5mm thick stainless was a bit thick for the normal punches? Mine are only good for a couple of mm in stainless if that.

Rarely do complete st/st cabinets like this tbh. The one in the photos was for a job where there was NO CABINET to start with. All the control gear was mounted on the back of a crane's winch housing door with a token folded acrylic cover. The maker's simply couldn't get an off the shelf cabinet in the space. They made later crane jibs a bit deeper to fit a cabinet in. 

The only holes I do now in st/st cabinets are the odd one off in existing cabinets. The rest of the time it's ABS or polycarb and I'll invariably use a Starrett.

Most normal punches like the q-max series will do 1-2mm at most without being damaged.

You can get punches for 5mm, but if you're not doing that type of job often they would be massively cost ineffective.