Could anyone drill me a 5mm hole through 2 x M10 bolts for my front indicator extensions.

Bolts have to be hex head and have no smooth shoulder and need to be 15-20mm long ish.

Cheers,

Pat...

I managed to do this in my pillar drill, just by the cheapest monkey metal bolts you can if it is just for the sva, although i drilled stainless ones, If your struggling let me know

Mike

likewise I managed it with a pillar drill. I used M8 socket cap bolts held in a vice and drilled a 4.5mm dia hole down the middle. Plenty of light oil to lubricate and cool the drill bit and a nice steady feed.

Likewise if you're stuck I'll have a go at it for you.

If you've got a vice it should be possible to do it by eye. Use a drill to do the center hole first, if its way off chuck it away and do another If it's within a mm at the other end go up in sizes to 5mm... Easy peasy....

I also did mine in a pillar drill. It wasn't difficult, and I only lined the vertical of the bolt up by eye, so if you have a square handy it shoud be really easy.

Steve

I drilled a 5mm hole up the length of an M8 bolt with a hand drill. That said, I had to do 4 to get the 2 I needed. Start with a small drill in the threaded end and go up in diameter a bit at a time.

Yip, pillar drill for me to did the trick

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Pat - have you got pillar drill?

Likewise Pat, if you're stuck, you are more than welcome to use my lathe/pillar drill if you're passing.

Cheers

Rich

There was nowt on tele so here you are



u2u me your address and I'll get them in the post tomorrow.

Take care

Rich

this site is great... it really restores my faith in humanity...

Cheers Rich - U2U sent.

Yep - top bunch of people on here that help each other out.

Pat...