Thread: Oil plugs

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Awww, camel dookey. Start doin' this stuff for yourself. The more you do for yourself, the more self-reliant and self-confident you'll become. Toddle down to the local Ace hardware and buy a 1/32nds bit (0.031") and a 1/8th bit (0.125"). Measure the thickness of the plug. Wrap a piece of tape around the 1/8 bit that leaves just a little less than the thickness of the plug sticking out past the tape. In other words, the plug might be 1/2" thick. You should have about 3/8" of drill bit showing past the tape. This will be your drill-stop. Drill the 1/8" hole in the plug until you get to your drill-stop tape. Change bits to the 1/32" bit and finish drilling the hole through the plug. By using the 1/8" bit for most of the work, you lessen the risk of breaking the small bit. Keep plenty of oil on the bits and go easy. If you see the bit start to bow out, like this....(......it's fixin' to break. Back off on the pressure.

Once you see you can do it, drill a few of 'em and sell 'em to your buddies to recoup the cost of the bits and pay you a little labor. It's the American Free Enterprise System at work. If you break a bit or two, so what. That's how we learn.