Drilling Through Stainless Steel Sheet

I set my drill press to its slowest speed or run my portable drill as slow as the trigger will allow.

Drilling through stainless steel sheet.

When drilling stainless steel you may freely let the drilling chips get away from the hole that you are drilling. In this video i will show you how to drill stainless steel with regular drill bits and hole saws. Start with a sharp drill and have it turning as slowly as your drill or drill press will allow. Please help support my effort.

Many people have drilled holes into plain old steel with satisfactory results. For drilling it s common knowledge that treating it like any other metal and applying sustained pressure until the hole is complete causes problems such as overheating and occasional breaking of the bit. The reason for this is that any buildup of chips within the hole can cause roughness along the wall of the hole. But working with stainless steel can present challenges during fabrication keeping it clean and free of fingerprints and drilling through it efficiently.

Using high speed drill bits or better is mandatory. Here is the right way to drill stainless steel. On and off drilling. Step drill bits are designed to drill holes in sheet metal and other thin materials.

Stainless steel is not the hardest of metals in its natural form however as pointed out by chip lawson in his piece know how. When stainless steel work hardens it becomes very hard and extremely difficult to drill. It may also cause clogging of the hole that may eventually lead to drill breakage. Drilling stainless steel is not as.

There are also other steps to drilling this material that will make the process easier. In this first quick tips video i show you how easy it is to drill and cut stainless steel when you have the right magic potion. Drilling stainless steel is not as difficult as you may thi.