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The best way to make a clean hole would be with a sheel metal punch.<BR><BR> Like this <BR><BR>If you can ever find another use for it (to justify the price) and the holes must be exactly 3/4 ...

Generally speaking, you want to match the MIG wire thickness to the metal you are welding together. If you are doing a lot of dedicated sheetmetal work, you should stick to thinner wire such as 0. ...

When drilling into harder metals or creating larger-sized holes, drilling a smaller hole first will make things easier. Goodman says, “A pilot hole will help to guide the bit through the metal and ...

You will need to have the two pieces of metal closely butted together, typically around 1mm apart to help avoid burning holes. Then create a small tack weld on the joint, and repeat with a series of ...

Holes should not be chamfered or have broken edges in excess of 0.005”/0.127mm, and hole tolerances must be held. Force from the press pushes the fastener until the head touches the sheet metal.

With the fate of repetitive motion injury looming due to the need to drill 1,200 holes, [bitluni] took matters into his own hands and built this nifty DIY hole punch for light-gauge sheet metal.

Anybody have a definitive answer on what size pilot hole I should drill in the side of my truck bed to attach tie down hooks using #10 sheet metal screws? I'm thinking 7/64 or 1/8 but I'd like to ...