Step 4: Drilling
The amount of disks you can drill at once will depend upon the thickness of the jig you've built. I found if I didn't fill the jig the bottom of my plunge router attachment wouldn't press on the CDs and they'd rattle as I drilled. My jig fitted 14 disks at a time.
The loose block of wood you can see in the photo is to knock all of the disks into the correct alignment.
Once aligned correctly, drill through the disks quickly, in several plunging motions. Once all the way through all disks, remove them from the jig as soon as possible. They will have melted together slightly from the heat of the bit. Separate them from each other with a twisting motion. Before I worked this out I tried to prise them apart and cracked a few.
The loose block of wood you can see in the photo is to knock all of the disks into the correct alignment.
Once aligned correctly, drill through the disks quickly, in several plunging motions. Once all the way through all disks, remove them from the jig as soon as possible. They will have melted together slightly from the heat of the bit. Separate them from each other with a twisting motion. Before I worked this out I tried to prise them apart and cracked a few.
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mae-kitty
says:
Feb 28, 2010. 10:37 AMReply
Really like how you're doing all o this. But for the drilling, its easier to get a disk spindle and drill the top cover, then you have a guiding hole and then you can position the base onto a drill press or something and drill straight down. Depending on the length of your bit you can do 25, 50, or 100 at a time. Great DIY
surroundsound5000
in reply to Feb 28, 2010. 3:15 PMReply
Awesome idea. If you just attach a CD spindle pack to your bench drill you could get through them in no time.
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