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Old 02-14-2008, 12:18 AM
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A mill would be clearly better, but if it was laid out properly and you had a nice 5/8" bit it would be easy. But most guys can't drill a bunch of 5/8" holes on home shop drill presses because they just don't run slow enough and the bit wobbles while drilling making nice star shaped holes. I added an extra small pulley on mine just to do 5/8" holes because i do a lot of reese hitch work. I also use a 4 flute drill bit that drills super nice holes but its 130 bucks...Bob
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