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<blockquote data-quote="Tim Howard" data-source="post: 6551233" data-attributes="member: 65586"><p>Drilling Hardox 500 is not difficult you don't need tungsten carbide it's much better to use armour piercing drills. I regularly drill from 8mm to 35mm with no issues but you will need to keep them sharp. I use spade drills on Hardox 400 for holes up to 61mm as they saves piloting, they do spade drill tips for 500 but Iv'e never tried them, as tinman said high speed drills will not cope too well on 400 but you can get lucky. </p><p>I use tipped cutters when milling which work well on 500.</p><p>You need a different mind set when fabricating with Hardox as your weld will only be 1/3 of the strength of the steel. It would be better if you cut slots in the main dish so that you can weld your vanes both above and below the spinning disc.</p><p>Hardox 500 needs to have a bend radius of up to 10 x the thickness of the plate and 400 6 x, it springs back a lot and it takes a lot of power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim Howard, post: 6551233, member: 65586"] Drilling Hardox 500 is not difficult you don't need tungsten carbide it's much better to use armour piercing drills. I regularly drill from 8mm to 35mm with no issues but you will need to keep them sharp. I use spade drills on Hardox 400 for holes up to 61mm as they saves piloting, they do spade drill tips for 500 but Iv'e never tried them, as tinman said high speed drills will not cope too well on 400 but you can get lucky. I use tipped cutters when milling which work well on 500. You need a different mind set when fabricating with Hardox as your weld will only be 1/3 of the strength of the steel. It would be better if you cut slots in the main dish so that you can weld your vanes both above and below the spinning disc. Hardox 500 needs to have a bend radius of up to 10 x the thickness of the plate and 400 6 x, it springs back a lot and it takes a lot of power. [/QUOTE]
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