[TheForge] Drilling terra cotta

Dave Brown [email protected]
Wed Apr 17 16:10:05 2002


At 15:29 04/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
>   Runs it fast with drill bits, slow with the pipe.
>
>   She also said not to use a masonry bit or any other spade-type,
>the chatter will give you a hole a lot bigger than you wanted in
>terra cotta or fired clay.

Sorta guessed this is what I'd hear.  Clay pigeons become pieces if you use 
anything other than a regular twist drill.

Now to find a small pump for the water fountain/waterfall so that I can 
size the return to the reservoir and know what size hole I need to drill.

Thanks.

Dave