Drilling Through Ceramic Plates

Place your plates on a towel and start the drill somewhere between 1000 and 1500 rpm and angle your drill on the masking tape to begin the drilling whilst at the same time squeezing water from your sponge directly onto the drilling process.

Drilling through ceramic plates.

Woodrow author of a nights shadows diary on amazon co uk. In most cases a carbide tipped masonry drill bit check my recommendations is your best option when drilling through ceramic tile. Cover the place on the ceramic plate where you want to drill a hole with a strip of masking tape then mark the exact point for the hole with a pencil dot on the tape. Unlike a wood bit a masonry bit has a triangular head that comes to point but not a sharp one.

It took only about 10 seconds total. My pot was pretty thin so we were able to easily drill through it in one go. In general there are three kinds of tile. It s made from high speed steel which is more heat resistant than the high carbon steel used in most wood drilling bits.

Place a flat piece of scrap wood on your work bench or the surface underneath the plate. Glass tile is used more as an accent and has only been around for 15 years or so. Porcelain tile looks a lot like regular ceramic tile but it s much harder. Drilling through porcelain can seem like a daunting task but with the right tools and a few key techniques you can easily drill through porcelain for all of your crafting needs.

Drill carbide drill bits tape water bottle safety glasses foam and ear protection not pictured. These bits are more refined and far better able to bore through the ceramic structure without cracking it than regular bits. The masking tape will prevent the drill bit from slipping when you begin drilling though it. Hi all just a short video showing me drilling a hole in a plates for a cake stand filmed by s.

If your pot is quite thick make sure to blow off the ceramic dust as it piles up. 1 all the tools needed for drilling through fired ceramic. 3 use the drill at a slow and steady pace. You can buy specialty bits for drilling through ceramic but a regular masonry bit will also do the job.

2 spray water on the piece before drilling.