Originally Posted by
onehundred80
That's what he said alright but drills are not made from titanium, they are high speed steel drills that are plated with titanium nitride. So he used a steel drill plated with titanium nitride (TiN), these are the gold colored drills you find lately.
The **** you can learn on this forum and to think we lived quite comfortably without knowing this stuff before.
I think someone else said they used a carbide drill on the pin.
Titanium coated strippit punches.. been around for oh what a good 20 years now.. They were fantastic till you had to first sharpen them.. then they still beat uncoated tooling steel by a long shot.
Knowledge is power.. embrace and welcome it..