Stan in Oly, WA
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I need to put a sturdy stop at the bottom of a very heavy (maybe 100 lbs.) wooden back gate I recently installed. The gate has a spring closing mechanism on it, but closing will also be wind assisted for much of the year, so it will close with considerable force. I had a nice piece of 3/32" stainless steel plate to mount to the 4x6 gate post, but when I tried to drill the holes it defeated every drill bit I tried. Some of the bits I tried were unused, so dullness isn't the issue. Is there any trick to drilling stainless other than having the right kind of bit? I'm at the part of my life where I don't want to buy any more one time use tools, so if the only way to drill this is to buy a high quality bit, I'll just deep six the stainless and make a new plate out of mild steel.
Stan
Stan