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From: sac90286@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kubla Khan)
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Subject: Re: 3.5" Disk "Notcher" wanted
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Date: 20 Aug 89 20:10:31 GMT
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You're the second person who's mentioned the soldering iron technique; evidently
it's quite popular (you guys must love the smell of burning plastic :-)

Here's one I haven't seen mentioned (but I'm sure someone else has thought of
already): Take your handy-dandy Craftsman variable-speed reversible power drill,
stick an 11/64" bit into the chuck, mark the correct spot using a hammer and
punch, and drill yourself a nice clean hole. It worked great for me! If you're
partial to square holes, Radio Shaft sells a nibbling tool for around $10 or
so which can be used to square out the hole made by the drill (however the 
round holes work fine on my Toshiba drive).

Not as quick and neat as the "Crackpot Engineer Punch", but if you already have
the power drill (and who doesn't?) it's certainly a lot cheaper (and faster than
the soldering iron technique).

Happy Formatting!

Scott
kubla@uiuc.edu
Scott Coleman
kubla@uiuc.edu