search  current discussion  categories  kilns & firing - bisque 

fw: drill holes in bisque?

updated sat 7 aug 99

 

Deborah Bouchette on fri 6 aug 99

------------------
Get a =2Aceramic=2A bit. You can buy Dremel tool bits for ceramic or =
engraving, or
Kemper tools makes a ceramic drill bit, too. I used my Dremel to drill =
through
glaze that had filled a hole...it went slowly, too, but it worked=21

---------------------
now 15 years in Oregon
Deborah Bouchette
principal=40aleatoric-art.com
http://www.aleatoric-art.com


-----Original Message-----
From: David =26 Diane Chen =5BSMTP:parishrd=40netway.com=5D
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: Drill holes in Bisque?

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
------------------
After some reading and experimentation, I have been amazed at how easy it is=
to
drill holes in the porcelain leatherhard ornaments and stoneware tiles.
However, I have discovered this a bit too late. I have stacks of bisqued =
tiles
that really need a hole drilled in the back to hang them on the finish =
nails.
(I found this in the archives-thanks to Barb Jensen and Janet Kaiser). I =
have
tried drilling a hole in the bisqued tiles. The progress was slower than
watching paint dry. I used a simple cordless drill with a standard bit. Is
there something that might work better?

Diane, in Massachusetts exhausted this morning. the wolfhounds woke me at =
4:30
because a bat was flying around the house. the ensuing pandemonium at that =
hour
of the morning in trying to keep dogs in and get bat out was keystone =
coppish in
retrospect. well, i did after all, install a bat house about 30 feet from =
the
back door, perhaps they like my house better?