Idle way rich

what I did was to drill an 1/8 th hole in each primary throttle plate to let a little more air in with out drawing more fuel - re adjust mixture and idle speed and it should lean right down
this is a band aid fix, do it right, do you have removable air bleeds? if not, drill and tap the high and low speed circuit's and put jets in them, I am assuming when you turn your corner idle screws in they don't do much correct? if you turn them almost all the way in can you kill the engine off?