Drilling Stainless Steel

Awesome. Thank you. I'm just opening the hole in a thumb nut and threading it for an air cleaner/carb stud. Similar to what's pictured:



I'm going to try this without breaking a tap, hopefully. Is hand tapping something like possible, or is it just a pipe dream? I've never worked with stainless before and the particular nut I need only comes in 18-8 and 316.


If you use Tap Magic when you're tapping the hole in the stainless it will decrease the chances of breaking the tap. Tap Magic decreases the friction between the tap and the metal.

Treblig