DCC Impulses Column - 3
Making large holes
Installations frequently
require a large round hole
for sound to get out. Large
drills are expensive and
sometimes difficult to
control.
A tapered reamer comes to
the rescue, especially in plas-
tic models. Drill a reason-
able sized hole and use the
reamer to enlarge it.
Hint:
If you cut from one
side and then do a light
burnish from the other
side, the resulting hole
will be nearly cylindrical.
Stripping fine wires
A good pair of strippers
designed for fine wire is one
of the most valuable tools
you will find for decoder
installation. Yup, they will
suck up the better part of
a $20 bill, but there is no
substitute!
4: My wire strippers. Don't
settle for poor quality.
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3: My tapered reamer that
I use to make the larger
holes.
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MRH-Jun 2013
