I'm not the kind of person that reads a manual before using a new phone for instance. Most of the time I figure things out by myself and like this autodidactic approach. But sometimes this method backfires on me. Case in point: the stainless steel battery box of the CX500.
For this battery box to be mounted on the CX500 there needed to be drilled 4 holes on both sides of the box. I got my trusty drill and a new set of drill bits to do the job. As I started drilling I noticed that there was little progression in the depth of the hole. So I applied a little more force... this didn't help. I thus applied more speed, which I thought was the logical thing to do. Suddenly the bit went red hot and almost disintegrated before my eyes. The bit now looks like pictured below.
After this incident I started searching on the internet about methods to drill through stainless steel. At the first result I found out you should never apply too much force or speed when drilling through stainless steel. Really?
Next time I'll try to keep that in mind.
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