I proudly present to you these holes I drilled all by myself! I’m rather pleased with my drilling precision, given that this is my first time with metalwork.

The drilling was rather less straightforward than the sawing and filing. My first attempt with a standard metal drill bit failed. After a long struggle, I had nothing more than a tiny divot to show. (This is a trial hole in one of the sawed-off pieces, hence why it looks so sloppy.)

The weekend after I went off to Bauhaus and bought drill bits made for high-density stainless steel. This weekend I put them to use, and the difference was immediate. With them, it was no struggle at all to drill through the steel pipe.