Drilling Into Carpet

Then drill inside the tubing the surface below.

Drilling into carpet.

What i do is cut a slit in the carpet then using needle nose pliers spred the opening and push a short piece of copper tubing through the slit. Drilling through carpet commonly called an nrp hinge for non removable pin. They re very common in commercial work especially for exterior applications or for areas where you dont want the doors easily taken off of the hinges. The perfect helper for installing drop cable the 4375 carpet cutter and drill guide bores a clean hole in a carpet and serves as a drill bit guide to preven.

Put a piece of rubber hose on the sharp end. Heat the bit with a candle or lighter so it cauterizes or melts the carpet fibers as it goes through them. Insert the drill bit into the hole to remove the carpet plug and then reposition the tool in the carpeting hole and drill through the floor. This holds the carpet back.

I put a piece of masking tape on the carpet with the hole location marked and burn right through the tape. Get a drill bit the size of the hole you want. To drill a hole through floorboards requires lifting the carpet right. The carpet cutter drillbit attachment slices through those melty snaggling manmade fibers like so much mdf and is.

The carpet fibers could unravel and wrap around the drill bit potentially damaging the carpet and stalling the drill. Place it on the carpet and melt on through. You won t find the 4375 carpet cutter and drill guide via your normal tool buying channels but a few specialty tool places such as bt e utility products sell the 4375 online for about 32. First if drilling into concrete be sure to use a masonry bit.

Use a propane torch to heat the butt end just barely red hot.