Help! Can anyone help me? I am trying to drill thru a British Tank/Motorcycle Dispatch riders helmet & I gave it to the guys in the workshop & they cant drill thru it..I am trying to move the chinstrap attachments to convert it into a para helmet...i also tried aralditing loops on but they just came off..
Any help appreciated
Thanks, Seidler
You need to anneal it before drilling. And/or try tungsten carbide drills.
Mauser K98 at 300m ......will go straight through it 
But the hole is too big if you do it that way.
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I dunno. Once you hammer the dent flat the hole will be smaller.
You really need a drill press to apply pressure and a drill bit which is harder on the Rockwell scale than the hardened steel you are drilling. Either a tungsten carbide or diamond tipped drill bit!
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Tungsten carbide drills won't do it, I have blunted several, as did a light engineering firm I took mine to. The metal will need to be heated up with a blow torch to red hot before you can drill it, but note that this will of course mean it loses some of it's balistic protection. Should still stop a 6mm BB though 
Hmm, a cobalt drill bit then!!?
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Thanks for everyones advice...I will avoid the K98 tho as i think it will make too much mess and just create more problems to sort out...
you should have procured one of HH's FB versions - easy drilling, easy colouring and lightweight
you should have procured one of HH's FB versions - easy drilling, easy colouring and lightweight
i wanted to but he's shut up shop...
AH !! fair enough.
By "HH" do you mean Heide's Helmets? I though Warren (Shoot 'n Scoot) was going to be selling them.
By "HH" do you mean Heide's Helmets? I though Warren (Shoot 'n Scoot) was going to be selling them.
I'm sure he will, eventually. We haven't made any for a while due to piss poor weather and lack of daylight hours after a normal day's work. If anyone else fancies having a bash at them, Stu is open to negotiation on the moulds and masters.
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Hmm, a cobalt drill bit then!!?
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No, I blunted a couiple of those 
Hmm, a cobalt drill bit then!!?
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No, I blunted a couiple of those
Same here,destroyed 3 ,there is no alternative to heating the area you are going to drill to red hot .The helmet is manganese steel it hardens as you try to drill it.
Sold the shell and bought a genuine airborne one ,should have done that before I ruined half a dozen drill bits.
Sold the shell and bought a genuine airborne one ,should have done that before I ruined half a dozen drill bits.
A good solution if you're largely skirmishing and not caring that much about living history esque close inspeciton on a display for example is to bolt the chinstrap on to the actual liner.
A fair few in PBI do this.
On a scrimmed helmet you just cant tell unless you look inside.
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A good solution if you're largely skirmishing and not caring that much about living history esque close inspeciton on a display for example is to bolt the chinstrap on to the actual liner.
A fair few in PBI do this.
On a scrimmed helmet you just cant tell unless you look inside.
Seconded, the guy I bought mine from did just that and it looks fine for a skirmishing lid.
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