Tips on drilling clear glass needed!

[D]

Dang thats a pretty cool looking bit.

Roy thats just not nice. lolol

Kenny I've never tried those glass bits on a bow.  The thought about them just hit me when I was typing.  I have no clue how they would do on a bow.  As far as the drilling backwards it was when the bow was glued up.  You have built way more and way better bows than I have and your knowledge is way way way more experienced than me so whatever you suggest is probably the best idea.

[Kauz]

Hello,
Lee Valley sell Carbide-Tipped Lipped Brad-Point Drills. I think this would be the best option, as steel will dull on first contact with glass. Furthermore, I noticed that the diameter of steel bits (even HSS) diminishes just enough so that bushings won't get through.
regards

[kennym]

Hey D, probably not!! LOL  I'm just fishing for info all the time!

Kauz, will have to look at those, you are scorrect on glass dulling stuff! Thanks.

[D]

Ok so I brought one of those glass bits home from work I was talking about and tried it on a piece I cut off a limb and.....it was a terrible idea lolol.  Do not use that style of bit. lol  It splintered really bad. Putting a butterknife in a drill probably would have done a better job. lol

[Roy from Pa]

I've never had to drill a hole in a BBO Bow or an Osage Self Bow:) I think you boys are worken with the wrong materials.        

[D]

Roy I've never worked for hours and hours and hours on a glass bow only to have it lift a splinter and ruin it. lolol...I sure do like the looks of a boo bow though.

[Roy from Pa]

Ya I like BBO's too, but they can drive a man to drinken:)

[D]

They drove me to spiking a bow on the floor of my shop like a football when the boo lifted a splinter.  Stupid bow. lolol

[Roy from Pa]

LOL, don't feel bad, I have gone bezerk too on a few bows myself after a splinter blew up.

All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men, couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again. LMAO

[Dimondback]

There are plenty of opportunities for what I call "adult temper tantrums" in both types of bow building.....and sometimes fly fishing in the winter as well...I have been so "hot" I am pretty sure I melted the ice some in my rod guides