A question for the hive mind.
At the shooting club I go to we have bullet catchers that use a 35mm thick EVA sheet as the front of the bullet catcher. When these are shot out we core drill the center out, 118mm, and just replace this core with a new cast round.
The issue is that as the drill cuts into the sheet, the EVA starts to melt and binds the bit.
This works, eventually, but is hard on the drill clutch and wrists!
Has anyone got any experience with these types of materials that could help us with this issue.
The cut portion needs to be cleanly removed, to the correct size, so the new center can be added. Removing the plate entails completely emptying the catcher that is full of EVA granules, so the sheet needs to be cut in situ.
Many thanks,
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