Hot tip for making mounting holes in carpet

[rustbucket66]

I had to make holes in the carpet to mount the seats. The holes were already drilled in the floor, and just the carpet needed holes made. A drill bit piles up material and tears apart the carpet, scissors or exacto knife is hard too. I used the 3 tools to do this, a pencil torch, a scribe or something pointy, and a hole punch. I poked the scribe through the carpet from underneath to show where the hole is and to use as a centering device for the hole punch. Get the tip of the hole punch real hot, then slip it over the scribe and grind it into the material. It makes a perfect hole and slightly bigger than the diameter of the hole. I had to sharpen the tip a little bit after a couple of holes. If the holes hadn't been drilled in the metal floor yet, the floor could now be drilled without the bit getting caught up in the carpet.