How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

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Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Looks great. What exactly does a square drill bit look like?

Thanks! It looks a lot like a normal bit with a whole lot more work behind it For these, I center-punched, drilled a pilot, then step-bitted them up to 5/16” (the diameter of the stainless carriage bolts I’m using). I then used 4 pieces of painters tape to ‘draw’ a square touching the edges of the hole, a fine toothed jigsaw blade to rough out the corners, then a triangle file by hand to finish fit the square holes to the bolt heads. PITA, but I’m too cheap to buy the correct $200 punch for 14 holes...

Originally Posted by regan wilson

That looks awesome.

Thanks! I’m liking it, too

Originally Posted by darkhorse970

Very nice! That’s the route I’m planning to finish my bedwood. I love this look!
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Thanks Keith, it does look good. All black with just enough stainless bolt heads to break it up a bit. I’m not sure on the durability of the Behr paint though. I’m thinking a 2-part polyurethane hot rod black would probably be better, but who am I to argue with Mar-K’s test results