A question for Small Bear (or anyone) about powder coated enclosures

[boogietube]

Has anyone had any experience drilling out the powder coated enclosures that Small Bear sells? If so, are there any precautions /advice that anyone has? I am worried that if I order some that I will chip the powder coat when I drill through it. That would SUCK!!
Second question: Will the dark T-shirt transfer method work on these enclosures?
Thanks!!
Sean

[Dave_B]

Apparently chipping is not an issue.  Check out the post from theundeadelvis at the top of this page.

Or you can try the search terms: powdercoat chip

[boogietube]

Great - One answer!!

So now the T-shirt transfer issue? Anyone?
Sean

[Processaurus]

Hi, chipping hasn't been an issue for me, but if you use a vise to hold it while drilling, you want to stick something like a piece of plastic or hard rubber between the paint and the metal of the vise, because the pressure can mar the paint.

Also, on the powder coated boxes I've gotten from small bear and pedal parts plus (nice colors selection there, BTW) I've had to use a big drill bit as a countersink bit to carve the paint out of one or two of the screw recesses in the lid, so that the lid gets grounded properly to the main box by that screw.  Or you could scrape some of the paint off the ledge where the lid meets the box, but thats a bit more work because you have to do both sides.