Guess I'll need to add more details...

I bought these tiles at Habitat for Humanity, Not sure of the hardness 
but my wife says they are quite pretty.

Saturday afternoon, I used my 1 3/8" diamond hole saw and an electric 
hand drill. I scored the tile as suggested but broke the first piece 
while trying to do it... I used rocking motion, cleaning the crown 
often, adding water, to no avail.

Sunday morning, Off to CT for a drill press, My wrists could not take 
it anymore... The JobMate, cheapest model had the lowest speed. Brought 
this back home to try it again. Also bought a new bit at HD. Removed 
the pilot bit as suggested by them. After a full afternoon of trying, I 
scored about half way through one hole. There's got to be some trick 
that I'm not aware of or my tiles are the hardest ones available.

Cheers
Guy Castonguay
Ottawa, Canada 

--- In [email protected], "Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi All:
> 
> I've been wasting my time trying to drill holes through porcelin 
tiles. 
> I'm in the last stages of installing a roman bath tub and the last 
part 
> is getting the taps installed through these tiles. What is the most 
> efficient way to do this. Running out of patience... (GRRR)
> 
> Guy Castonguay
> Ottawa, Canada
>
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