Originally Posted by
scruffythefirst
Now my wastegate has turned up and I can see what angle I need the pipe inserting at, I'm having a problem getting the hole machined. None of the machine shops round here have a 45mm slot drill (unsurprisingly), cnc time is expensive and will take ages as no-one has any spare capacity.
For the cost of the machining I could buy a slot drill and have access to several different mills. At this rate I could just buy a cheap stainless manifold!
Why do you need a 45mm slot drill? Just use whatever size smaller than 45mm is available and machine the hole to size.
Absolutely every machine shop is going to have a 10mm or 20mm slot drill knocking about.