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Originally Posted by iCurtis
Your math is right, but a quarter inch is not a half inch. 
However, Luke is certainly right in terms of time. On Thursday you're far better off removing non vital assemblies and parts than cutting holes if you're a pound or more over. |
Indeed, a quarter inch is not a half inch, but the equation for the area of a circle is pi*radius^2, and drill bits are measured in terms of diameter. So, a half inch bit has a quarter inch radius, and thus the area of the hole is pi*.25^2.