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[MichaelBick]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

If you water jet the holes to a smaller size then drilled them out with the proper size you could save time. You should do that on a drill press though so the drill bit goes into the center of the hole by itself. That's what I would do at least.

We haven't had issues with just water-jetting the screw holes to the final size

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by MichaelBick

We haven't had issues with just water-jetting the screw holes to the final size

True, that should also just be water-jet cut. Bolt holes can be terrible.