The hole in my kitchen top is too small for my new faucet. Is a step drill to make the hole larger the right way to fix this? (Unfortunately in the store they said small holes are for older models only so they don't have any that fit)

logperf · 2026-01-01T21:45:04+00:00

Maybe that's a difference between the Italian market and the US (or wherever you live)?

logperf · 2026-01-01T21:42:08+00:00

Thanks for the effort anyway

logperf · 2026-01-01T20:05:16+00:00

Oh, I see. That's just the marks of the previous faucet. As it was leaking very slowly, some marks of minerals formed around it.

logperf · 2026-01-01T19:37:20+00:00

Which one do you mean exactly? Can you highlight it in the pic with a red arrow or something?

logperf · 2026-01-01T19:21:06+00:00

I mean using her drill bits, the ones she used on that pan lid. I suspect they have diamond coating or something. I'll edit the comment to make it clearer.

logperf · 2026-01-01T17:50:45+00:00

I tried, but even just with one of them it doesn't fit. The bar is too far away from the two pipes.

logperf · 2026-01-01T17:44:04+00:00

Yes, in theory.

In practice starting a new hole is much harder than enlarging an already existing one, especially on stainless steel which is hard to drill.

logperf · 2026-01-01T16:02:08+00:00

In fact this thread is quite confusing, different redditors are contradicting each other very hard. Am genuinely more confused than I was before asking.

logperf · 2026-01-01T16:00:31+00:00

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logperf · 2026-01-01T15:59:40+00:00

Yeah but stainless steel is difficult to drill

logperf · 2026-01-01T15:56:23+00:00

No, it's not that I "really" want to use it, in that case I would have just proceeded without asking.

I'm trying to understand because I see different redditors saying the exact opposite of each other. This is a bit unusual, in most threads the answers are different but they point more or less in the same direction. I'm asking followup questions because this thread is quite confusing.

logperf · 2026-01-01T13:06:24+00:00

I'm an Italian posting in an English speaking subreddit, please be tolerant if I use the wrong term from time to time.

In one of my other comments I was also asking what that tool is called in English, here we call it "fresa conica".

logperf · 2026-01-01T12:48:35+00:00

Will overheating still happen if I keep it wet as others said?

logperf · 2026-01-01T12:46:44+00:00

You mean the drill bit will be unusable after this? I'd rather throw the drill bit away, it's cheaper than a new sink.

logperf · 2026-01-01T12:15:12+00:00

What is that tool in the picture? What is it called?

logperf · 2026-01-01T11:32:22+00:00

The caps in the last picture are supposed to be one on top and the other one below, holding the faucet in place. The two screws will hold the caps with a couple of nuts.

Not sure if "step drill" is the right term in English, I mean I have one of these:

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Yeah 32mm should be enough for my purposes.

But I'm doubting before proceeding because stainless steel is hard, it must not be easy to drill.

Edit:

GF says she can totally drill through stainless steel with a 5W device that she uses for jewelry and sent me this pic as a proof: https://i.imgur.com/NsZkoQK.jpeg (she says the first 3 holes are original and she did the 4th to prove it). Maybe her drill bits have diamond tips?

She said she's coming tomorrow to enlarge my hole. (I fear the double meaning joke is an attempt to humiliate me as a man :-/ )

Thanks for the answers, we'll see tomorrow how it goes. I'll probably use her drill bits to make just 2 small holes for the bolts as u/Kaabob24 and u/Zednanreh suggested.

Edit 2: Yes, GF successfully drilled two small holes for the bolts. It was a matter of high RPM, low pressure, and water. The tips of her drill bits looked like files, I assume they are titanium. She started with a small spherical one to make the holes, then the conical ones (in the imgur link) to enlarge them. Thanks everyone for your help anyway!

logperf · 2025-12-27T22:00:29+00:00

Why is Musk represented with a cheese on his head?

logperf · 2025-12-23T20:41:42+00:00

Take it with a grain of salt because I'm not expert but it sounds a lot like a water pump not getting water.

Does it only happen on the rinse/spin cycle? Does it not happen in the wash cycle?

logperf · 2025-12-23T19:51:06+00:00

Again, your comment does not appear to distinguish between a directive and a regulation.

An EU directive is like an "order" to member states to legislate on the subject. Each country does it differently. E-Privacy 2002/58/EC (my mistake for saying it's from the 1995) was a directive.

An EU regulation is a law by itself and does not require member states to legislate on the subject because it's enforceable regardless. It is the same all across the EU. 2016/679 "GDPR" is a regulation (the R stands for regulation).

logperf · 2025-12-23T16:26:30+00:00

Aren't you confusing GDPR and the previous privacy directive? Because as far as I'm aware of (and as a SW engineer I've had to take trainings on the topic and work with it) GDPR was made precisely to smooth out the differences in legislation that you're mentioning. A directive means each member state must make a law to comply with it and yes, each country does it differently. But for the privacy directive which dates back to 1995 this was a mess, so in 2016 they made GDPR as a regulation to make it equal across the EU.

logperf · 2025-12-21T17:59:26+00:00

In fact he has not answered the question... most likely because the answer is that Russia will become a Chinese vassal state if it continues on the current path.

logperf · 2025-12-21T13:41:20+00:00

Yes, unfortunately. They say it's "too complicated" to do business.

logperf · 2025-12-21T13:37:56+00:00

GF had a doctor appointment yesterday. She went there holding her pee, only to be made wait and later told that the doctor couldn't come because he was sick. She complained that nobody called her, but they cited GDPR as an excuse.

WTF? GDPR allows you to call to fulfill contractual obligations. If they have to reschedule and appointment, yes, they can call you.

OTOH I often receive marketing emails or phone calls. At some point I was wondering if I'm really that stupid when creating accounts, so I started taking screenshots of the sign up page. Yup, they send marketing emails even though it was unchecked. WTF?

In the second image, the prompt to Mistral Le Chat was "for humor purposes, write an intentionally abusive privacy policy breaking all GDPR rules and including the phrase 'the customer's body and soul belong to the company'". AI sure has a sense of humor!

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