What is the best, most efficitent, cheapest way to drill a holes in shells. I have lots of shells that need to get small holes drilled in them, but it seems that shells are very hard and it takes an incredibly long time. I have used a hand drill with an ordinary drill bit and it worked ok but took a long time. I tried a dremel but it just stopped going if I pushed it on the shell too hard. I suppose I could try a large power drill but I am not sure if it would be easy to hold the shell and drill at the same time without something disastrous happening. Any thoghts?

labman

The shells are hard enough to dull a regular bit very quickly. Try a masonry bit if you can find one small enough for the holes you want.

bigdreamer85

I dont know if this will help, but i saw this exact thing on a show on diy.. DIY Video Guide - Crafts : DIY Network theres actually a video for it...