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Has anyone drilled through aluminium sheet like this before with relative ease?
The problem is not in getting the drill through, it's in getting it to slow down when it hooks up on the back side. Drilling circular holes in thin sheet needs care and preferably a pillar drill. Clamp the sheet down to a backing board and be ready for the drill to get pulled away from you as it breaks through. Punching would be better, but you probably don't want to spend £30 on a tool
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I've been in the workshop when someone hasn't clamped a thin pcb down properly when drilling and seen the resultant half severed finger.
@J0nathan please don't recreate that
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I've just purchased a sheet of aluminium to act as a kick plate beneath some bike hanging hooks.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400887416706?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&var=670430341431&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
It will need holes drilled in the four corners to attach it to the wall, and I am guessing that, although I have the relevant bits, trying to drill through this with my battery powered electric drill is going to be a futile and frustrating exercise? Has anyone drilled through aluminium sheet like this before with relative ease? If not, can anyone recommend somewhere friendly in North/East London that has a drill press and that wouldn't mind doing it for me one Saturday?