800 Tiny holes?

[EricSchimel]

So I'm working on designing another arcade machine:

https://youtu.be/yK8T7HLZfgs

I'm trying to do something different this time, namely on the side panel I want to use firber optic LEDs like these:

https://www.amazon.com/CHINLY-remote...c+lights&psc=1

You see a lot of installations of these on ceilings for a starfield effect. The way you install them is to drill lots of .03" holes through drywall. You then shove the fiber cables in and clip them flush.

Aside from the tedium of drilling all of those holes in the drywall, it's pretty easy looking. I can't imagine you'd break to many drill bits drilling through soft stuff like that.

I want to do this on plywood like baltic birch. I'm looking to do a really dense starfield on each side of the arcade machine, so about 400 holes per side.

Does anyone have experience using a tiny little drill bit like this to drill this many holes? I haven't committed to the design just yet, but I'm thinking about it...