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center boring wood handles
Posted by:
Phil Overmyer
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Date: November 30, 2004 09:14PM
HELP!!! I've taken up a new hobby, building ice-fishing rods. I have never done any of this before so I expected lots of mistakes. At least I have not been disappointed...lol Okay, I'm turning down the handles on a wood lathe, the problem is that I can't get the hole drilled into the handle straight. I have tried drilling after the handle is turned, I've tried drilling the hole in the square handle stock before turning, I've tried making a jig and securing it to the drill press and then c-clamping the stock into the jig. Nothing has worked. I have turned out about 15 handles and still cannot get it right. Is there a trick? Or will i need to get a lathe that I can center-bore with. Really don't want to do that, wife thinks I'm nuts as it is, watching tv and wrapping rods....etc. Any help would be most appreciated. Re: center boring wood handles
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: November 30, 2004 09:44PM
Phil, Put "boring wood handles" in the search engine above your post, the answer is there in many techniques. Re: center boring wood handles
Posted by:
Mike Barkley
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Date: November 30, 2004 09:48PM
You can center bore with any wood lathe. You don't need a special lathe. You do, however, need a 3-jaw chuck for the head stock and a drill chuck for the tailstok Here is a link to a photo on the photo page showing a PSI Turncrafter Pro mini lathe set up for boring [www.fishingphotos.net] The 2 chucks are from Penn Sate Industries and were around $50-60 for both Mike Re: center boring wood handles
Posted by:
Phil Overmyer
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Date: November 30, 2004 10:08PM
Thanks so much... Re: center boring wood handles
Posted by:
Travis Thompson
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Date: December 01, 2004 12:39AM
mike is right. Its the only sure fire way to get it right. some guys drill the hole first and then mount it on a steel mandrel which also works pretty good but I have a heck of a time getting the holes from each end to meet in the middle so I use the lathe method Re: center boring wood handles
Posted by:
bill boettcher
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Date: December 01, 2004 08:40AM
That is a nice looking lath. Wish I had the room for one, I could do some nice things with it?? Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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