Hi Paul here I am just wandering if you help
Me I have some square arcylic plastic
Mulity colors.is there a way to drill a hole
All the way is there a jig at all on the market
To do this I hope some one can help

I use alot of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" acrylic in my grips. I made a jig to hold the squares while using a hole saw in a drill press that also includes a 1/4" hole.. I then use the Flexcoat pilot bits to enlarge the hole. I'm limited to how deep I can plunge the pilot bit by the travel of my drill press. Unhide your email addy, and I'll send some pics, if interested.

Paul,
A lathe with a good chuck on the head stock and a jacobs style chuck on the tail stock makes quick work of center drilling grip material.

Chuck the material in the head stock chuck and then use an air craft extension bit that is long enough to drill the full length of the grip material. Use a relatively slow speed for drilling to avoid burning the plastic.

As long as the bit is long enough, you can drill the full length of any handle material.

This is a picture taken a couple of years ago, center drilling a wood handle that I had turned on the lathe.

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In retrospect, it would have been better to have done the drilling before I did any of the grip shaping. With the material drilled, it can be slipped onto a mandrel for shaping with ease on the lathe.

Good luck

If you have a lathe I'd go the route Roger has suggested. I would add that when drilling plastic, you want to withdraw the bit and clear the flute of the plastic chips every few seconds. Failure to do this can result in heat build up that will split the plastic stock. Generally, you may have to drill, withdraw, drill, withdraw, etc., for 3 or 4 times on a standard length seat insert length.

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For drilling acrylic, you need to sharpen the bit differently than normal. Basically it needs to be a 60* angle and flatten the cutting edges so it is more like a scraper than a cutting edge. There are images on the net that show how. Works on almost all plastics.

Thanks guys we what call mens work shop they a lathe there i might
Take it with me in the morning I did with a bowling ball but I use a
Key hole saw on a drill but I cut crap off and sanded the other and polished
It that was to much work thanks again

Paul,
If you say so!

Jerry Poindexter Wrote:
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> I use alot of 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" acrylic in my grips.
> I made a jig to hold the squares while using a
> hole saw in a drill press that also includes a
> 1/4" hole.. I then use the Flexcoat pilot bits to
> enlarge the hole. I'm limited to how deep I can
> plunge the pilot bit by the travel of my drill
> press. Unhide your email addy, and I'll send some
> pics, if interested.


Hi jerry yes I am very interested thank you
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