As I stated in the link given by Travis, I use a drill bit set where the drill bit size increase in 1/64” increments. I find a drill bit that fits snuggly into the hole of the fighting butt, and turn it by hand until it bottoms out, then repeat with the next size bit until the fighting butt fits the blank. They work great if you don’t have a lathe by gradually increasing the hole size which helps to keep the hole centered.
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If you have a rod lathe you can chuck the fighting butt into the head stock and center drill it with the appropriate size drill bit. However, most fighting butts are tapered or flared, so getting them centered in the chuck can be a problem. I put the fighting butt into the chuck and loosely snug it into place. I now take my live center tail stock and place it into the hole of the fighting butt, and turn on the lathe, this will get the fighting butt centered between chuck and live center. Now you just tighten down the chuck to hold the fighting butt snuggly in place, which allows you easily center drill the fighting butt by using a drill bit in the tail stock.
Norm
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2023 08:30PM by Norman Miller.
