drilling

Hello, I'm looking to replace my mini wood lathe with a Sherline metal lathe, in order to be able to work with metals and make more accurate cuts as well. I'm planning on drilling in woods, plastics, rubbers, as well as non-ferrous metals like Aluminum and Brass for my kitless work. I saw that...

I have a Nova II Comet lathe. I have been turning pens for a while but have gotten a few unique requests to create a unique pen. One that is drilled on one end only. Think of it as a pool cue or drum stick. I have built a couple of these the best way I know how to, and they have come out good...

received this lovely diamondcast blank, a slim one, measuring 15mm diam, had to use it on a nice kit, so chose an atrax, the cap uses a 12.5 mm drill bit, was close but just made it!!

I have drilled several pieces of acrylic and had no trouble. This one pen is getting to me! I drilled it on the lathe, as the others, but the hole is larger on one end than the other. When I inserted the tube, there is a big gap on one end of the blank. I checked some other blanks on the...

After watching the video on another thread, I had stated that I drilled some hardwood on the lathe. The label said 3/4X3/4X36. However, the blanks were a bit loose in the jaws. This is a Supernova 2 lathe with the long pen jaws. As a result, the holes were oversize. :mad: I marked them as 7...

Just got back to making some pens, after 6 months of scrolling, flat work, and non-pen woodturning. My favorite types of pens are segmented, embedded castings, and scrolled pens, with and without casting. Anyway, I know (from experience like many of you) that having a sharp bit for drilling...

I would like to know how some of you drill (accurately) on a wood lathe. I use a drill chuck that fits into the MT2 on the tail stock. As soon as I loosen the quill to advance the drill, it chatters and wobbles all over the place, even if I am holding it at the base of the chuck to steady it...

I recently started turning a lot of acrylic pens, and I find that when I'm drilling them out I get a lot of chatter on my drill press which is leaving me with very sloppy holes in the blank, and basically making it unusable. I've tried turning the speed all the way down on the press, drilling...

I know this has been done, (and probably done better), but I was bored today and decided to try making a video. Drilling an Amboyna burl blank on my Jet mini with a PSI collet chuck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1suUVIQpfQ

Here's a cigar pen I made from some of Wolfdancer's Lace Redwood Burl. Thanks again, Rod! Turned between centers and drilled on the lathe. Check out how accurately centered the hole was drilled. Sanded to 1500 wet/dry automotive paper. I used several coats of CA, sometimes adding a BLO wipe...

I'm a new pen turner and am branching out from wood to acrylic. I have found that when drilling a 10MM hole in an acrylic blank that the bottom is breaking out even when I go very slow. Any helpful hints? Thanks!

What's the best way to cleanly and accurately drill a blank for a 5 inch brass tube when my drill press only has 3 inches worth of downward reach? I thought about flipping the blank, but realized that any minor change in any one of the adjustment variables would mean the two holes would be...