On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 16:14:37 -0400, (Arch) wrote:

Is there a way to drill dovetails in both sides (bottom and top) of a
bowl blank with a Forstner bit _before mounting the blank on the lathe_
so that the piece will be in line (centered) after reverse chucking)?
Lasers? Vodoo? Luck?


Turn to Safety, Arch
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hate to get picky, Arch, but how do you make a dovetail with a drill bit??

maybe you're thinking of a straight walled recess?

For a half assed answer, I'd think that your predrilled "bottom" hole might not
still be centered after roughing out the piece... might end up with an
eccentric?

I do the tenon or recess with a bowl gouge and square nosed scraper, but you
could rough out the bowl and then drill your bottom recess with a drill chuck in
the tailstock...


mac

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