I am needing to drill 30 - 36" into the end of a 1" dowel, with a half inch
bit. Built a jug, centering etc not an issue. What I am unfamiliar with is
a bit to go that deep. I tried starting with a standard 5" HSS and followed
with an electricians boring bit, but that just lost center an blew out the
side.

A quick search on google showed various places selling long bits, many
without the lead screw, which it turns out will cause tremendous damage in
end grain g. So I can locate a vendor, but wondering if someone might
already be buying form somewhere.

Does anybody have any experience with something like this? Perhaps someone
has a source they feel is reliable for such things?

Perhaps I am on my own!?

markndawoods

OK, thanks for all the suggestion guys, but we missed the mark, perhaps I
should have explained what I am doing.

I need to drill these holes in 1" dowels, hundreds of them. Hence, I am not
turning these, nor routing them. As I stated, I already built a jig that
affords me dead on accuracy in test runs to center the hole, no problem
there. Somewhat of a production environment. Think of a curtain rod, 1"
dowel, 1/2" hole with a 1/2" dowel sliding into it, another short piece of
1" dowel glues on the other end. The purpose would be to "expand" the
capabilities of the rod. Make sense?

I did find a location for the bits, they are in Crystal Lake, IL. The price
is right, but they want to rape me for 16 bucks for shipping! Anybody live
by Crystal Lake, IL????

I really do appreciate the input!

markndawoods