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Drilling a deep straight hole
I need to make a drill extension guide to finish a project. I want to use a
..090 end mill to manually peck drill a hole in angled face deep in the cavity of a mold. I can get a shot at it with a long bit. I was thinking I would make an 1/8 bit holder extensions six inches long to do the job. That would probably be adequate in itself for this job, but I was thinking I get get within a few thousandths and reduce risk of spin damage by running the "extension" through a guide with one end machined to wrap around the protrusion where the face I want to drill is located. The thing is I don't have a lot of room to work. About .185 clearance on one side of the extension from center. I could turn a piece of stock down to .36 just fine, but then I would be limited in the main diameter of the extension to about .25 or less. I need about 6-7 inches of reach. I have some aircraft drills in appropriate sizes, but my experience is that they tend to flex and wander after more than an inch or two. You know, I think I am just going to make the extension for now and get the job done, but how would you tackle it the other way I described. Remember there isn't much point if it doesn't start out big enough so one end can be machined to set in place... |
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