I got some stuff to turn a peppermill as a present, along with some
wood. Which is all fine. Well except for a spring missing from the kit,
but I am sure that can be fixed easily. LV nearby!

But it seems I need to drill out a 1 1/16 diameter hole. the length of
thelower portion of the peppermill. The only drill bits I see in this
diameter are auger bits. I am worried that the pilot screw on the
augerbit will split this nice block of walnut. ????

What do the experienced people use/do? And do you dril them out first
and turn them, or drill after????

John

Eddie Munster wrote:

What do the experienced people use/do? And do you dril them out first
and turn them, or drill after????

John

John,
I haven't made that kit (yet) but I think that if you nose around a bit
you'll find Forstner bits and spade bits in that diameter.

There should be turning directions and a suggested tooling list with the
kit parts. If not, take a look at the PennState website or wherever the
kit actually came from for the sequence of operations.

Ordinarily, I would expect to drill first as:
1) that gives you someplace to put the chuck jaws,
2) if you are chucked on the inside diameter and then turn the outside,
the hole and the exterior are automatically concentric and (drum roll,
please)
3) if you are ever going to split a gorgeous piece of walnut into two
smaller pieces of whittling wood, it would save you a lot of work if you
just went ahead and got it over with. ;-)

Cuts down on the disappointment level, too. Like having a woman tell you
BEFORE the wedding that she doesn't love you and isn't interested in
trying rather than waiting until after the second child is born and you
have a mortgage to carry.

Bill


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Thanks for the reply. I looked around and found some ideas here...

http://www.woodturningonline.com/welcome.html

in the projects section.

John





Bill in Detroit wrote:

Eddie Munster wrote:

What do the experienced people use/do? And do you dril them out first
and turn them, or drill after????

John


John,
I haven't made that kit (yet) but I think that if you nose around a bit
you'll find Forstner bits and spade bits in that diameter.

There should be turning directions and a suggested tooling list with the
kit parts. If not, take a look at the PennState website or wherever the
kit actually came from for the sequence of operations.

Ordinarily, I would expect to drill first as:
1) that gives you someplace to put the chuck jaws,
2) if you are chucked on the inside diameter and then turn the outside,
the hole and the exterior are automatically concentric and (drum roll,
please)
3) if you are ever going to split a gorgeous piece of walnut into two
smaller pieces of whittling wood, it would save you a lot of work if you
just went ahead and got it over with. ;-)

Cuts down on the disappointment level, too. Like having a woman tell you
BEFORE the wedding that she doesn't love you and isn't interested in
trying rather than waiting until after the second child is born and you
have a mortgage to carry.

Bill


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Eddie Munster wrote:
I got some stuff to turn a peppermill as a present, along with some
wood. Which is all fine. Well except for a spring missing from the kit,
but I am sure that can be fixed easily. LV nearby!

But it seems I need to drill out a 1 1/16 diameter hole. the length of
thelower portion of the peppermill. The only drill bits I see in this
diameter are auger bits. I am worried that the pilot screw on the
augerbit will split this nice block of walnut. ????

What do the experienced people use/do? And do you dril them out first
and turn them, or drill after????

John


Lee Valley sell a saw tooth bit at 1 1/16" but never mind that. I've
done a bunch of these. Drill a 1" hole and scrape the 1/16", bit
extensions are much easier to find for 1" bits. If your near LV in
Halifax ask for Dave, you will have your spring and any questions
answered.

wrote:




Lee Valley sell a saw tooth bit at 1 1/16" but never mind that. I've
done a bunch of these. Drill a 1" hole and scrape the 1/16",

Oh man, why didn't I think of that?????

extensions are much easier to find for 1" bits. If your near LV in
Halifax ask for Dave, you will have your spring and any questions
answered.


Nope, Burlington Ontario. They exchanged it no problem. The package I
took back, we noticed. had extra parts in it not needed. Odd

Of to the lathe today!

John