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Peppermill advice requested....
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 |
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Peppermill advice requested....
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 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0663-0, 12/27/2006 Tested on: 12/27/2006 1:52:36 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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Bill
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 --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0663-0, 12/27/2006 Tested on: 12/27/2006 1:52:36 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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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. |
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