Joe Hillmann
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2012
- Location
- Cameron, Wisconsin
I need some suggestions on how to accurately drill center-holes in round stock so I can mount it between centers on my lathe without using a chuck (I don't have a chuck).
I am thinking of bolting a block of wood to the faceplate. Turning a hole into the block of wood the size of the piece I want to center drill then support the other end with some type of homemade steady rest which will then allow me to use the tailstock to drill the hole, flip the piece around and drill the other end. It just seems that there must be an easier way to drill the center holes then to go through all that and am wondering if someone could tell me the proper way to do it.
I am thinking of bolting a block of wood to the faceplate. Turning a hole into the block of wood the size of the piece I want to center drill then support the other end with some type of homemade steady rest which will then allow me to use the tailstock to drill the hole, flip the piece around and drill the other end. It just seems that there must be an easier way to drill the center holes then to go through all that and am wondering if someone could tell me the proper way to do it.