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Thread: boring long holes
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15th December 2014, 10:01 PM #16
boring long holes
If you decide to go with your 100x100 and not use the router I would bore from each end and then use your hole as centre each end to turn your post.
You got me tempted to try one just for the sake of it. Pity I have to drive to Sydney in the morning
Keep us 'posted' how you go
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15th December 2014, 10:32 PM #17
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16th December 2014, 10:25 AM #18Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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16th December 2014, 10:50 AM #19
I had to do a long hole jobbie for a standard type angle poise lamp I wanted to make. I just got the 2 pieces on 2" square oak, cut them down the middle on my band saw, routed out the center hole on each side, glued them back together and turned them down as I wanted them and finished up with what I think is a goodie
I also have the hollow tailstock and a couple of augers for long hole boring, but they so easily go out of line and unless I have to use them splitting, routing, etc is by far the easiest and most accurate way to go and on a newal post it isn't going to show..My ambition is to grow old disgracefully. So far my ywife recons that I'm doing quite well! John.
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17th December 2014, 10:10 AM #20Senior Member
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17th December 2014, 11:26 AM #21
Split it, router a groove down both pieces, re-join it and glue two squares of 12mm ply to both ends and turn to shape.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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17th December 2014, 09:01 PM #22Senior Member
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No point fighting City Hall I think, so I will route and laminate as the consensus recommends. I will however machine up a 25mm steel shaft later on and see how effective it is at preventing a wandering bore hole. Many thanks for all your tips, they have really helped me decide which way to go.
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19th December 2014, 03:42 PM #23
We'll be looking for progress pics
Dave the turning cowboy
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2nd January 2015, 02:48 PM #24Senior Member
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Well here goes. After a bit of procrastinating(about 20years actually) and advice from here, I decided to laminate rather than attempting a long bore which at best would probably be 10mm off centre.
Where to get some timber? This bit has been leaning against the back of the shed in the rain for 15 years or more...
Missed a step or two here, but the gist is I cut the big piece down to a size I could put through the planer.
Planed down one side
Out with the V bit
Glue it up
I decided to make this post in 4 sections, the base that gets bolted to the floor joist, the tall spindle thingo bit with the hole in it, the head that has the 3 clicker light switch plate, and a finial on top.
Here is the laminated section taking shape. Not fantastically done, but then I've only been using a lathe for one week, so hopefully I'll get better and quicker.
The finial
Loosely assembled in the shed.
And here is why all the procrastination. Well apart from kids, a few wives, a job, and most distractingly, a BMW F650GS!
The base is bolted to the floor joist here.
Ha! Its up!
And with the switch plate wired up. So now to paint it to match in with the one at the bottom of the stairs, fill in the old nail holes (remember it was from old scrap behind the shed). All up cost zilch, plus countless hours thinking about how the hell was I going to get it work.
cheers
John
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2nd January 2015, 02:57 PM #25
Great looking job there.
Nothing wrong with your turning abilities or wood work what so ever.
Wives? is that all at once or over the years lol
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2nd January 2015, 03:04 PM #26Senior Member
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2nd January 2015, 07:12 PM #27
If that's what you can produce after just a week on the lathe then I look forward to what comes along after a couple of weeks!!!
That turned ourt really well, congratulations!! hat lamp I showed earlier was done exactly the same way other than that the upright was done in two bits. Routing the hole make totally sure that yer 'ole is where you want it. Long hole boring a hole that size would have been difficult to say the very least!
If you had used the shiny bit wouldn't there have been a hole down the middle already?
I'll get me 'at an' coatMy ambition is to grow old disgracefully. So far my ywife recons that I'm doing quite well! John.
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3rd January 2015, 09:54 AM #28GOLD MEMBER
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John,
Very nice work. I really like the shape of the post with the gentle swelling in the middle.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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3rd January 2015, 11:01 AM #29
I did a video on this subject.
Hope it helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCrE...GJQjJvfmVUcE-Q
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4th January 2015, 01:36 PM #30Senior Member
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