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L5Foye
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Location: Laurelvale, Portadown N. Ireland
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 Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:40 pm Post subject: Drilling Problem |
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| I am currently restoring a vintage turnip sower. The wooden handles had rotted away and I have managed to make new ones. At each end of the handles were metal caps which had rusted away. I got new caps made from stainless steel. They are a conical shape. I need to drill a hole at the end of each cap. I cannot put the caps in a vice as it would distort them. Can anyone suggest a way of securing the caps which would allow me to drill holes? |
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peter scott
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe a little crude but how about putting a similar taper on a piece of doweling and just holding your end cap on the dowel whilst you grind a hole in the pointy end?
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MVPeters
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Drilling Problem |
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| L5Foye wrote: | | I am currently restoring a vintage turnip sower. The wooden handles had rotted away and I have managed to make new ones. At each end of the handles were metal caps which had rusted away. I got new caps made from stainless steel. They are a conical shape. I need to drill a hole at the end of each cap. I cannot put the caps in a vice as it would distort them. Can anyone suggest a way of securing the caps which would allow me to drill holes? |
Can you drill from the inside of the cone?
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JohnDale
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Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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| Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Drilling Problem |
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| MVPeters wrote: | | L5Foye wrote: | | I am currently restoring a vintage turnip sower. The wooden handles had rotted away and I have managed to make new ones. At each end of the handles were metal caps which had rusted away. I got new caps made from stainless steel. They are a conical shape. I need to drill a hole at the end of each cap. I cannot put the caps in a vice as it would distort them. Can anyone suggest a way of securing the caps which would allow me to drill holes? |
Can you drill from the inside of the cone? |
Tight(ish) fit blind hole in a piece of wood & as this poster says drill from the inside - very slowly as it's stainless,cheers,JD.
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L5Foye
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| Thank you all for the useful hints. Much appreciated. |
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