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Drilling straight holes for narrow tang. Help!
Trying a narrow tang knife out of 1/8" stock for the first time, and having all sorts of trouble getting a straight hole through the thing. Any advice? I've tried it in my drill press and by hand, and the best I've done is a hole 1/4"+ out of true.
Thanks! Jeff |
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i have seen ppl useing a lathe dead center in the hole in the drill press table to hold the botum end of the wood after marking the top and buttum of the peace to be drilled dead center then just flip the wood when thay run out of bit and it matches up prity dead on but you do need some table depth to do it
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If your drill press is level and you make sure the block is level in the vice and use a self centering drill bit to start your hole (then change bits to size you want) the hole should be straight. The key is to use a small level and check all sides of the block and the bit. Hope this helps.
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If you know anybody with access to a lathe that be best. Is plum hard to drill a long hole straight in a drill press.
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I have the same problem. Do a search on drilling tang holes and you will find lots of good tips. A lot of the info was meant to help me. There are great guys on this forum. Their advise helped me alot. I think drilling a perfect hidden tang hole is very difficult. Don't drill it too wide. Also look into drilling a guide hole and burning in your handle block. I still screw up some, but that is just me. |
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Hi Jeff:
I just used a method that is new to me, on a hidden tang handle. I drilled a 3/16" guide hole in the center of the block and burned the handle on. I've read about this process, but this was my first try. It came out a very nice tight form fitting hole. No messing with files, saws and stuff as usual. Used my propane torch. Lots of smoke, but I could feel the handle block burning on and guide it some. Had to push down hard. |
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