Hello,
Thanks for all the help earlier, but now a new question. I had off center holes using my drill press. I went to the Blank Holder from Penn State and am drilling the holes perfectly on the lathe now...with one exception. The holes are always a little too large. I had a 12.5 mm drill from Penn State for the Bolt action pen. Using my drill press the diameter was perfect. But the hole was off center and by the time it got all the way through to the other end of then blank it was so far off center is twas unusable.
So now, with that same bit on my lathe , the hole is perfect as far as centering goes, but .3mm too large. Just enough to make me wonder if I will be able to glue the brass in place.
Any ideas whats going on???
Thanks for all the help earlier, but now a new question. I had off center holes using my drill press. I went to the Blank Holder from Penn State and am drilling the holes perfectly on the lathe now...with one exception. The holes are always a little too large. I had a 12.5 mm drill from Penn State for the Bolt action pen. Using my drill press the diameter was perfect. But the hole was off center and by the time it got all the way through to the other end of then blank it was so far off center is twas unusable.
So now, with that same bit on my lathe , the hole is perfect as far as centering goes, but .3mm too large. Just enough to make me wonder if I will be able to glue the brass in place.
Any ideas whats going on???