ToddMR
Member
Ed thanks for posting your drilling and turning video for the gator blanks. I am nervous as heck to turn this thing. I did drill it out on the lathe, no issues there at all. I will say the cap tube fits pretty snug. I actually had to take it back out and drill with the 12.5 bit again because all the paint came off my tube due to how snug it was. I ended up using a black perm marker to color that tube instead. It was still a pretty snug fit. The lower section was np with the painted tube. So I might work on rounding the blank tonight. I am still nervous, but will follow what you showed using thin CA once it is round. Using my woodchuck pro with a fresh blade for sure. Keeping my fingers crossed that it all turns out. Using an Atrax rb kit for this one.