RyanNJ
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I have been clamping the blank to my jig and clamping that clamp to hold the blank but i have experienced the blank catching on the bit and melting/tearing the pads on my clamps is there a better way?
todd can you post a pic of your vise, mine is very crude and i would like to improve on it
I used a parallel wood clamp I got from HF with a small notch cut into both side. May be the same thing Todds talking about. The wood clamp was like 5 buck but worked pretty good.
George Valentine,
where did you get your gadget at buddy?
I have been clamping the blank to my jig and clamping that clamp to hold the blank but i have experienced the blank catching on the bit and melting/tearing the pads on my clamps is there a better way?
George Valentine,
where did you get your gadget at buddy?
At $100 for that vise you could buy a collet chuck and drill chuck and drill on the lathe . It's much more accurate and the collet chuck is useful for other things , like holding blanks for facing (eliminates the need for a barrel trimmer) and any kind of modified kit work , like closed ended pens and is required if you ever want to do any kitless work . George (texatdurango) has a tutorial about drilling on the lathe , I think it might be in the library or it is in the Advanced penmaking forum . I will look for it and post a link .
What do i need to drill on the lathe?
Thanks for the tip... the worst part is i read that article last week (must have been finals that got to me this week)Ryan , here is the tutorial for drilling on the lathe http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/lathedrilling.pdf
Just as a suggestion , and I don't want to catch any flack from anyone for saying this , You really should go through the Library and check out the articles there . There is a tremendous amount of information there that you might find useful . Also learn how to use the search feature that the forum has . Almost any question you might ever have has already been asked several times and the information could be a valuable reference .