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Drilling Pen Blanks on the Lathe Tutorial
- Thread starter Walter
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billyb_imp
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Great tutorial Walter, Thank you 
chas_41_uk
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Bigblackdog
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Thanks for the guide.
Penpal
Grand Master
Just rereading this morning Monday here clear and clean drilling is so important we owe a debt of gratitude to you for your clear and clean descriptions, bravo Walter.:bravo::bravo::bravo::thanxs:
penfold1
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GOOD tut??? surely is was a KING tut.....Was going to ASP for some new drill bits but CHEOPS are shut..
wm460
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Thanks for posting Walter.
Thanks chaps. I will be doing an extended version to include pillar drills for an article in Woodturning later in 2015 (Probably April or May) Once it is published I will provide a link to that one too.
donwatson
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Thanks Walter.
Regarding the holding of chuck in tailstock when withdrawing drill I got caught out the other day as the chuck and drill were left behind when I retracted the tailstock leaving chuck spinning at several hundred revs which snapped the drill bit before I had a chance to stop the lathe one of my good bits to.This issue does seem to be a flaw in tailstock design with wood lathes as I have never had any issues with chucks in metal lathes.
Penpal
Grand Master
This incident or one close to it convinced me to take precautions I have never regretted. Thanks mate.
Peter.