Bore before or after

Re: Bore before or after

Stuart Johnson

>Drill the holes and then plug them (don't glue). After your turnings is completed pull out the plug.

Re: Bore before or after

John Lucas

>Ron

I drill them after turning. I use a brace and bit with an extension. This allows me to eyeball it quite accurately. I would think you could do the same thing with a power drill and extension.

If you make a V block for your drill press and calculate the angles accurately you could simply drill it on the drill press.

When I built some chairs years ago I had all kinds of jigs to hold everything accurately. Then I got into green woodworking when I took a Windsor chair class from Curtiss Buchannan. No more jigs, I just do it the old way. It works well and is much more fun. John Alexander's book on green wood chairs is excellent for instruction.

Re: Bore before or after

jim reasoner

>On the stool I made for my workbench, I drilled the holes before turning the legs. For my limited woodworking skills, drilling the holes at an angle on a flat surface is much, much easier. The suggestion for drilling first and putting plugs in is a good idea if you can get a good fit for the turning process and easy to remove when you are through. Another thing I did that worked out well was to drill holes in the seat all the way through, put the legs in the holes with a slot cut crosswise in the top then pound in a good hardwood wedge. The legs have not gotten loose at all after 6 years.