Would you do this?
Ron in Drums PA
>This was in the recent issue of a well known magazine. They were explaining how to make finals for a pencil post bed.
Looks scary to me.
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#2I tried that....
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
>....with a 40 pound bowl blank. I'm ok now and the hole in my shop wall is fixed. My neighbor was pretty mad about the bowl blank in his dining room. I have no idea where that drill press went. ;-)
Tommy
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John Lucas
>Ron
I started out doing that very thing and then mounted a hand drill on my workbench with a Lag screw tail center. It works but I don't know why Woodsmith keeps pushing the drill press lathe idea. They even had plans for a mini lathe in thier Workbench edition.
Good mini lathes are so cheap now I would push those instead of jury rigging on the drill press.
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#4Needs a bigger gouge!
Phil Joines Krum, Texas
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Stefan Antwarg
>Following woodsmith plans, I made a similar jig for my drill press and made many pens on it. I didn't have a lathe at the time, so I didn't know what I was missing. I was very happy with the results. But I wouldn't do big stuff on it.
Stefan