Boring brass

[AjohnwParticipant @ajohnw51620]

Once some one has enlarged a hole in brass they will know that the drill might grab and react accordingly next time. The noise it may make could also concern people. If they have a dodgy tail stock they might even tighten the barrel clamp a tiny bit as well.

Or they could modify a set of drills.

John

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[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

In an emergency, all you need to do after drilling the 1/2" hole is to take the drill out of it's chuck and clamp it in the tool post facing the head stock, angle the tip slightly towards you, and have that flute at centre hight, now just use it as a boring bar, it does work, I tried it.

Ian S C

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Posted by Ian S C on 19/07/2015 13:00:28:

In an emergency, all you need to do after drilling the 1/2" hole is to take the drill out of it's chuck and clamp it in the tool post facing the head stock, angle the tip slightly towards you, and have that flute at centre hight, now just use it as a boring bar, it does work, I tried it.

Ian S C

Or use a ½ in end mill the same way for increased rigidity.

Russell.

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