[TheForge] Drilling holes in rods

[PlumDon at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/2005 11:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
dave at magichammer.net writes:


Don, I have made a few wheels for my "fish-on-wheels".  
http://davemudge.freeservers.com/fish-on-wheels.htm.


Dave;
 
Those fish are the coolest set of wheels I have seen. They are splendid. 


The back wheels are about 6" but using 3/8 for the center is  asking for 
difficulty.

Good point. The wheels may look just as good with 3/8 square or 1/4 x  1/2", 
etc. 
 



I  made my hubs from 3/4" pipe, swedged down just like you would do to 
make a  'cattail' except this cattail is only about 1" long.  
Great suggestion. I'm gonna steal it right away. 

I  would suggest getting a "cross-slide -vise" for your drill press. To 
me,  the hard part was getting the center of the hub directly under the drill 
 bit. 
Another excellent suggestion, Dave. I just checked and  Northern has  them on 
sale today for $42.99
 
hope this helps
dave m