[TheForge] Drilling holes in rods

[Blacksmith]

    You can find center jigs in some of the tool catalogs for drilling
round stock. It has a set of drill guides each mounted in a V block
that is placed over the round and centers the drill bit on the
circimference. As I recall they come in sets of about 8 or 10
different bit sizes.

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "magichammer" <dave at magichammer.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 15:28
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Drilling holes in rods


> These rims are made of 1/8 x 1/2 (low dome half round) material made for
> collars.
> I didn't realize that you were talking about making the rim (outer
> portion of the wheel) of 3/8" round.
> I must have missed that. What is the product going to be? I forgot, i
> remember you saying that you wanted $750
> I hope that you are in a better market than I have found. The
> fish-on-wheels are a tremendous amount of work
> and I have only been able to sell two of them at $350. I can't make them
> any cheaper than that.
> They represent a good 3 days worth of work......
> dave m
>
> PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
>
> >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
> >
> >
> >
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