Is there any available tools or jigs that give a quick and accurate center to center drill for already round stock , looking for a better or quicker way. Thanks Leonard
centers to be found
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most hardware stores sell them (even Harbor Freight Tools has them) 
poolcuemaster said:
They are easy to find or make.
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=3046
If you are turning cue stock though you are more concerned with making sure you are getting a center line with the grain. Even if the piece turns off center at first once you true it up you have a better center line. For shafts this is a must.
Thanks guys I have a woodcraft store 4 miles from my home so I'll pick one up tomorrow and probably pay a little more instore than online but no shipping will round out the deal. Leonard
If your stock is already round, why don't you just chuck it up and center drill it. That should be done anyway. You should support the back if you can. By the way I also use one of those jigs from woodcraft. They are great as long as you don't drop them.
good luck, Jim.
good luck, Jim.
Allready round stock?
you can make a jig to make accurate center punch marks very quick. If all are the same size, then use some larger diameter delrin, Face it in your lathe, then cut a pocket with a flat faced boring bar, then center drill it, and drill a hole long enough for a long center punch or a stell rod to slide into. Then put this on top of your round stock, give the center punch a hammer wack, and you have the center located. If your rounds vary in diameter a little you can make this tool with an inside surface like a tapered cone instead of flat. Then with minimal care you will still be able to mark the center, easy huh? But as mentioned earlier it is more accurate to chuck up and center drill, but before i have one hole center drilled I can be tapering my marked and chucked between centers dowel! Call me Len ...
you can make a jig to make accurate center punch marks very quick. If all are the same size, then use some larger diameter delrin, Face it in your lathe, then cut a pocket with a flat faced boring bar, then center drill it, and drill a hole long enough for a long center punch or a stell rod to slide into. Then put this on top of your round stock, give the center punch a hammer wack, and you have the center located. If your rounds vary in diameter a little you can make this tool with an inside surface like a tapered cone instead of flat. Then with minimal care you will still be able to mark the center, easy huh? But as mentioned earlier it is more accurate to chuck up and center drill, but before i have one hole center drilled I can be tapering my marked and chucked between centers dowel! Call me Len ...
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A little more expensive, but this is the one I have and like best.poolcuemaster said:
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3036
edit: Just don't hit too hard with the mallett. I have split Birds Eye doing that
I like that
Looks like its worth the difference not to find the thing and the pencil every time, I like screwing to the wall anyway. he he LeonardTellsItLikeItIs said: