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Maybe another lost post, anyways its been on my mind when I came upon, on Utube, a person using a
plain ole twist drill on a shaper. Gotta try that, I have endless supply on mutalated drills courtesy of
two boys. So I half way put one to the grinder no drill dimension just sharp- stuck in the shaper, you
can dial it in pretty good Its round. Ill tell ya the smoke and chips fly. Thoughts are for roughing
the rust instead of using up my HSS blanks. Just keep it choked up cause they will flex a little. Couple
cold ones and, what if > I stick one in the lathe. Just so, I left a 2" brass round still chucked up from
yesterday. Again setting my rake is easy its round, centered, need a little flat stock on the top so the
allens dont go in the flutes. Im am to face it. Oh my, what a job this is unbelievable. Lets turn a couple
inches, unreal the finish is beautiful. It puts out a continual snake on each pass that looks like a necklass.
The only downfall is, its for right turning. (right & left tools) I never aggreed on that, in shaper land,
left is left
right is right, anyways the opposite side on the drill has to be ground backwards for left turning. There
is no doubt its been done but this has never entered my mind. Im an HSS user and on line and mail
orders is a pain, remember to use the fattest drill you can get in there. Now I will try on another
lathe that will take a one inch drill in its toolpost. bottom line is, drill is HSS can be ground, cheap
always on hand- locally bought. I put this in general cause Its general info. I think. Ill be back I
cant wait to see what a one inch twist drill will do today. sam
plain ole twist drill on a shaper. Gotta try that, I have endless supply on mutalated drills courtesy of
two boys. So I half way put one to the grinder no drill dimension just sharp- stuck in the shaper, you
can dial it in pretty good Its round. Ill tell ya the smoke and chips fly. Thoughts are for roughing
the rust instead of using up my HSS blanks. Just keep it choked up cause they will flex a little. Couple
cold ones and, what if > I stick one in the lathe. Just so, I left a 2" brass round still chucked up from
yesterday. Again setting my rake is easy its round, centered, need a little flat stock on the top so the
allens dont go in the flutes. Im am to face it. Oh my, what a job this is unbelievable. Lets turn a couple
inches, unreal the finish is beautiful. It puts out a continual snake on each pass that looks like a necklass.
The only downfall is, its for right turning. (right & left tools) I never aggreed on that, in shaper land,
left is left
right is right, anyways the opposite side on the drill has to be ground backwards for left turning. There
is no doubt its been done but this has never entered my mind. Im an HSS user and on line and mail
orders is a pain, remember to use the fattest drill you can get in there. Now I will try on another
lathe that will take a one inch drill in its toolpost. bottom line is, drill is HSS can be ground, cheap
always on hand- locally bought. I put this in general cause Its general info. I think. Ill be back I
cant wait to see what a one inch twist drill will do today. sam
