Centre drilling without a lathe

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Centre drilling without a lathe

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All of the engineers out there will already be aware of this trick, but if you have a pillar drill and a vice, this link explains how to bore a hole down the centre of a tube without a lathe.

http://vik-olliver.blogspot.co.uk/2010/ ... iddle.html
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Re: Centre drilling without a lathe

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YUP...thanks anyway Wib.... any tips help ...especially the new guys :thumbup:

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Re: Centre drilling without a lathe

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Thanks for posting. I have a lot of experience building kits, but have only recently ventured into scratch building. This is a big help.
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