Untitled Gardening Project #6

[xiphmont]

Using a #28 split-point bit, drill three one-inch-deep holes in a circle in one side of each of the 48 cylinders .625" from the center and spaced 120 degrees apart.

Comments

[jered]

Why a split-point bit?

[xiphmont.livejournal.com]

Regular jobber bits tend to 'walk' away from center and split point bits don't. I'm not entirely sure why that is.

[scjody.livejournal.com]

You have some very nice tools.

[yakshaver.livejournal.com]

You beat me to it.

[xiphmont.livejournal.com]

They're actually very cheap tools with alot of setup time ("turd polish") applied. The mill turned out well. Its only drawback now is that it's small. The lathe needs more attention to reach its potential.

The band saw is possibly the flimsiest, crappiest power tool Sears has ever made and I'm only using it until I manage to kill it; I bought it before I knew any better. The Sears drill-press (unpictured), also bought before I knew better, wore out in record time with light use [spindle bearings are shot and not replacable as far as I can tell]. It is sad that the supposedly craptastic imported Chinese machine tools I bought and fixed up are several notches better than anything I've gotten from Sears (although I still like Craftsman hand tools).

The semi-decent tools are the table saw and table/router [as yet unpictured]. They're still consumer grade, but actually good consumer grade.

Nothing I have holds a candle to, eg, the tools in MIT's Hobby Shop.