Chestnut Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 I know using the lathe with a chuck makes a lot of these operations possible but finding the center of something always seems tricky. I'm not sure if anyone has seen this before but Andy Klien mentioned it in one of his videos and the guide with the centering vise is really appealing and interesting. https://www.rockler.com/rockler-portable-drill-guide-with-vise Any one have any thoughts on this product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Drew I have a version of that (much cheaper) that I use at my drill press and it works great for pen tubes anything bigger I use a drill chuck on the lathe. Mine is closer to this https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Centering-Drilling-Center-Blanks/dp/B003VHWKYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 26 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Drew I have a version of that (much cheaper) that I use at my drill press and it works great for pen tubes anything bigger I use a drill chuck on the lathe. Mine is closer to this https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Centering-Drilling-Center-Blanks/dp/B003VHWKYS The centering vise isn't that expensive for the rockler kit it adds ~$60 to the cost. The drill guide is the big cost and the tool that i think is more innovative. For larger items that wouldn't work well on a drill press due to size the guide makes it east to do at a work bench. The other application that stuck me as being awesome is the angle adjustment on it. For drilling holes for seat slats say on a maloof rocker or Windsor chair this jig might make things a lot easier. Unnecessary yes as home made jigs and other methods work but then there is the domino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chet Posted July 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Watching Rockler's video, I was never really impressed with the old still that he shows in the beginning but I can picture some good uses for the Rockler model. It looks like a real quality unit. I might be putting this on the list. If they changed the blue anodized aluminum to red they could double the price. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chet Posted July 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Well my real cool wife just bought this for me for my birthday. I have been looking at ideas for drilling in the center of small parts for some project ideas and I think this looks like it might work better then other things was looking at. Drew, my wife says Thank You, because she had no idea as to what to get me. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 I have a very old version of that. I don't remember the brand name, but it was ordered out of Fine Woodworking magazine, from an ad. I have a dedicated Rockwell drill that's still in it. That was from the years that Rockwell had bought out Porter-Cable, so it must have been the mid '70's. It has a couple of V's on top of the base for center drilling something round. It's come in handy quite a number of times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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