Need to drill a hole

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:32 am

So, I bought a hunk of Zebra Wood and the pizza cutter deal from Woodcraft a while back. I, without thinking, mounted it up and made a nice handle, all done and sanded. I cut it free, and then it occurred to me, "the hole dummy".
hmmm.
Best method to hold an irregular and finished piece to bore the hole for the screw thingy insert. It is about 6" long.

I hate it when I don't think something through.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:45 am

mrhart wrote:So, I bought a hunk of Zebra Wood and the pizza cutter deal from Woodcraft a while back. I, without thinking, mounted it up and made a nice handle, all done and sanded. I cut it free, and then it occurred to me, "the hole dummy".
hmmm.
Best method to hold an irregular and finished piece to bore the hole for the screw thingy insert. It is about 6" long.

I hate it when I don't think something through.

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mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:00 am

Yes sir, when I get home I will, I forgot last night....

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:19 am

mrhart wrote:Yes sir, when I get home I will, I forgot last night....

Good! We need to know what 'irregular' means.

At Ease!:D

No it does not mean Reservist!:rolleyes:

fredsheldon · Post by **fredsheldon** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:41 am

How about a spray can of that wall space filler foam. Put the object in a container and squirt some of that foam around and under it. When it gets hard, you can drill away without having to clamp in down then just pop it out of the foam

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:51 am

fredsheldon wrote:How about a spray can of that wall space filler foam. Put the object in a container and squirt some of that foam around and under it. When it gets hard, you can drill away without having to clamp in down then just pop it out of the foam

It be able to grip well enough to resist the drilling torque?

Never tried that so I be curious.

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:05 am

That stuff is REALLY stickey and would be hard to remove from the wood. Be sure to put some plastic between the wood and the foam.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:18 am

I'll wait for the pics.

If you have a scroll chuck, it may be as simple as adding a few layers of blue painter's tape. There are lots of options depending on shape.

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:49 am

Its a tapered handle, looks alot like the one on the box the hardware came out of.
Pics late this afternoon.

frank81 · Post by **frank81** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:35 pm

When I need to hold irregular parts still and not mark them up, I wrap them tightly in a couple shop towels and put them in a vice. It can only really move on one axis, and you can fix that by putting blocks on either side of it in the vice.

Works for soft aluminum, should work for wood as long as you don't torque it down to hard.