Re: Drill Chucks
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:22 am
That is one massive plug cutter!
Unless you have a speed reducer or powerpro head stock you are going to have a speed problem as well as a mounting problem. A big bit like that will be in the 250 to say 500 rpm range. Much slower then is possible with modern day shopsmith machines.
The lower speed would be for hardwoods, higher for softwoods.
Since you want to cut a plug this would be another option, but again costs more:
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/154936 ... uller.aspx
Other options if you have the equipment would be to use a router. Or simply use the lathe to do them.
The cheapest way might be to see if you can find a matching wood dowel or plug that you can simply buy. Dowels normal have the wrong grain direction, so best to look for plugs with face grain.
Other options might be a hole saw for the larger plug then a smaller plug cutter to fix the hole that is left from the hole saw.
Anyway these are a few of the ideas I came up with at the moment.
Ed
Unless you have a speed reducer or powerpro head stock you are going to have a speed problem as well as a mounting problem. A big bit like that will be in the 250 to say 500 rpm range. Much slower then is possible with modern day shopsmith machines.
The lower speed would be for hardwoods, higher for softwoods.
Since you want to cut a plug this would be another option, but again costs more:
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/154936 ... uller.aspx
Other options if you have the equipment would be to use a router. Or simply use the lathe to do them.
The cheapest way might be to see if you can find a matching wood dowel or plug that you can simply buy. Dowels normal have the wrong grain direction, so best to look for plugs with face grain.
Other options might be a hole saw for the larger plug then a smaller plug cutter to fix the hole that is left from the hole saw.
Anyway these are a few of the ideas I came up with at the moment.
Ed