Drilling into dowels - Jig ideas?

[reible]

Shopsmith use to sell a small light weight x-y jig and I always wanted one. Most of these are far to heavy duty for what I would like to use it for and also too heavy weight wise. A lot of places carry them but none like the one that shopsmith use to sell.

Did anyone here buy one of those?

Ed

[everettdavis]

Did you mean like this one (peterm) posted last year?

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 32#p186332

Everett

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Did you mean like this one (peterm) posted last year?

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 32#p186332

Everett

No it was that in the catalog, it may have started with a AK(some number). It was there for a while but perhaps didn't sell well enough to have made it worth while.

Sometime when I digging in the archives I will try and scan an image of it and add it here or some where.

Ed

[oldiron]

Just about everyone here has posted excellent ways to drill the dowel. Ed and Ron using the table and fence works great but as they stated, Add some scrap wood to the table and fence to prevent your bit from striking the aluminum.

Also, I purchased a V-Block jig from Harbor Freight years back which will work with many sizes of dowel. I simply attached a piece of 2x4 to the underside and use it to clamp the jig to the main table.

Let us know how it goes for you!!!

All the best,
Mike

[everettdavis]

Did you mean like this one (peterm) posted last year?

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 32#p186332

Everett

No it was that in the catalog, it may have started with a AK(some number). It was there for a while but perhaps didn't sell well enough to have made it worth while.

Sometime when I digging in the archives I will try and scan an image of it and add it here or some where.

Ed

Please do. I can't recall it.

Everett

[silenthope]

everettdavis,
Thanks for spending some of my money!!!!
After seeing the pic of the SS vice you posted here, I ordered one tonight, I dont need one often, but when you do, you do. I wish it had a flat side to set something in it vertically, but then I thought, no I have a SS, just do it in horizontal boring mode.

Just ordered one from amazon... $21.99+$6.95 shipping

[reible]

This post reminded me of a post I did some time back that had various drilling applications including use of the harbor freight self-centering drill press jig.

You can check it out here:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/gener ... 12661.html

Ed

Just about everyone here has posted excellent ways to drill the dowel. Ed and Ron using the table and fence works great but as they stated, Add some scrap wood to the table and fence to prevent your bit from striking the aluminum.

Also, I purchased a V-Block jig from Harbor Freight years back which will work with many sizes of dowel. I simply attached a piece of 2x4 to the underside and use it to clamp the jig to the main table.

Let us know how it goes for you!!!

All the best,
Mike