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  1. Walter

    What do you do?

    What do you do with offcuts of burr that are too small to even make pen blanks? Drill a hole in them with a Forstner bit and stick a tealight in.
  2. D

    CA Glue - Thin or Medium

    Apologies if I am asking an old question. Does anyone have a preference when using CA to glue in the brass tubes. I tried using medium today as I could see more of a gap between the blank and the brass tube, but I found it lessoned the movement of the brass tube going in the pre drilled hole...
  3. wm460

    Craaaap!

    I was drilling a 4.2mm hole, 25mm deep in to a piece of 100 x 100 x 10mm aluminium, I had just finished the last hole, when I just put the drill in to clear any the swarf is out and the bloody drill snapped just below the surface:vangry: Is there any way The drill bit is HSS-Co (5% Cobalt). Any...
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  4. Winemaker

    Shell shock ??

    I was turning a piece of Beech and it seemed to want to be a shell so this is how it turned out. I put a glass tube in the top so it could used as a bud vase, I also cut it in half and hollowed out a shallow hole about 2 1/2 inches only (as I wanted the base to heaver so it would be more stable)...
  5. A

    Drilling pen blanks

    How critical is it to have the hole central :thinks:
  6. J

    Decorative Cabochons on Wine bottle stoppers

    AS it says in the title, Come in a variety pack of 7 small 0.5 mm hole needed in Bottle stop and it screws in by hand.
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