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I would certainly agree that drilling before turning is the way to go. The chances of getting a 100% accurate bore parallel to the turning afterwards are zero so you will then end up turning an off centre blank back to parallel with the bore, plus turning removes material and weakens the blank. No brainer IMHO.

[QUOTE="Walter, post: 175328, member: 95"] I would certainly agree that drilling before turning is the way to go. The chances of getting a 100% accurate bore parallel to the turning afterwards are zero so you will then end up turning an off centre blank back to parallel with the bore, plus turning removes material and weakens the blank. No brainer IMHO. [/QUOTE]

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