Tom Baugues
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I have a cheap bench top drill press that I've had for many years. The "stroke" on it isn't very long. I can only drill about 2 inches with it. If my pen blank is longer than that ( which is very often as you know) I then have to stop drilling and lift the table up and insert the drill bit into the blank then "hang on" as I restart the drill press and finish the blank depth. Does anyone have a better way (besides buying a new floor drill press). Does anyone drill their blanks with the lathe? If so...how do you hold the blank? I have a drill chuck for my lathe but never knew how to move the wood into the bit.
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