i need help drilling 1 inch holes

[5030]

John:

Without proper securement, the wack factor is pretty likely. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[CT_Tree_Guy]

Daryl -

Proper securement is less critical in my case, because as anyone who has read any of my posts would know, I'm already wacked. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[5030]

John:

Sounds a little "out of wack" to me. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[gates]

5030,
I agree 100%.
Speeds & feeds with some coolant, and at this point a Drill Doctor. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Ron

 

[CT_Tree_Guy]

<font color="blue"> Speeds & feeds with some coolant, and at this point a Drill Doctor. </font>

I do love my Drill Doctor, although it (Model 750) only goes up to 3/4". Still, I wonder what I ever did without it. I never could get as good a result by hand as I do with it - highly recommended.

 

[gates]

John,
I think every body has a box of dull bits in their shop. I use the same model as you. It works well.

Ron

 

[5030]

John & Ron:

I had a little Drill Doctor once. I gave it to my BIL. Darex, the company that makes the Drill Doctor makes some really nice, very expensive drill and end mill sharpeners of which I don't have, but that's another story.

Once you become proficient at off hand sharpening (John, it's like sharpening a chain saw chain, practice, practice, practice), the Drill Doctor becomes unnecessary. All that's necessary is a 6 or 8" bench grinder, a wheel truing diamond dresser and a drill gage to set the included angle. The DD is nice for a touch up, but if you fracture the tip of the twist drill, it's much faster and easier to re-sharpen it by off hand grinding.

Interestingly, I always seem to be sharpening the drills for all the mechanics at my employers shop. I'm popular for that.

 

[PoleClimber]

I cheat, I take the torch and burn a hole large enough to fit in a 1" bushing and weld the bushing in. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[5030]

You could get a little higher tech than the gas axe.......A plasma cutter works better, less slag, less heat and with a guide, a round hole. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

My Harris outfit gathers dust 99% of the time.

 

[bobodu]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I cheat, I take the torch and burn a hole large enough to fit in a 1" bushing and weld the bushing in. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

You betcha!! Me too!!
Sure makes alignment a lot easier..
A torch also makes good for jump starting the wood stove ...can't do THAT with a drill /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

It took me 44 years to get a torch set....I'll be long dead before I can get a plasma.. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

But...you never know... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif