Comments on: Dowel Drilling Jig http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2008/04/08/dowel-drilling-jig/ An online source of information for the connected woodworker. Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon McCarthy http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2008/04/08/dowel-drilling-jig/comment-page-1/#comment-50509 Sharon McCarthy Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:14:28 +0000 http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2008/04/08/dowel-drilling-jig/#comment-50509 Greetings! I am also trying to find a jig set-up for drilling centered holes in the end of dowel rod. I'm making parrot perches and the dowel pieces I want to drill are quite long, 14 to 18 inches. I want to put hanger bolts in the ends, first drilling a pilot hole, then a larger hole for the wood threads. I have a bench-top drill press but even with the table out of the way I can't place these long dowels in a vertical position and secure them well enough to get a clean center hole. Is there any kind of jig, like a clamp-on jig that would keep a bit straight when hand-drilling horizontally with the dowel clamped in a V-vise? Thanks!! sharon Greetings! I am also trying to find a jig set-up for drilling centered holes in the end of dowel rod. I’m making parrot perches and the dowel pieces I want to drill are quite long, 14 to 18 inches. I want to put hanger bolts in the ends, first drilling a pilot hole, then a larger hole for the wood threads.

I have a bench-top drill press but even with the table out of the way I can’t place these long dowels in a vertical position and secure them well enough to get a clean center hole.

Is there any kind of jig, like a clamp-on jig that would keep a bit straight when hand-drilling horizontally with the dowel clamped in a V-vise? Thanks!! sharon

]]> By: Wayne Helfrich http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2008/04/08/dowel-drilling-jig/comment-page-1/#comment-36373 Wayne Helfrich Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:48:20 +0000 http://www.woodworkingonline.com/2008/04/08/dowel-drilling-jig/#comment-36373 Great jig. I will make one tomorrow for a project I am doing. Do you know or have you seen a jig for sharpening ends of raw posts. Say three inches in diameter. I saw in a woodwork shop some time ago where a table saw was used to sharpen the end of a post. These pieces were used for makeing furnature ...chairs and beds. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Wayne Helfrich Vancouver, Canada Check my web page out at www.woodenpuzzlesarefun.ca Great jig. I will make one tomorrow for a project I am doing. Do you know or have you seen a jig for sharpening ends of raw posts. Say three inches in diameter. I saw in a woodwork shop some time ago where a table saw was used to sharpen the end of a post. These pieces were used for makeing furnature …chairs and beds.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Wayne Helfrich
Vancouver, Canada

Check my web page out at http://www.woodenpuzzlesarefun.ca

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