Freehand Drilling with Spoon Bits -- J. Alan Design Tools
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- Опубликовано: 14 мар 2014
- An introduction to the my new Spoon Bits for freehand drilling tobacco chambers. A fairly detailed explanation of the tool and its use.
This video is for instructional purposes only. Working with tools like this is dangerous. Do so at your own risk.
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I didn’t expect freehand drilling to involve a lathe! I was expecting a manual hand drill!
It's counterintuitive, but a lathe is safer to use than a hand drill. You couldn't pay me enough to try using one. :)
@@jalanpipes I can understand that… I meant a brace and bit, rather than electric hand drill!
Mighty fine demo, brother. Thank you.
Sure thing
Great video Jeff! Keep up the good work!
-Cheers!
You make it look easy.
Very nice!
Hey Jeff, this is one of Adam's restoration guys from smokingpipes.com. We just started using your new spoon bits, they work flawlessly. Thanks for the video, very informative.
Great! Glad to hear from you Timothy, and thanks for the feedback on the tools.
Like the use of the blocks for the center.
Cringing watching your hand holding the work from the underside. That is a strong grip that gives you good control, but even if you’ve done it a thousand times without problems, it only has to snag once to cause serious harm, even at the low speed.
You could try resting the work against a dog and guide it with your hand out of harm’s way.
No doubt. it's one of the inherent dangers of drilling this way. I take the precautions that I can (no long sleeves, hair, keeping a clear path to the emergency shutoff), but unfortunately the method you've recommended won't work. Some makers grip and pull toward them from the back side of the chuck. Also, one of the reasons I chose this lathe is that it is belt driven and I can stop it with my hands if need be.
Thank you Jeff.
You’re welcome. :-)
What brand and size lathe.do you use?
Thanks a lot. 🙏
Most welcome!
Great video!where to buy those spoon bits?Thx
Thanks! I sell them directly. Please contact me via email for more information.
Im having a hard time getting your conical 5/8s drill bit to sharpen. Any advice?
did you ever get an answer?
@@dennisbuckner6957 Did YOU ever get an answer ?
Can your please send me a link for the spoon bites?
Sorry, they sold out years ago.
I'm still confused as to the purpose of those little blocks you super glued on.
Thanks for the comment. It's explained more thoroughly in here: Making a Military Mount Pipe -- J. Alan Design Tools. I was originally going to make both videos into one...but it would have been too long. The editing is choppier than I would have liked as a result, but hopefully illustrates the techniques sufficiently enough.
So you don't damage the pipe with the pin - he's pushing with the tailstock and the pin would damage the pipe. Other pipemakers use little blobs of epoxy but I think these blocks are simpler.
Can these be used in a drill press?
You can, but I wouldn't recommend it. Using a custom shaped spade bit would be much more effective and affordable.
@@jalanpipes he asking if you can use the spade bits in a drill press
@@SAXONWARLORD1000AD I replied to that comment 8 years ago
Good job, but they’re D bits, not Spoon, or they would scooped out for the shavings. 🤷♂️
correct. Everyone in our little craft calls them spoon bits, though.
It must different cultures that you are calling a spoon bit we call a half round and a spoon bit is actually made out of flat peice of steel at least from a blacksmith's point of view cheers
Yes, half round drills are often used by machinists on hard materials. The blanks can be had from machinist’s suppliers, though probably not in the sizes Jeff sells, and they’d be either hardened tool steel or carbide,