Two questions about freehand drilling.
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:57 am
I've made 11 pipes so far, 3 of them billiards. I'm on my 12th one now, which is also a billiard. I am taking everyones advice to heart and my personal goal that I'm working on, is getting a billiard posted here and it be given a solid review by you guys.
With that being said, one of the pipes that I've made has been a freehand drilled pipe. And the drilling by hand process and shaping before drilling was just so enjoyable, I'd like to throw one of these into the mix every now and then.
Anyways, my first question is; when freehand drilling, is there a specific method that works very well for keeping the air hole perfectly centered through the shank when drilling? Same question for the tobacco chamber.
I am using the lines drawn on the stummel and using the quill on my lathe to advance it while drilling.
I'm asking if there is anything I'm missing that I can add while doing this, it is very hard to do accurately. I'm thinking it might just be something where a huge amount of practice will solve the accuracy issues, but still wanted to ask anyway.
Second question; As of this moment I have a JAlan 11/16 parabolic spoon bit, and I have a 19mm Yu Xuanjie Freehand spoon bit. Why are there so many different shaped spoon bits? My first thought would be, you use the different shapes to match up with the bowl shape that you are making, that way the bowl walls are even all around? And that definitely makes sense to me. Just wanted to ask and confirm if there were any further reasons for these.
Thanks you for reading. - Josh
With that being said, one of the pipes that I've made has been a freehand drilled pipe. And the drilling by hand process and shaping before drilling was just so enjoyable, I'd like to throw one of these into the mix every now and then.
Anyways, my first question is; when freehand drilling, is there a specific method that works very well for keeping the air hole perfectly centered through the shank when drilling? Same question for the tobacco chamber.
I am using the lines drawn on the stummel and using the quill on my lathe to advance it while drilling.
I'm asking if there is anything I'm missing that I can add while doing this, it is very hard to do accurately. I'm thinking it might just be something where a huge amount of practice will solve the accuracy issues, but still wanted to ask anyway.
Second question; As of this moment I have a JAlan 11/16 parabolic spoon bit, and I have a 19mm Yu Xuanjie Freehand spoon bit. Why are there so many different shaped spoon bits? My first thought would be, you use the different shapes to match up with the bowl shape that you are making, that way the bowl walls are even all around? And that definitely makes sense to me. Just wanted to ask and confirm if there were any further reasons for these.
Thanks you for reading. - Josh