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Hi all,
I realized yesterday that over the years I've collected enough tooling where I now have several ways to drill holes between 1/2" to 1" on my smaller 9" lathe with a MT2 tailstock. More specifically, I have a handful of sizes with MT2 shanks, S&D bits, straight shanks, etc. Wondering what other people do.
Couple of arguably reasonable options:
- Jacobs 14N chuck with 1/2" shank S&D
- Jacobs 14N/18N chuck with 1/2" shank S&D for up to 3/4" bits plus 3/4" shank S&D up to 1" bits
- Jacobs 20N chuck with straight shanks
- MT2 bits from 1/2" to 3/4" plus MT3 to MT2 adapter with MT3 bits from 3/4" to 1"
Some combinations of the above? Any of the above others might consider crazy talk?
I realized yesterday that over the years I've collected enough tooling where I now have several ways to drill holes between 1/2" to 1" on my smaller 9" lathe with a MT2 tailstock. More specifically, I have a handful of sizes with MT2 shanks, S&D bits, straight shanks, etc. Wondering what other people do.
Couple of arguably reasonable options:
- Jacobs 14N chuck with 1/2" shank S&D
- Jacobs 14N/18N chuck with 1/2" shank S&D for up to 3/4" bits plus 3/4" shank S&D up to 1" bits
- Jacobs 20N chuck with straight shanks
- MT2 bits from 1/2" to 3/4" plus MT3 to MT2 adapter with MT3 bits from 3/4" to 1"
Some combinations of the above? Any of the above others might consider crazy talk?