To make a wine balancer it requires a hole drilled at an angle…so what to do… build a jig for the drill press..
Cut some tapered pieces and make a ramp to hold the blank to be drilled…
Hey… what is this? I have a Torque WorkCentre….. and one of the features is the ability to drill holes at any angle… hmmm….. make a jig to hold the blank horizontally on the bed and then drill at the required angle…
Two t-bolts and some knobs to hold the jig in place.. using the winged track… nice…
and a couple of toggle clamps to hold the piece while it is drilled
This worked so well I made 18 balancers..
Shown here hanging on a dowel to let the first coat of Danish Oil to dry…
HEY LARRY, WHAT DEGREE IS THE HOLE DRILLED? NICE LOOKING WOOD.
Hey Larry, Now that’s the way to make the TWC earn it’s keep. I would like to know also, what’s the angle?
I have seen these made on other sites, But, I too want to know the angle..
Nice work Larry, if only the TWC was available when I started putting things in my shed it might have been first, alas now there’s no room!
Very interesting to watch what it can do with a good driver!
Regards
Bill
Pretty Cool!
yaakov…