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Originally Posted by td9clyde
Ok guys how can i get my holes centered when drilling with my lathe? i have a problem or o am not doin something right i have a live center on and the round stalk chucks up pretty close when i put in the drill bit all is tight but it starts to wobble you can watch the drill bit flex around i am thinking it is the drill bits even in the drill press they wobble on the end all the bits are new and they wobble bad bits? or should i be useing something else? any help would be great
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Drill bits are flexible by design.
You just want to establish the center point with a center drill bit. This is how it looks like:
http://mini-machine.com/tooling-cent...rill%20set.jpg
After that the normal drill bit will find the center and do what it is supposed to do.
Kerst