Greetings; Fastening the backsplat risers onto these combo bench/boxes is presenting me with a "where can I get a tool to do that" problem.
The backsplats are 30" tall from the floor, and are cut with a 1.25" x 3" tapered wedge removed from the 16.5" from the floor on up, out of what started as a native sized poplar 2x4. So the area where the screws go needs to have the screw heads counterbored about 2" deep in order to have about 1.5" of a 3.5" deck screw sticking into the box itself. I would like to be able to clamp it up, drill all the pilot holes including the first inch or so of the boxes penetration by the screws, then unclamp it, apply the screws till the tips will help relocate the stick, paint on the Elmers version of TiteBond-III which sets quicker, and drive the screws home for the glue clampup. But this means I need a 3 diameter drill. The 1/8" pilot needs to have at least 3" projecting from the screw head seat cutter section, and about 1/2" back of that, this seating cutter needs to become at least 0.5" in diameter in order to clear the magnetic bit holder carrying the square drive bit. I have never seen such a beast, am I going to have to make it, or can I cobble up a 2 stage operation starting with a 1/2" Forstner bit? I did something similar to that once before for a spot where I needed a 7/8" counterbore about 3/8" deep in some cherry, figuring I would have to sharpen it about every time, and it cut a dozen of them without any stone work on its edges. That one wasn't so deep, so I just drilled the thru hole, then made a pilot nose on the countersinker. I was hiding 1/4" tee nuts under ebony buttons that time. Ideas guys? Or should I head to the mill and start carving? BTW, a forstner bit hole 2" deep is about 20 minutes a hole due to the extreme number of peck cycles & pullouts to keep the bit clean, otherwise it could start a fire. Cheers, gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
