Well I wasn't thinking about it - and then I was.

Why not put the rod into the drill press and be sure it doesn't wobble. Maybe
put a bit of paint on the rod end. Turn on the drill press to get the rod
spinning. Touch a "scratcher" against the rod end and scratch toward the
apparent center. Turn off the drill press.

Looking at the rod end should give you conenctric scratched circles. The
center of those circles is the center of the rod. Center-punch and drill.

Doug


Scott wrote:

Haven't made the tool yet, but I think I've narrowed it down to 2
possibilities. Either put the rod inside a piece of sqaure tubing and
scribe two lines across from opposite corners in which case the lines
will cross at the center of the square tube and thus the center of the
rod as well...or the method mentioned where the drill bit gets attached
to the drill press table and the rod gets chucked in the drill. The
only thing is that I think this method would make it as though you were
trying to with the drill motor reversed which might not make the
drilling action happen too fast ... have to try it and see...

Scott

Del Rawlins wrote:

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:28:57 +0000, Scott
wrote:


Man, you guys are the greatest! Now this is how this newsgroup (and
all others) should be!! Helpful, curteous, non-political, etc. I got a
lot of great ideas on how to accomplish the task! Harry K.: Great
saying! I only need to build ONE, so making ONE alike ought to be a
piece of cake LOL!!


So how did you do it?

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