Source of long drill bits / handled bits for through boring?

[Gaz_XB9R]

Anyone know where to get boring / drilling tools with handles used to drill through a tail stock?

Or do you folks put the handles on yourselves. If so where do you get drill bits long enough?

I'm making a couple of handles for lathe tools and need to bore for the blade.

By the way is epoxy gluing the best way to go?

Cheers,
Gaz

 

[cornucopia]

hello you can get long hole auger like this
or this
but if i understand right and your wanting to make your own tool handles, I normally drill mine out with an electric drill after turning the handle or you can turn the handle then replace the drive center with a jacobs chuck with a drill bit in it - locate the bit on center and with the lathe set very slow wind the tailstock in so that you drill to your required depth.

as for epoxy i never use it, i prefer to make them a tight fit and if they need to be tighter still drive a screw in to swell the wood between the tang and ferrule.

 

[lurker]

Gaz,

Are you talking about handles for tanged tools like chisels??

If yes I do more or less a Corny says, but stepped hole sizes matching but smaller than the tang.

Then I grip the chisel in a metal vice & heat up the end of the tang until nearly red. Then push on the handle. The tang then burns its hole. sometimes you need a tap with a mallet & you have to be quick. All mine are rock solid.

 

[TEP]

Hi Gaz.

I'm the same as cornucopia, I use a Crown lamp auger, but I have also used hand made augers.

How I did it. Take the drill size you want, grind the chuck end away a little and weld a long steel rod onto it. The major problem is that you have to clear the hole much more than when using a conventional auger, otherwise it binds in the hole very quickly.

If the hole you want is over approx. 1/2" do the same as above, but use a cheap fostner bit welded to a rod.

If you can weld, this is the way to go. Good luck.