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I was given this piece of twisted juniper in 2014 from a
friend of my father-in-laws in Oregon. While we were talking he told me
"here...maybe you can make something out of it". Well, it took more then
six years and I'm finally going to finish this project.
Let's go back to February 2018, this is when I decided to make a lamp out of this piece of wood.
As you can see I've trimmed a small amount off both ends. The length now
is 22" long and should work great for a lamp.
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| Drilling a Long Hole
The next thing I needed to do was put a
hole through the center for a power cord. Here I'm laying out the spot
I'll be drilling at.
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To make sure I had the best spot for the hole, I placed a string over
the widest part and marked the ends.
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The string below is going to serve a different purpose
than the one above. This one will be a 'guide' for my hand drill. If I
can keep my drill inline with my string, this should help me keep my
drill as straight as possible.
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This view should give you a better idea what I'm talking about.
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The pointer that you see (arrow) is at the center of my
work piece. I moved this pointer to the other end to make sure it was on
the same plane. This way if I keep my drill lined up with the string for
right-left, now I could drill a small amount and check for level. This
way would be my best chance of having both holes meet in the middle.
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The drill that you see below is 12" long and should work
good for getting through my work piece. But I started with a shorter one
to get started with. The hole diameter will be 5/16", which is plenty
large enough for a power cord.
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I have good news and bad news. The good news is that
both holes met in the middle like I planned. However, they were not
exactly inline with each other. That means I have to open up one of the
holes in hopes that when it meets the other it will be enough for the
cord to go through.
What I did was weld a 5/8" diameter drill to a piece of
1/4" all thread. This drill should follow the my smaller hole in hopes
it will work for me.
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The larger drill worked pretty good and followed the existing hole like
I wanted. But....I still have a small amount of miss-match that needs to
be addressed.
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I used my leftover pieces of all-thread to act like a
file with it's rough edges. I don't need much wood to be removed and I thought
this would work for me. Notice the pointed end, this is to help me go
from one miss-matched hole to the other.
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