Working out how best to neaten up all those little holes.
Quick rub with fine sandpaper, twiddling each hole by hand with a countersink bit, then another quick rub seems to work.

All the little shelf peg holes done. Next job is to sand them down. Some are quite ragged around the edge, especially toward the end. Poor little drill bit not too happy after going through over 9 metres of plywood.

ditto

Drilled another two uprights.

Last day. Could do more BSL next year but it would have to be at Tresham (Kettering). Meh.

Chain behaving slightly better.
Drilled another upright.

Drilled holes in another upright. Slightly paranoid that the holes in the template may be wearing too quickly ( Read more... )

Watched Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Entertaining until the later bits with the dragon then so much wrong, too much to suspend belief: People being safe from fire behind metal pillars while more distant, hidden, stuff which has just been exposited as hard to light catches fire; Person floating in a pan in liquid metal without frying; freshly cast ( Read more... )

Got all 90 little holes done in the first upright. Not perfectly aligned and will need sanding but only took about 15 minutes with the hand drill.

Got the pillar drill all set up and drilled a row of holes in a bit of scrap using the template. Then drilled another row using the hand drill.
Hand drill wins.